Sen. Al Franken blocks Trumps racist judge and conservatives are flipping out

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. And yet this practice was just fine with the GOPers

when Obama was nominating judges.

There have been some really obnoxious TV ads around here (Minneapolis) in the last few days, accusing Franken of being "jealous" because this Judge Stras got more votes than he did! Of course he did. He was initially appointed by the governor to fill an open seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court, then had to run for the seat when that term expired (that's how it works here). His opponent was an obscure and relatively inexperienced local magistrate who's a complete religious nut who thinks judges shouldn't decide the law; God should. So of course Stras won in a landslide - not only because his opponent was an unknown nutball, but because sitting judges always win re-election. You can't honestly compare a Senate election to a state supreme court election.

It's one of the most deceptive, disingenuous ads I've ever seen.