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Showing Original Post only (View all)Lindsey shows yet again that he's a fucking hypocrite [View all]
I fucking hate this guy Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the Senate would work to confirm a Supreme Court nominee this year if a vacancy arises, saying the circumstances are different from 2016, when Republicans blocked then-President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland.
Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted that both the Senate and the White House are held by Republicans, versus in 2016, when the GOP-held Senate denied Garland a hearing.
"Well, Merrick Garland was a different situation. You had the president of one party nominating, and you had the Senate in the hands of the other party. A situation where you've got them both would be different. I don't want to speculate, but I think appointing judges is a high priority for me in 2020," Graham said in an interview on "Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren" set to air Sunday.
"If you look into the history of the country, there had not been an occasion where somebody was confirmed in a presidential election year after primary started when you had divided government," he added.
Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted that both the Senate and the White House are held by Republicans, versus in 2016, when the GOP-held Senate denied Garland a hearing.
"Well, Merrick Garland was a different situation. You had the president of one party nominating, and you had the Senate in the hands of the other party. A situation where you've got them both would be different. I don't want to speculate, but I think appointing judges is a high priority for me in 2020," Graham said in an interview on "Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren" set to air Sunday.
"If you look into the history of the country, there had not been an occasion where somebody was confirmed in a presidential election year after primary started when you had divided government," he added.
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I hope I live long enough to see these shitheads gone. Mitch and Trump first please.
dem4decades
May 2020
#1
John McCain was an alpha male, and little Lindsey LOVES him some alpha male...
not_the_one
May 2020
#21
Even if all those conditions were ruled out, we'd still hear, 'Wait, my shoelace is untied! NO VOTE
CurtEastPoint
May 2020
#6
Unfortunately every Republican in the U.S. congress is corrupt AF, until proven otherwise?
Brainfodder
May 2020
#8
No surprise. Graham showed exactly what he is when he refused to stand up for his
still_one
May 2020
#11