Senate about to go into closed session - a very rare event

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Manu Raju
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Oct 23, 2020
Senate about to go into closed session - a very rare event - as Democrats protest the Barrett nomination, per sources. The chamber is full right now with most senators in their seats. GOP can vote to get out of closed session, which is certain to happen.

Manu Raju
@mkraju
Schumer just moved to force a closed session in order to have a “candid conversation” about the push to confirm the nomination. Sen. John Kennedy, the presiding officer, ordered all galleries cleared, including where us reporters were seated.
10:00 AM · Oct 23, 2020

[Delphinus]

1. Curious.

Can someone give insight into this?

[Statistical]

5. Likely he is going to try to appeal to them to table the nomination or risk consequences.

Still I am imagining the closed session is to have a candid talk about what this confirmation will mean in terms of consequences. Having it away from the press allows a more honest conversation without the need for soundbites.

To be clear I don't think it has a chance because the Republicans only care about party not country. Any that don't have either died or left office. They will take the guaranteed win today over the possible loss in the future. Still it won't hurt to try.

[Renew Deal]

6. We're going to war with Canada.

It’s about time.

[Spazito]

15. We really would prefer not to burn down the White House.....again but...

if we must, we must.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. Fire purifies.

Sometimes we just need a good neighbor to do a saving intervention.

[Spazito]

21. LOL! n/t

[Ingersollman]

41. "Like

a good neighbor, Canada is there." (State Farm jingle, doncha know)

[canuckledragger]

51. Some of us are proud of that first burning...

[EndlessWire]

17. LOL! n/t

[Yavin4]

48. Their Prime Minister is way too sexy.

We cannot have our women folk enthralled to him.

[Maven]

50. California surrenders and will humbly accept annexation as our punishment

[Renew Deal]

60. lol

[myccrider]

63. We can probably talk Oregon and Washington into surrendering with us!

As incentive for Canada to agree to the ‘war’ and all.

[electric_blue68]

65. IF the moldy Orange wins again (Life forbid!)...

I request NYS request asylum into Canada, then join the
❤️ Maple 🇨🇦 Leafers!
We are neighbors, too.

Boy, will my Canadians friends will be surprised to see me post cv19! I'll bring bagels and cream cheese, NY Pizza!
🥯🍕 😁

[BComplex]

66. And North Carolina surrenders to Canada in hopes Canada can educate some of our redder necks.

And....take away their gunz!!!!

[Disaffected]

57. Beware the Beaver.

[Generic Brad]

12. He must be explaining consequences

If they push Barrett through, he is letting them know what sort of living hell they can expect as a toothless minority.

[Amishman]

62. He can lay out consequences in open session

This smells more like bargaining, done in front of everyone to try and find a cooperative ear. But behind closed doors to keep the polarized party bases out of it as much as possible.

[Grasswire2]

2. Have you seen a photo of Mitch today?

Something is seriously wrong with him. Deep bruises on his face, his right hand is black.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. He's rotting from the core.

[jcgoldie]

11. Maybe Schumer is buying some time...

... in order to let the thing finish eating McConnell 🤷?♂️

[scipan]

27. !!!!!

[dsharp88]

42. He does this every autumn when he sheds his skin. nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

55. +1!

[soothsayer]

16. We'll see if he fesses up

[EndlessWire]

18. I think also his left hand.

I'd like to see his bare feet.

[Buckeyeblue]

24. Cloven Hooves

[MLAA]

36. Exactly

[klook]

56. Maybe McConnell, like Dr. Strangelove, has Alien Hand Syndrome

Alien Hand Syndrome - Wikipedia

[Just_Vote_Dem]

19. Satan wants his body and soul-that was the deal n/t

[RussellCattle]

33. Well, he was promised Mitch's soul a while back and was disappointed to find out....

....that Mitch did not have one.

[marlakay]

28. Husband says he looks like a zombie nt

[Mr.Bill]

37. Just showing his support

for the Black Hands Matter movement.

[Ingersollman]

44. Upvote

times a million. Literally LOL'd. Getting looks in the office now.

[BComplex]

67. Best. Post. Ever.

[Traildogbob]

53. His hand

Has been stuck so deep in the Tax Payer cookie jar to get those last pennies. Edited the wave comes the rim cut the circulation. He keep hitting his face with that jar when he salutes Putin on face time for updates on destroying America as per the agreement.

[Withywindle]

64. Isn't the Black Hand a type of Mafia extortion threat?

maybe some bills are coming due!

