Toomey joins Trump and McConnell in backing push to fill Supreme Court seat, reversing 2016 stance [View all]

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

WASHINGTON — In a stark reversal of the standard he set in 2016, Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) said Tuesday that he will support filling a vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court this year, despite a presidential election being only weeks away.

Toomey, who in 2016 argued that the Senate should wait months for the results of that year’s presidential election because the balance of the court was at stake, said the Senate should do the opposite this year, because the White House and Senate are controlled by the same party.

“The difference between these Senate practices makes perfect sense," Toomey said in a statement. "When divided government creates tension between the two organs responsible for filling a position on the Supreme Court, it is completely justifiable to leave open a vacancy until the voters have had a chance to speak. In 2016, the voters spoke by electing a Republican president and a Republican-controlled Senate. In 2018, the voters expanded the Republican majority in the Senate. Since the voters resolved the tension between the White House and the Senate, there is no reason to delay filling this vacancy.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/pat-toomey-ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-seat-20200922.html

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Teabagger Toomey strikes again!

Pretzel-twisting reasoning.

ETA - His idiotic remark - "When divided government creates tension between the two organs " misses the fact that the House HAS a Democratic Party majority which = "divided government".