What Senate Republicans said about Merrick Garland’s nomination
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- After refusing to fill the last Supreme Court vacancy in a presidential election year, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) now says the Senate would fill a vacancy if it opened up in 2020. Read more: wapo.st/2Kb97MV. Subscribe to The Washington Post on CZcams: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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Well this clip is about to get reeeeeal relevant.
Lindsey Graham is the good guy, this one time.
@@BreadDefender Let's hope he (and many other republicans) actually keep their word on this issue, but I'm not super hopeful. Grahm just might, because he used to be good friends with Biden, and Biden is leading in the polls. He may want to get back on his good side before he gets elected. Mitt Romney might, just because it's the right thing to do. There's a few others who may see this as being just a liiiitle too much, especially with the political winds changing.
Nolan ZW I definitely agree. American politics need an overhaul.
@@AAGEnzee He already said he supports Trump's nominee who ever it is. Spineless hypocrite.
Unfortunately they don't care they just toss evidence away this amy phoney barret is a sickening human
1:30 needs to be on every TV station and every website!
True, the hippocrisy though.
Its so hypocritical, it's funny!
Being hypocritical is right out of democrats playlist! I could name thousands of things they are hypocritical on.. I guess it's the pot calling the kettle black huh??
It could be on every TV station, but it won't matter! People are not happy what the left did to Kavanaugh, and they haven't forgotten it! Graham said after that all bets are off, fairness is out the window, and the democrats want to keep changing the rules, so the republicans have no choice but to fight dirty! But what they are doing is within their constitutional duties and rights! No one can argue that!
If you want to put this hypocrisy all over the tv stations and every website, then all the hypocrisy from the left would also be displayed!
I'm here now, after Justice Ruth Ginsburg die..... I'm just waiting to see what the Republicans will have to say about a Trump nominee
You don’t have to wait for that. You already know. It’s unfortunate but that’s the way it goes
ALF RAYDOUGH I think Trump is gonna go with Lagoa since she’s from Florida and if Trump loses in Florida he has almost no chance
You probably shouldnt have held your breathe. Politics is just a big sham. They only play for themselves and their own party, not for the good of the American people.
I wonder if McConnell has anything to say about the kickback I mean "business investment" that is going in to his state.
Hmmmmmm let’s see if this holds true in September 2020.
Things just got spicy
Narrator: It didn't.
Can’t be bothered to listen to Republican crooks.
Wondering Eyes but you’ll listen to child perverts that want to give nukes to Iran? 😳
Dominique Ray That sounds like Trump.
democraps dont like the truth they like lies TRUMP 2020!!!!!
Charlie Scriver Trump lies on a minute by minute basis, you need to look in a mirror and see who really likes lies.
@@b.k.9797 the democraps OBAMA, HILARY what more do you want the 2 best crooked liars of all !!
Really really were is that stand now on history and fairness all thrown out if you are in charge right
These guys have a double standard ... Hold them to their word or Lock Them Up!
In 2016, Obama COULD NOT run for president, whereas,
in 2020 Trump CAN run for president . Big Difference . The Biden(D)Rule applies to presidents who CAN'T run
David Council
@@davidcouncil493 - 1:04 Graham prefaces his comment by pointing out that Obama was a lame duck and that both Republican frontrunners had asked the Senate Rep contingent not to confirm Obama's nominee. He was golden there.
Why did he feel the need to go further and extend this position to first term presidents too?! That was just stupid. Presidents, especially first termers, don't stop being presidents in their 4th year. If an opening comes up, then they get to nominate.
And the Senate needs to follow Rules of Proceedings--which kinda by its very name implies proceeding or moving forward with a nomination--and not Rules of Procrastinating--which would be the complete and total opposite of proceeding.
The one and only possible exception that I could see to proceeding forward, and therefore the sole basis for obstructing and postponing, would be to defend the US Constitution. Where a nominee, such as Garland, were identified who had made it abundantly clear that he had no intention whatsoever to abide by Constitutional limits on enumerated powers and planned on availing a President of every executive order, bureaucratic regulation, emergency power, and obscure treaty provision under the sun in order to wield control over the American people, then that extremist sort of nominee would call for a commensurate extremist defree of opposition to block his confirmation. And that's exactly what we got.
