'Gotta be kidding me'! NPR's Nina Totenberg redefines Obama's role in 2006 SCOTUS debate

https://twitter.com/DavidsWriting/status/710819692286500865

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

https://twitter.com/EdWhelanEPPC/status/710807634627022848

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:

https://twitter.com/EdWhelanEPPC/status/710808162723434496

“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

— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) March 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/710808861259776000

@EdWhelanEPPC Play it in turn – report the GOP is simply prolonging the debate when it comes to Garland.

— ??Tami (@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.