Liberals are running with their narrative on the so-called “McConnell rule” despite being exposed for their “clever talk” on the impending Supreme Court nomination.
Revising history to suit the agenda, the left has been slamming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for allegedly flip-flopping on how his chamber should handle the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice during an election year.
A meltdown was unleashed in the liberal camp as Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he was retiring Wednesday, leaving the door open for President Trump to appoint a replacement who could affect the high court’s decisions for generations to come.
McConnell spiked the panic on the left by announcing efforts to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy before the midterms. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer raised the alarm and reminded voters that former President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, was not even given a hearing because it was an election year.
My @SenateGOP colleagues should follow the rule they set in 2016 not to consider a SCOTUS nominee in an election year. Sen McConnell would tell anyone who listened that the Senate had the right to advise & consent, & that was every bit as important as POTUS’ right to nominate.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 27, 2018
He followed up with a video montage to drive home his point.
In 2016, Senate Republicans said that the American people deserve an opportunity to speak on Supreme Court nominees.
Now that Justice Kennedy is retiring and @realDonaldTrump is president, will they silence them? pic.twitter.com/nT0wtgET6O
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 27, 2018
This narrative was picked up by other liberals and the indignation quickly spread.
Will be interesting to see how some GOP senators rationalize the idea that it’s suddenly now ok to debate an open SCOTUS seat in an election year. They may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 27, 2018
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert aired a clip titled “Mitch McConnell’s Supreme About Face” on Wednesday’s show.
If you’re on a low carb diet you’re in luck, because there ain’t no way to sugarcoat this. https://t.co/HzijhzFbG5
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) June 28, 2018
Senate Democrats, including Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, are also apparently unfamiliar with McConnell’s actual work.
We should listen to what Sen. McConnell said in 2016. President Trump should not nominate, and the Senate should not confirm, a Supreme Court justice until the American people have had the opportunity to make their voices heard in November. https://t.co/JjyEavC3O3
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 27, 2018
Mitch McConnell should follow the Mitch McConnell rule. Let the American people have a say when women’s health and equal rights are on the line.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 27, 2018
Ever resistant to facts, the left missed one important aspect of the 2016 “rule” they are throwing in the GOP’s face. McConnell was clear, as an interview transcript clearly shows, that the decision was made because 2016 was not just an election year – but a presidential election year.
Lots of clever talk that McConnell blocked Garland during an election year, and so now… Approve or not, point was, it a *presidential* election year, and McConnell said so at the time. From Fox News 6/1/16: pic.twitter.com/ctGBD3DyDO
— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 27, 2018
Additionally, there is the overlooked – or deliberately left out – reminder that before the 2010 midterms, Republicans did allow a vote for Elena Kagan.
1) It’s not a Presidential election.
2) That was the Biden/Schumer standard.
3) Obama’s second SCOTUS pick was confirmed in August of a midterm election year (2010). https://t.co/HuHeEBycMM— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 27, 2018
We can say that the “standards” advanced by Democrats on this front have always been rooted in immediate political advantage, and after years of self-interested escalations, Republicans are finally answering in-kind.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 27, 2018
McConnell apparently clarified the issue for any liberals who were still confused.
McConnell, walking off Senate floor, asked if it’s fair to bring up SCOTUS nominee this year given Garland precedent.
“There’s no presidential election this year.”
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) June 27, 2018
Many others joined him in exposing the political play of words.
It is surprising to see them all parroting DNC talking points… oh wait, it’s not surprising at all.
— Meech (@michi83) June 27, 2018
This is what he said on the senate floor- 2/13/2016
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president,”
Oddly, president isn’t on the ballot in November.
— Concerned Conservative (@JJ_Mitch2) June 27, 2018
If the Democrats want to run on the Supreme Court in a midterm election, that’s their call. But it might not work out in their favor.
— Happy New Bear Raposa (@AlphaRaposa) June 27, 2018
You leftists and your revisionism…can’t get away with that anymore. THE GOOGLE!
— Riccardo Palagi (@iamricpalagi) June 28, 2018
They talk as if Mitch/GOP stonewalling of Garland came out of nowhere. In fact, it was richly-earned “vengeance” for decades of unilateral Democratic escalations & power grabs. A brief history: https://t.co/K8weei4YFZ https://t.co/9B6eTPHKHI
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 27, 2018
The libs are losing their minds.this is great.
— david dobbs (@daviddobbs5231) June 28, 2018
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