Democratic senators have spent the whole day Monday embarrassing themselves before the confirmation vote on Amy Coney Barrett. We’ve already covered Sen. Ed Markey today, who tweeted, “We must expand the Supreme Court,” but since he was keeping his tweets short and free of substance, he thought he’d drop this gem as well on originalism:
Originalism is racist. Originalism is sexist. Originalism is homophobic. Originalism is just a fancy word for discrimination.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) October 26, 2020
Indisputably foolish take pic.twitter.com/laeop2KC2C
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 26, 2020
you out AOC’ed AOC by being an even bigger ignoramus
— Loren (@LorenSethC) October 26, 2020
Wow. The race card, sex card and gay card all at once. Quite the achievement. I’d put that above your senate seat, your law degree and whatever else you’ve done. ?
— bluska (@bluskabucknut) October 26, 2020
We are governed by idiots.
— Fonzi (@DrunkJedi1) October 26, 2020
You're an idiot.
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) October 26, 2020
He's been a dumpster fire today.
— FrogDoc (@TueborFrog) October 26, 2020
Malarkey
— Joey'stheDad (@joeysthedad) October 26, 2020
No to all of the above, but thanks for playing.
— Dylan (@DylCCole) October 26, 2020
If only we had someone who represented people and was able to propose and pass laws, so we’re not beholden to these jurists.
— David Schmitt (@dschmitt) October 26, 2020
I have seldom read anything so ignorant from a member of Congress. And there is a lot of competition
— Fierce Terrier (@mpav) October 26, 2020
This is like when a freshman tries writing an essay on a topic he doesn't understand without doing any research on it whatsoever.
— Dave Boswell (@DaveBoswell9) October 26, 2020
Yes, but this tweet is a "living tweet," and I just reinterpreted it to mean "Originalism is awesome and the only way to properly understand and apply the Constitution."
— William F Spengler (@WilliamFSpengl1) October 26, 2020
Originalism is…THE WINNER!
— byrns (@itbyrns) October 26, 2020
And yet, originalism was all we needed to remove flaws in the original by amending it, by the exact means explicit in the original. It’s the only founding document for a nation that includes an instruction manual for improving itself. Improvements become part of the original.
— SpencerTracyKong (@KongSpencer) October 26, 2020
Sen. Ben Sasse stepped in to clear things up for Markey.
BREAKING: Massachusetts college freshman shares passionate opinion; does not do homework. https://t.co/433HTn3d2Y
— Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) October 26, 2020
Actually, “originalism” is another way of saying that texts and words have meaning. That's not to claim that all texts and words from 1789 were correct – but that when they need to be changed, they should be changed by elected legislators, not unelected judges.
— Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) October 26, 2020
We haven’t checked back with Markey’s timeline to see if he’s managed to outdo this one.
Need a hug?
— KiethNicholson (@Rvamusiclover) October 26, 2020
Related:
Clean up on aisle 5! Catturd™ DROPS Ed Markey with an AOC dig for claiming Democrats MUST expand the SCOTUS https://t.co/bcaVDjkIut
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 26, 2020