"Tonight, I dine on Turtle Soup..."
Jesus Christ, circa 2019
I really like your video. Just subscribed!
Man I hope McConnell's humbling is televised.
Here’s your humbling KID!!!
@@joshuahendricks7701 Go on...boy.
Do you know how s hyperlink works son? You click on it. It’s a CZcams VIDEO OF JOE BIDEN SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING IN 1992. I’LL BE SURE AND WAIT FOR YOUR OUTRAGE!!!
@@joshuahendricks7701 you expect me to click on a hyper link because why? You wanna expose the hypocrisy? congrats, I'm not a biden fan...so WHOOPIEDEEDOOOOOO...How about you look in the mirror and stare into the hypocrisy you sew.
@@joshuahendricks7701 further more DO YOU KNOW how a hyperlink works boy? you gotta post one first dipshit.
Are we done with our nostalgia for james stewart?? McConnell is NOT bringing you a wonderful life.
It's all about power for the GOP principle be damned.
Exactly. Now that they have power they're going to use it to change whatever laws necessary to make sure they never lose power again.
This is why you need to vote, in every election.
Vote for the candidate that will most likely unseat the GOP rival, because the future is an stake! First, the GOP systematically won as many state legislatures as they could. Then, they began to destroy the limits on campaign finance rules/opened up the dark money avenues, and finally, the GOP funded "grassroots" efforts to create chaos (eventually) in the Federal Legislative Branch... This all traces back to 1968, and there are various moments where this plan really gained momentum (1980, 1994, 2010, 2014, and 2016)
1:20 Lyndsey Graham says a republican president will not confirm a judge if there's an opening in his last year and use his words 🤔
Enough with career politicians. It's time for term limits.
This clip is about to become epic
His face looks like he opened the ark of the covenant.
funny
Why is this old news being recommended in the top news segment on CZcams???
They're showing how hypocritical Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell are. Watch it?
@@bcrowie1
Yeah I watched it... like I said it's old news.... I could see if something relevant was happening such as us I having another Supreme Court Justice up for nomination but that's not the case.
Mr. Graham is about to be real quiet these upcoming weeks lol
Republican senators, true hypocrites! Vote them out!
Open SCOTUS seats should be filled in a timely manner
They should. But there is now a precedent - the McConnell Rule - for not filling such seats during a presidential election year. It's a matter of fairness and consistency.
Actually it’s called the BIDEN RULE SON!!!
@@joshuahendricks7701 It's cute that you think that. it was implemented by McConnell. Hence McConnell Rule.
REALLY SON?? THATS FUNNY BECAUSE I JUST PROVIDED VIDEO EVIDENCE OF JOE BIDEN SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING IN 1992. DO YOU KNOW HOW A HYPERLINK WORKS?? DEMOCRATS BLOCKED TWO OF NIXON’S APPOINTEES KID!! TIME TO CRACK OPEN A HISTORY BOOK YOU IGNORANT MORON!!!
Strange that your 2020 frontrunner said something different 25 years ago.
Republican in 2016: "CONSTITUTION!!!"
Republicans in 2020: "Eh just do whatever."
What are you talking about? They are still following the constitution, are you slow?
@@andrewbillingsley4619 They claimed everything in 2016 they were doing was because of the constitution, but then stopped doing any of it in 2020 because it’s a Republican President. Such as emoluments, and how the supreme court process is.
Where is Rbg?
In the same re-animation chamber Keith Richards makes a daily routine to visit.
Hey I feel like we should definitely save that Lindsey Graham quote in particular.
For sure we should. He's going to be one to watch. Does he hold true to his word, or does he fall in line out of fear of Trump's wrath? Time for him to eat his words.
Come on 2020. RBG... Please hold out until then.
Trump will be appointing her replacement. No more rulings by feelings, European laws or whatever the flavor for the day is. Strictly constitutionalist which by the way doesn't always make the right happy either.
qrobinso I hope Ruth Bader Ginsburg lives forever, but resigns tomorrow.
Why? Either way, Trump will still be president. You're not thinking something foolish, like he could actually lose, are you?
And RPG is already dead, and doing the "Weekend at Bernie's" thing.
