D'OH! Chuck Schumer heaps praise on John Roberts & 'independent judiciary' (with a BIG kicker that proves Trump's point)

Doug P. | 12:55 PM on November 23, 2018

After President Trump blasted an “Obama judge” on the Ninth Circuit Court earlier this week, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement saying there are no “Obama judges” or “Bush judges,” just an independent judiciary. Super-partisan Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer liked what he heard but didn’t have a whole lot of self-awareness in this tweet:

I don’t agree very often with Chief Justice Roberts, especially his partisan decisions which seem highly political on Citizens United, Janus, and Shelby.

But I am thankful today that he—almost alone among Republicans—stood up to President Trump and for an independent judiciary.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 23, 2018

Good one, Chuck! Very helpful:

I wonder if Chuck realizes how he's contradicting himself and proving Trump's point in this statement? I doubt it. https://t.co/zLNscYcFzz

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) November 23, 2018

Shorter Chuck Schumer: Trump is totally right about the courts, except when Republican appointees criticize him; then the judiciary is Independent and Good:https://t.co/4b28OVJp6G

— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) November 23, 2018

It was nice of Schumer to praise Roberts’ defense of an independent, nonpartisan judiciary while also including a list of cases Schumer considers partisan decisions!

The lack of self-awareness it takes to criticize Roberts as a partisan while praising him for criticizing Trump for calling another judge partisan

Is galactic dumbass level https://t.co/QEyR8m9uSL

— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) November 23, 2018

Beyond parody.

"Republicans won't stand up to Trump while he makes the same argument I just made about court decisions being political."

Another example of how some people only view certain behavior as bad when Trump does it. What a clown. https://t.co/7dFicf0ca2

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 23, 2018

Trump should show some bipartisanship by giving Schumer’s hot take a retweet.