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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Elderberry on September 21, 2020, 12:06:51 am
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Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 9/20/2020
The Democratic Party establishment is having a full-bore freakout over President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell exercising their constitutionally enumerated powers to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
They’re talking about “total war (https://www.axios.com/democrats-supreme-court-ginsburg-options-871f3e66-e7a4-4f40-9691-d20de1f4be61.html)“:
Furious Democrats are considering total war — profound changes to two branches of government, and even adding stars to the flag — if Republicans jam through a Supreme Court nominee then lose control of the Senate.
On the table: Adding Supreme Court justices … eliminating the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to end filibusters … and statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico. “If he holds a vote in 2020, we pack the court in 2021,†Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) tweeted.
Why it matters: Democrats are enraged by GOP hypocrisy of rushing through a new justice for President Trump after stalling President Obama’s final nominee.
• Dems aren’t optimistic about blocking the nominee. But they have many ways of retaliating if they win Senate control — and are licking their chops about real movement on ideas that have been pushed futilely for decades.
• For instance, the Constitution doesn’t fix the number of justices, which could be changed by an act of Congress and the president’s signature, according to the National Constitution Center.
More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=45750 (https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=45750)
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Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 9/20/2020
The Democratic Party establishment is having a full-bore freakout over President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell exercising their constitutionally enumerated powers to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
They’re talking about “total war (https://www.axios.com/democrats-supreme-court-ginsburg-options-871f3e66-e7a4-4f40-9691-d20de1f4be61.html)“:
Furious Democrats are considering total war — profound changes to two branches of government, and even adding stars to the flag — if Republicans jam through a Supreme Court nominee then lose control of the Senate.
On the table: Adding Supreme Court justices … eliminating the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to end filibusters … and statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico. “If he holds a vote in 2020, we pack the court in 2021,†Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) tweeted.
Why it matters: Democrats are enraged by GOP hypocrisy of rushing through a new justice for President Trump after stalling President Obama’s final nominee.
• Dems aren’t optimistic about blocking the nominee. But they have many ways of retaliating if they win Senate control — and are licking their chops about real movement on ideas that have been pushed futilely for decades.
• For instance, the Constitution doesn’t fix the number of justices, which could be changed by an act of Congress and the president’s signature, according to the National Constitution Center.
More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=45750 (https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=45750)
IF the GOP loses the Senate even if Trump gets re-elected it is going to be a very, very long 4 years. The possibility of losing the Senate is a reality. I anticipate that the Senate elections are going to be very close and hotly contested.
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IF the GOP loses the Senate even if Trump gets re-elected it is going to be a very, very long 4 years. The possibility of losing the Senate is a reality. I anticipate that the Senate elections are going to be very close and hotly contested.
That's where the real voter fraud comes in. If they can, they will rewrite the rules. It's how they roll.
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Count on the dems being the sneaky little weasels they have always been.
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bele wrote:
"I anticipate that the Senate elections are going to be very close and hotly contested"
All the more reason to hang tough and together (as Ben Franklin said).
If they do, and get the nomination/confirmation done by election day, this is going to swing close contests to the Republicans' favor.
There is no downside here.
Absolutely zero.
We're starting to see Republican senators publicly fall into line. Lamar Alexander of TN (who's retiring) has stated his support. Graham, who's normally squishy, seems pretty solid on this one.
I'm thinking that even Collins of Maine may be forced to change her mind if her poll number show her close, but not yet "over the top" as election day closes in.
Murkowski -- forget it.
Romney -- who knows...?
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That's where the real voter fraud comes in. If they can, they will rewrite the rules. It's how they roll.
@Smokin Joe
They already are. They have been stuffing ballot boxes for decades,but now they are trying to make it legal.
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Count on the dems being the sneaky little weasels they have always been.
@verga
Wrong. They are no longer even pretending to be honest. They have gotten away with this Bush for so long now,they consider cheating,lying,and having dead and imaginary people vote for them as a birthright.