@@painkillerjones6232 never say never, they have the snowflakes whipped up into an insane frenzy and they will be voting . Truly troubling if you read what they write and listen to what they say.
@@johnmajane3731 Well, they came out in droves for the mid-terms, more so than 2016, in my opinion, and the "Blue Wave" turned into a trickle by the time it got to Missouri! We are now a RED state!!
But you are right!! Ever vigilante!!
Trump 2020!!!
Woww... how the tables have turned 😩😂
Well, we will see soon enough what replublicans will do. RIP RBG.
is that Mitch or an oil painting?
More prevalent than ever!
Well Mr. Graham time to use your words against you.
They said let the American people decide who should fill in the Supreme Court seat. So they did want Merrick Garland after all... (they didn’t say let the electoral college fill in the seat).
Lets see what happens...(posted Sep. 18, 2020, 8:52 PM EDT, hours after Ginsburg died...)
It's revolting that Grassley refused to do his duty as Committee Chair under Obama. Still, in politics, there is always, always, payback.
LOL, in 2020, during the general election campaign, they rushed Barrett through to literally ensure the next president would be denied that opportunity to fill the vacancy the republicans previously guaranteed in 2016
just standing by waiting for this country to burn to the ground
Uh oh
Well, well, well. What now, Mr. Graham? Your boy Mitch has vowed to confirm. Are you going to vote against the nominee?
Ouch
Thank God MG will NEVER be on the supreme court
The terrible think about this is that Dems eventually will retaliate and then the republicans retaliate and so on and so forth. Having said that, I really dislike this guy.
Time to use them words against Lindsey!
It is at this time when I stopped referring to Republicans as Americans.
So, let's see RBG... where is she.
Well if that's how he wants to play ball looks like we'll have to expand court
Good luck
Greg T, hey. I really like your little thumbnail pic. It’s beautiful!
That's only biting them back now. Enjoy your day's in court and jail. Good luck at your GA hearings Trump and Lindsey you'll be going through things.
I wonder what Lindsay has to say today???
"I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2016, and a [Supreme Court] vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say, 'Lindsey Graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.' And you could use my words against me, and you'd be absolutely right." - Senator Lindsey Graham, 3/10/16.
No liberals on the court. Get rid of them all.
Neither the old turtle nor the closeted gay sap can be trusted. They have no morals.
I just pause the video and went directly to the comments section, I'm angry and tired of hearing this corrupted man, please kentucky we need you to get get rid off Mitch Mcoward, vote against him in the 2020 election, you will be heroes around the country.
The TURTLE IS A SWAMP ANIMAL
1:30
Republican here... Mitch was wrong then, and we should have voted. We should have voted on Garland. Now we should vote on Trump's pick because its the right thing to do.
What happened with Garland was wrong. Mitch wasn't blocking the Democrats when he didn't allow the hearings as Republicans had the majority and could have simply voted not to confirm him. He was blocking the moderate Republicans who would have voted to confirm Garland as Garland was qualified and in line politically with most moderate voters. It set a bad precedence and led to a sharp increase in political division. Need to stop that from ever happening again. There should be a rule/amendment that the Senate must hold hearings and have a vote within a set amount of time, such as 30 days, after the President makes a nomination. I would prefer to have a moderate court and therefore hate to see another another Trump pick where he panders to the far right but I do think that any President should have the right to make a nomination and get hearings provided elections have not yet been held.
Hope M.Garland becomes AG. Would be karma towards the Republicans!
We all know why we are here...
Is anyone at all surprised at Mitch's hypocrisy? We shouldn't be. He has a history of speaking passionately in favor of whatever will increase his personal power base...then flipping when the reverse is in his favor. His little smirk as he responds that they would fill a vacancy makes it exceedingly clear that he is well aware of what he's doing, and finds it most amusing that anyone actually believes his faked passionate beliefs. He's certainly not the only politician with a history of flip-flopping; there's been plenty of it on both sides of the aisle. He's among the most egregious and hypocritical, though -- too bad his fellow Kentuckians seem to find that appealing enough to keep voting him in.
"If a supreme court justice where to die next year, what would you do? I would fill it!" Here is what should have been asked in that press conference: "If Mitt Romney had defeated Obama in the 2012 election and where the sitting president, Would you fill this vacancy before election day?" If he said Yes it might of worked against him four years ago, If he said no it would work against him now...
