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riversedge

(70,267 posts)
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 09:38 AM Mar 2016

GOP fights for Hillary Clinton's right to select SCOTUS nominee:

Oh the Irony--old turtle face is having a rough time with his pretzel 'logic'



Daily Intelligencer ?@intelligencer 2m2 minutes ago

GOP fights for Hillary Clinton's right to select SCOTUS nominee: http://nym.ag/1Ufikn6





GOP Fights for Hillary Clinton’s Right to Select SCOTUS Nominee

Mitch McConnell Holds News Conference As Congress Enters August Recess
Good Guy Mitch McConnell. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Many have accused Senate Republicans of embracing the nonexistent "Biden rule" and refusing to even hold hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee for purely political purposes. However, on Sunday, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan explained that nothing could be further from the truth.

In a video posted on Twitter, the House speaker earnestly outlined the made-up principle Republicans are fighting to uphold: The American people should get a chance to weigh in on Justice Antonin Scalia's replacement by selecting a new president (with a mere ten months left in office, President Obama, who was elected twice, doesn't count).....................

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