As every conservative knows, Dems are limited in their options to oppose any new judges nominated by President Donald Trump because in 2013, then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — with the blessing of President Obama — nuked the filibuster on judicial nominees:
Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to consider filibuster reform. It had to be done.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) November 21, 2013
"This gridlock has not served the cause of justice … It's undermined it." —President Obama, supporting filibuster reform in the Senate
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 22, 2013
So, what was then reality-show star Donald Trump saying about the move then? There really are tweets for everything, continued:
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Senate filibuster rule. Harry Reid & Obama killed it yesterday. Rule was in effect for over 200 years.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2013
And Trump said the GOP should “keep the rule” when they’re in the majority and they did!
Since the Democrats decided to kill the filibuster, they now own it.Republicans should keep the new rule when they're in the majority.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2013
Oh, and here’s a nice troll of Obama using the president’s own words against him:
Hypocrite. Watch Senator Obama defend "democratic debate' of Senate filibuster rules in 2005 http://t.co/Z8Sh1Yopn1
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2013
Hey, Dems should have listened to that guy:
"the Founding Fathers established the filibuster as a means of protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority" – obama 2005
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 21, 2013
And Harry Reid, for that matter:
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/403558621176266752
Oops.
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