Will Mitch McConnell Grow a Pair?
David Hogberg
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February 1, 2017, 2:55 pm
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Well, Scott McKay is more optimistic than I am.
When Senate Democrats confirmed yesterday that they will filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) responded, “What I would expect from our Democratic friends is that the nominee be handled similarly to Clinton’s and Obama’s first two nominees in their first terms.”
Wow. If I were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), I’d be peeing my pants.
While McConnell initially hinted that he’d nuke the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees by saying that Trump’s nominee would be confirmed, a few days later he weaseled his way out of any such commitment. Sounding like the consummate bureaucrat, the six-term senator said, “We’ve already adopted the rules for this Congress at the beginning of the year. Basically we didn’t adopt any because in the Senate rules are permanent, unlike the House which every two year adopts a new set of rules. We don’t.”
https://spectator.org/real-madrid-surrenders-its-cross/
