President Obama sat Monday for a Facebook Live interview with Buzzfeed legal editor Chris Geidner, during which he again encouraged the Republican-led Senate to do its job, put politics aside, and vote to confirm his “wicked smart” nominee for the Supreme Court.
.@POTUS says he searched for a #SCOTUS pick with "unimpeachable credentials" and found that in Merrick Garland pic.twitter.com/8AYoonnpXw
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 16, 2016
.@POTUS says Merrick Garland was the perfect choice "for this moment, for this particular seat" #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/sMj1YJ9ihK
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 16, 2016
Good to know that in filling a lifetime position on the highest court in the land, the president found the perfect choice “for this moment.” That moment, though, was two months ago.
Two months to the day since making SCOTUS nomination, Pres Obama says Judge Garland is "wicked smart" & even GOP says he's "a great judge."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 16, 2016
Of course there’s a punchline, and that is where President Obama says that it’s especially important not to politicize SCOTUS nominees due to the craziness of the election year — which sounds like a perfectly sound reason to delay a vote. That excuse worked for Joe Biden, after all.
In @BuzzFeedNews interview, Pres Obama says "because this election year has been so crazy," GOP should not politicize his SCOTUS nomination.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 16, 2016
Pres Obama says SCOTUS nomination is "beyond politics" & Senate GOP should give Judge Garland a hearing and a vote. pic.twitter.com/SprMiN8HKy
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 16, 2016
umm no
— drew25 (@rkwjk) May 16, 2016
Of course that's nothing like what he said as sen. obama.
— kphenry (@res54cue) May 16, 2016
.@markknoller that's adorable. https://t.co/8x5w454MuC
— Jason (@jasonelevation) May 16, 2016
Pres. Obama just claimed there is a "constitutional obligation" for the Senate to have a hearing on his #SCOTUSnominee. Sen. Reid disagrees.
— STEW ??? ⚾️ ? (@StewSays) May 16, 2016
"Nowhere…does it say the Senate has a duty to give Presidential appointees a vote." – Harry Reid, 2005 https://t.co/emqhZ2RfTS
— Jason (@jasonelevation) February 20, 2016
Textually, there is no such obligation. Nor has this been a general practice demonstrating such an obligation. https://t.co/f9R1oA1lq2
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 16, 2016
The Supreme Court is “beyond politics,” says the man who called out justices in the State of the Union. https://t.co/aTewCkGttw
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) May 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/732287861475643393
weird he didn't invite Alito, the man he voted to filibuster, to sit with him @markknoller
— Swalwell Farted on TV and It Was Hilarious (@lamblock) May 16, 2016
Agree that nom deserves vote but silly 4 Dems, who've elevated only ideologues for 50 years, 2 say it's above politics.
— Commander McBragg (@fauxgressive) May 16, 2016
If Buzzfeed brought up either the “Biden Rule” or Obama’s filibuster of Justice Alito during the interview, it didn’t make their write-up.
Karma's a bitch, Barack. A real bitch.
— Yosoyfiesta (@MurrayBueno) May 16, 2016
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