The announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has the Left gearing up to call “hypocrisy” on Republicans:
https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1012053518184787968
Schumer echoes Durbin, says it would be “height of hypocrisy” for McConnell to confirm Kennedy’s replacement before the election.
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) June 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1012040998686543894
But Dems need not worry about having to spread those talking points all on their own, because as often is the case, they have the mainstream media backing them up. Case-in-point, NBC News’ Chuck Todd & Andrea Mitchell:
Will be interesting to see how some GOP senators rationalize the idea that it’s suddenly now ok to debate an open SCOTUS seat in an election year. They may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 27, 2018
Exactly https://t.co/cvKJYHHy4z
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) June 27, 2018
Many others in the mainstream media will be taking similar approaches, no doubt.
I wasn't aware of this but apparently there's a presidential election this year, at least according to our unbiased "referees" at NBC. pic.twitter.com/OYLa525bSG
— BT (@back_ttys) June 27, 2018
1) It’s not a Presidential election.
2) That was the Biden/Schumer standard.
3) Obama’s second SCOTUS pick was confirmed in August of a midterm election year (2010). https://t.co/HuHeEBycMM— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1012043384737935360
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But at least one thing is clear:
Good news everyone. Slack is working again pic.twitter.com/6s0wfRhLkf
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 27, 2018
LOL!
Not that the media will bother to report it, but that’s simply not the case:
This isn't the precedent McConnell set, and it's sad Ezra's readers will never know it.
The Garland-Gorsuch precedent was that voters should choose who *nominates* the next justice in an election year.
A midterm doesn't resolve that question, so the precedent doesn't apply. https://t.co/QkNATdYfqV
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 27, 2018
Todd defended his tweet this way:
It's a talking point, for sure, but one McConnell has already blown off: "There's no presidential election this year," he told @BresPolitico, me and a few others. https://t.co/SeOrl0hmw7
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) June 27, 2018
I get the technical difference but it truly is an insult to voters, their opinion only matters in Prez election years, not midterms. Got it. https://t.co/6XCo0Z3jN1
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 27, 2018
We expect the DNC’s next statement to pretty much sound just like that.
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