If Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 election, the Scalia seat might not have been filled yet

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from Nov 1, 2016:

“If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court,” North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr said in an audio recording of his meeting with GOP volunteers on Saturday. CNN obtained a copy of the audio.

GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Ted Cruz of Texas have also suggested blocking any Clinton nominees. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in a debate Monday night that he “can’t imagine” voting for any Clinton nominee though he stopped short of vowing to block a pick from a Democratic president.

read: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/clinton-wins-gop-say-no-9-supreme-court

...thinking about republican hypocrisy and their crocodile complaints today about a vacant seat.

[OrlandoDem2]

1. Women, POC, LGBTQ, health care. It's all on the ballot.

People better vote!

[PatSeg]

2. And maybe they would have lost

the senate in the mid-terms because of it.

[beachbumbob]

3. if hillary would have won in 2016, a couple more democratic senators would have been elected

[Bettie]

4. If they have the Senate, I suspect that no Democratic president

will even get cabinet picks confirmed. Ever. Moscow Mitch just won't bring them to the floor.

Remember, the Senate Majority leader now has absolute power over all legislation and confirmations.