Summary
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized two Democratic-appointed judges for reversing their retirement plans after President-elect Trump’s victory, accusing them of partisan tactics to block Republican judicial appointments.
McConnell called the moves unprecedented and warned of potential ethics complaints.
He also argued this undermines a recent bipartisan deal on judicial confirmations.
Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin countered, citing McConnell’s 2016 decision to block Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination as an example of GOP gamesmanship.
“you would never nominate a respectable (lmao) moderate like Garland!”
“Ok, I nominate Garland.”
“YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT! NO WE CAN’T ACCEPT HIM, IT’S TOO CLOSE TO AN ELECTION!”
Slightly dramatic recreation of actual events. Fuck the dishonest GOP bullshit.
(That was almost a full year before the 2016 election… RGB dies the month before the 2020 election and Mitch McDemonturtle pushes her replacement through.)
Not even the month before, literally during. Voting had already started.