Today President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court vacancy and called on the Senate to hold hearings:
LIVE: Obama says to suggest Garland does not deserve a hearing would be unprecedented. https://t.co/4MEGBTlegu pic.twitter.com/pBy1FwlwVk
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) March 16, 2016
During Obama’s Rose Garden announcement, he had harsh words for Senate Republicans who might not want to bring his nomination to a vote:
President Obama calls failure to hear & vote on Garland SCOTUS nom an "abdication of the Senate's Constitutional duty"
— Alex L. Khan (@PoliticKhan) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/710124216348233728
Translation: “Do as I say, not as I do!”
Obama saying "abdication of the Senate's constitutional duty" is the most ironic thing I'll ever hear
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) March 16, 2016
Obama calls refusing to give Garland a vote is an abdication of constitutional duty. Beyond parody.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 16, 2016
Pres. Obama just said that the way he, as a Senator, treated Justice Alito was an abdication of his constitutional duty.
— STEW ??? ⚾️ ? (@StewSays) March 16, 2016
Democrat claims about the Senate GOP abdicating constitutional duty have earned some Pinocchios:
https://twitter.com/JoshFalzone/status/710124897029242881
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