I’m going to say it…
It wouldn’t surprise me if some of these hypocrites were hoping, even praying RBG would die during Trump’s presidency. When the news broke that she died, I knew right away they’d start the process of filling her seat before her body cooled.
This decision is the best decision, republicans have made in the last one hundred years. Garland was wrong for the Supreme Court.
Always felt bad for Merrick Garland during this
Why do they still get airtime
I feel like that guy was just as qualified as Amy Barret is, so why not confirm him? Of course, politics as usual.
Garland stand on the left. ACB not so much. She will read the constitution as written, following Scalia’s footsteps.
"You will rue the day"
What happened to the moral creed of the republican party?
McConnel needs to go.
lock him up
Slimeball
obstruction of morality mitch
That's what the Troglodytes said before they became extinct.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Tar&feathers please.
RIP Garland.
This is my favorite reality series !
The greed in this one is strong
OMG Mitch lied I can't believe it.
So McConnell says a quip and the WP is somehow equating that to the other senators saying it as well, otherwise why show clips of them too? Did the Wp do one on Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid when they all stated they would block Bush II's nomination if he made one in the presidentail election year, as well as showing their outrage that the Repubs. did the same thing to Pres. Obama? I would love a link to the Washington Post doing that with them back in 2016 but I am also guessing that video was never created (by the WP at least).
The turtle crawled out of his shell again
And into a business suit......gross......lol
Fuq republicants, Fuq Fox and FUQ t RUMP!!!!
He’s gonna win lol
HOWS THAT TDS ?
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢
This is a embarrassing people
I love this man
The turtle man has spoken.
Case closed.
(dramatic pause)
Case closed.
Then Mueller spoke...
Supreme talmudic court
For all his flaws, Mitch has my respect for blocking Garland.
“We’d fill it.” Cocaine Mitch! I love it!
What made Mitch McConnell hate the US so much?
A bunch of cheats and professional can kickers... 1. Move the ball up a few yards. 2. Call a timeout. 3. Cut to a commercial.
Wilbur Milktoast.
GO EDUCATE YOURSELVES!!!
I can't wait for the expose to come out on graham and mcconnel, and his mail order bride chao . ...shot will hit the fan
Right or wrong, this is modern politics. Both parties are opportunistic and would do this sort of thing if able. For the Washington Post to throw shade on Republicans for this is to also throw shade on Democrats.
Hypocrisy!!!
RIP Merrick Garland. Gone, but not forgotten.
Now who’s Rip 🤣🤣🤣
I don't get the story here. Obama tried filling a vacancy in his way out of office. In 2020, Trump will just be starting the first year of his second term. So what?
Common Sense Because Obama was still the president of the United States. Because the vacancy was not filled for over a year. Because the republicans where using politics to sway legal precedent in their favor but forcing the then President to not fill the vacancy as per the constitution.
They are tearing apart the norms of democracy to have their way. And eventually it will ruin them later on.
Now, it's unlikely we know who will win the 2020 election, and I don't understand why this is relevant to the conversation.
No, Trump will be in the last year of his first term in 2020. The next presidential election is Nov 2020. The winner of that election will begin their term in January 2021.
Obama’s was last term, Trump 2020
After Democrats destroyed Robert Bork it later blew up in their faces.
Robert Bork got a hearing and a vote. Merrick Garland got neither.
@@michaelholland3699 The outcome was still the same though both were denied a seat on the court. Frankly Garland got the better deal at Bork's hearing the Democrats slimed trashed and slandered him every chance they got. At least Garland never had to go through that.
Treason
Penalty for terrorism and treason is death
Sorry Democrats can't play by your demented rules this is too important..
Another conservative constitutional Supreme Court Justice. Can't stop this.. let the crying begin nobody's listening..😎
God Bless Mitch McConnell 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 MAGA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
God judges hypocrites.
William Adderholdt Then God will be judging you
No❤️
Vincent Giasullo Yes. God will be judging you
@@DrMidas-e8o GOP senators blocked Merrick Garland for a year, because it was an electoral year, but now the want to appoint a new judge.
God hates hypocrites
Trump 2020 😂