[Thomas Hurt]

3. What? he is going to point out the hypocrisy of the GOP, as if they care...

honesty and morality do not play into this for the GOP.

[Statistical]

4. Yeah it likely won't work but why not try.

If nothing else the GOP senators shouldn't be surprised when the senate votes to expand the court next year.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Maybe he is going to threaten that very thing

[tavernier]

14. That was my thought

Nix the appointment until after the election or be prepared for an expanded court. Waaaay expanded.

[Eyeball_Kid]

10. Schumer needs 3 GOPers to deny the appointment. n/t

[mopinko]

9. he's gonna lay out what life in the minority is gonna be like.

[onetexan]

22. Oh darn...can't wait to hear all about what was said. Hope he threatens them how Dems will expand

the courts & make no compromises, as Moscow Mitch has done the past 4 years.

[NJCher]

46. heh

by jove you've got it, old chap.

[mopinko]

59. well, i'm old, but not a chap.

chippie? no worries. i get that a lot.
ftr- mo=maureen moe=morris.

[FakeNoose]

23. Instead of expanding, he could shrink the court

Take the number of SCOTUS justices back to 6, and drop the 3 most recent appointments.

[Codeine]

30. That won't work.

Lifetime appointments.

[Moostache]

35. You can't be a lifetime appointment to a seat that no longer exists...

I'm sure there's some arcane 'rule' against it, but fuck the GOP...they broke the Senate...I say keep ripping at the seams until the whole fucking thing comes apart and we can start over.

If McConnell can steal seats, we can steal them right the fuck back, no more compromise or backing off from putting the smack on some Rethug ass...

[appmanga]

49. The Constitution prevents this...

...by denying Congress the ability to create ex post facto laws.

[whopis01]

54. The arcane 'rule' is the Constitution

It makes it clear that Supreme Court Justices can only be removed via impeachment.

The number of seats may be reduced, but that would simply mean that when a justice leaves the court, they would not be replaced. That's what happened in 1866 when the court was reduced from 10 justices to 7.

[Codeine]

61. You very much can be.

Without an impeachment a Justice cannot be removed.

[Buckeyeblue]

25. Maybe he's got dirt on someone?

It's let's make a deal time. Maybe he has a message from Biden? Or maybe they've got 3 Republicans willing to vote no right now.

[beachbumbob]

26. need 4

[librechik]

29. We have Collins and Murkoski--we need either one or two more

surely...

[Tommymac]

58. 2 more - Pence gets the tiebreaker.

But I sincerely doubt Concerned or Murky will vote no if they are truly needed to pass the handmaiden.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Twitter reply :

Link to tweet

[Sherman A1]

32. Interesting

we will see if this has any affect on the republicans.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Rethugs can feel the ground shifting so they decided to listen

and Crazy Head is not qualified!

[ffr]

38. I'm doubt anything will come of it, but I like it as a tactical move.

Hope it bears fruit.

[True Blue American]

39. The Senate is now voting on McConnell's motion

To recess until Saturday!

[Initech]

40. They are determined to put Barrett on the court whether we like it or not.

Fucking assholes. Oh wait yea, fucking assholes.

[world wide wally]

43. In other words, back off on this appointment or

Go through with it and suffer voter backlash and an expanded SC.
Your choice

[Auggie]

47. My exact thoughts

[bucolic_frolic]

45. They are discussing something they don't want the public to know

I have no idea. I think it's a hash out of a severely underqualified nominee who has not been scrutinized enough. They wouldn't put an Antifa member, if Antifa were an actual organization, so why put a radical of the opposite spectrum? Puritan fire-breathing looney.

[Hulk]

52. These cowards and enablers of the mango Mussolini need to hear the straight message ....

....from the Democratic congressmen and women......you stuff this religious fruit cake on the bench of the SCOPTUS for the rest of her life and most of ours...then be prepared to see the SCOPTUS increased in size to balance her radical and incompetent destruction to our nation and our laws.

These cowards need to hear the message loud and clear....THEY are going to bring this down on their heads....THEMSELVES. Fuck this whole "fear idea" being pushed by these thugs and cowards. Moscow Mitch refused to allow the judicial nominations during President Obama's term, and rammed through ALL reich wing, MANY INCOMPETENT judges during the Asshole's reign. Talk about "packing the courts".....the goPutin party is guilty to the eyeballs with packing the courts....the fucking hypocrites!

[BComplex]

68. Maybe Chuck Schumer is telling them how many of them will be tried for treason once

the dems are in charge, since the vast majority of republicans were put in office by the russians.

Ok. We could hope.