Bill Clinton on GOP push to fill Ginsburg vacancy: Trump, McConnell 'first value is power'

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Bill Clinton on GOP push to fill Ginsburg vacancy: Trump, McConnell 'first value is power'
By Rebecca Klar - 09/20/20 10:01 AM EDT

Former President Bill Clinton slammed Republicans on Sunday over their push to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just weeks ahead of Election Day.

Clinton said the decision is hypocritical, noting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked former President Obama’s nominee when there were still 10 months before the 2016 election.

“Well of course its superficially hypocritical, isn't it. Mitch McConnell wouldn't give president Obama's nominee Merrick Garland a hearing 10 months before the presidential election, and that meant that we went a long time with eight judges on the court,” Clinton, who nominated Ginsburg to the court in 1993, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“This is what they do. I think both for Sen. McConnell and President Trump, their first value is power, and they’re trying to jam the court with as many ideological judges as they can, Clinton added.



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[Right_in_Virginia]

Shut up, BJ.

[jafo2010]

Bill Clinton, the most notorious living pedophile perhaps in the world should keep his head down and maintain a low profile.