.@NinaTotenberg you know what a filisbuster is, so why didn't you write that word? https://t.co/JXHRjBPD4Y
— David (@DavidsWriting) March 18, 2016
NPR’s Nina Totenberg interviewed President Obama, and it was as hard-hitting as you might have expected:
Me & @POTUS joke at end of actually serious interview about #SCOTUSnominee. Listen to Friday's @MorningEdition. pic.twitter.com/GrowhRmDmH
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) March 18, 2016
.@NinaTotenberg interviews Obama: Fattest softballs, one-sided write-up. https://t.co/F1G2TSQ1rM
— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) March 18, 2016
One of the more glaring efforts to avoid confronting Obama with the truth came when Totenberg mentioned then-Senator Obama’s support of a 2006 filibuster of George W. Bush’s SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito. However, Totenberg bent over backwards to avoid using the “F” word:
Totenberg won't even say Obama tried to filibuster Alito. Instead: had "role in seeking to prolong the debate." https://t.co/7rPu6UFe5J
— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) March 18, 2016
“Role in seeking to prolong the debate”? Liberal media hacks gonna hack!
You gotta be kidding me. "Role in seeking to prolong the debate!" https://t.co/QrXqUl0NE8
— Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) March 18, 2016
This is so embarrassing. https://t.co/nkAXPFqUXR
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) March 18, 2016
@EdWhelanEPPC Play it in turn – report the GOP is simply prolonging the debate when it comes to Garland.
— Tami #LCFC ✘ (@Brytani_Fla) March 18, 2016
Now that the White House is trying to get their SCOTUS nominee a Senate vote, Obama now says he regrets his filibuster role in seeking to prolong the debate on Alito in 2006.
