Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell argued that "Article II, Section II of the Constitution grants the Senate the right to withhold its consent, as it deems necessary" and that tradition holds that when a Supreme Court vacancy exists in an election year when there is a president of one party and a Senate controlled by the other, the nomination should wait until after the election.
Senator John Thune added that "The Senate Republican majority was elected to be a check and balance to President Obama." And Senator John McCain reiterated that position, stating that "The last time the American people spoke, they elected a Republican majority to the Senate to act as a 'check and balance' on President Obama's liberal agenda - a responsibility I cannot ignore."
The American people elected a Republican, not a Democratic, SenateBefore Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans advocated this position, it was Senate Democrats, including Joe Biden, who made this very argument.
As it turns out, the voters doubled down on Republican control, electing Donald Trump as president of the United States and keeping Republicans in the Senate majority - a majority that was expanded in 2018 when the voters chose to keep Republicans in the Senate majority and replaced three Democrats with Republicans - including myself.
In 2020, Senator Klobuchar said that Republicans would face a "Moral reckoning" if they attempted to fill the ninth seat on the Supreme Court.
He, no doubt, intended these words to be directed at Republicans, but it's the Democrats whose arguments are dripping with hypocrisy.
If Senate Democrats don't like that, win more elections.
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Democrats and SCOTUS: the hypocrisy surrounding the empty seat
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