30 Jan 2017 2:21 pm
White House press conference just now....
Sean Spicer accuses Senate Democrats of playing political games by saying 'absolutely no' to any 45 SCOTUS nominee before they even know who the person is.
Spicer says it's 'all about politics' and it's 'not about qualifications.'
He says the president has a right to have his nominees taken up.
Really?
Because they were saying the opposite when they refused to even meet with Merrick Garland a man who they once praised and who 7 current Senators voted for when he was appointed to the court of appeals.
Flashback to last year:
Sean Spicer accuses Senate Democrats of playing political games by saying 'absolutely no' to any 45 SCOTUS nominee before they even know who the person is.
Spicer says it's 'all about politics' and it's 'not about qualifications.'
He says the president has a right to have his nominees taken up.
Really?
Because they were saying the opposite when they refused to even meet with Merrick Garland a man who they once praised and who 7 current Senators voted for when he was appointed to the court of appeals.
Flashback to last year:
“If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court,” North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr said in an audio recording of his meeting with GOP volunteers on Saturday.
CNN obtained a copy of the audio.
GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Ted Cruz of Texas have also suggested blocking any Clinton nominees.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in a debate Monday night that he “can’t imagine” voting for any Clinton nominee though he stopped short of vowing to block a pick from a Democratic president.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/cli ... eme-court/