We’re so old, we remember (last May) when the White House set up a photo op to demonstrate the tremendous stress the Senate’s refusal to take up the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland was having on the nation’s civics teachers, who had to face classrooms of children every day and explain why there were only eight justices seated. The tears running down their little faces … and their students’ faces too. It must have been unbearable.
And yet, in 2017, even some of the same senators who had voted previously to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch are now issuing statements explaining why they can’t approve his appointment to the Supreme Court.
Many Democrats, like Sen. Martin Heinrich, are saying they just can’t vote to confirm Gorsuch until this whole Russian whatever it is — the hacking of our democracy to some — is cleared up.
I will oppose Judge Gorsuch. Russia investigation must be completed before #SCOTUS lifetime appointment. Statement: https://t.co/8zWNe1fUXM
— Martin Heinrich (@MartinHeinrich) March 29, 2017
It’s almost like it’s some kind of talking point on which they’ve all agreed.
Gray clouds of suspicion hang over Trump. Until the FBI finds that his presidency is legitimate, the Senate should not vote on Gorsuch.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 21, 2017
6/ Extreme positions aside, there should be no vote on Gorsuch until we complete a real investigation into the man who nominated him.
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) March 29, 2017
Senators shouldn't vote on Gorsuch until we complete full investigation into the legitimacy of the election that led to the nomination! pic.twitter.com/2Y5sQZRFVR
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) March 27, 2017
Please take two minutes and do this. POTUS is under an active FBI investigation. Should not get to move forward w/ Gorsuch hearing. https://t.co/nmpVl2tcyX
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) March 21, 2017
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TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer doesn’t seem to buy the idea that the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling precludes the Senate from confirming Gorsuch, which got him into hot water.
https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/847093573610885120
If Trump coordinated with Russia, he is illegitimate and so is his nomination. He prob didn't, but we should find out 4 sure
— ?? Eliza Cross ?? (@MuiMui2010) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/847097406797856768
"He would still have won election." How can you possibly know? I worked on election 4 a year, & doubt it. Asinine statement.
— Jon “Bowzer” Bauman (@JonBowzerBauman) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/AggressiveDem/status/847202083241578496
Whoa, Scherer is a Trump normalizer? That’s low … Democrats are supposed to go high.
https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/847106208985157632
No mechanism for revisiting? Even if, as George Takei suggested, the result of the investigation determines the entire 2016 election null and void? What about Sally Kohn’s super-straightforward five-step plan to get from where we are now to President Hillary Clinton? What about that two-step plan leading to a re-vote? What if the U.S. instituted martial law until everything was sorted out?
You asserted that absent Russian hacking and meddling in election, he still would have won, not just vote count.
— Chris Lee (@Chris_Lee_Cal) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/847162367020535810
So if you are saying you did not assert that, then what did you mean? Why would "He still would have won"?
— Chris Lee (@Chris_Lee_Cal) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/847182193352953856
Not that there is no changing it at this late date. You should write a retraction.
— Chris Lee (@Chris_Lee_Cal) March 29, 2017
Wow, touchy. Guys, she lost.
https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/847198983147737089
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