McConnell: We can rush SCOTUS pick now because of this other totally different thing

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By Oliver Willis -September 21, 2020 5:52 PM

The Senate majority leader blocked hearings and a vote on Merrick Garland in 2016, 237 days prior to Election Day.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday cited the nomination process for Justice John Paul Stevens, which occurred 340 days before the 1976 presidential election, as justification for considering a nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg weeks before the 2020 election.

McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor that it was a "myth" that a nomination fewer than 43 days out from an election would not be sufficient time to "examine and confirm" a nominee.

"Justice John Paul Stevens was confirmed by the Senate 19 days after this body formally received his nomination. Nineteen days from start to finish," he said.

But Stevens was not nominated in an election year. He was nominated by President Gerald Ford on Nov. 28, 1975. The presidential election in that cycle did not happen until Nov. 2, 1976, when Ford lost to President Jimmy Carter.

https://americanindependent.com/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-merrick-garland-john-paul-stevens-ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-obama/

[Iliyah]

1. He is full of shit . .

desperation, and yes karma is a bitch.

[TDale313]

2. Let's get real.

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“ We can do this now cause we wanna. We blocked Obama’s Nominee cause we wanted to.” There’s no bigger picture justification here.

[BKDem]

3. And Stevens was confirmed quickly because he was supremely qualified...

Frat boy rapists like Kavenaugh and religious freaks like Amy Barrett take longer.

[The Roux Comes First]

4. Except Here in the Real World . . .