CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod is looking toward President Joe Biden’s nomination of the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court and he’s finding it sad that it’s already baked in that it’s going to be a near party-line vote to confirm her. Look back at the good old days, he says:
Breyer was confirmed 87-9.
Ginsberg was confirmed 96-3.
Scalia was confirmed 98-0!
Now-regardless of the character and qualifications of @POTUS's nominee-we're looking at a near party-line vote. Already baked.
Sad reflection on the nature of our times.— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) January 27, 2022
What’s an even more sad reflection is looking back at when that all changed. Also, we noticed Axelrod skipped over the most recent few nominees to the Supreme Court.
How did that come to be……
— Metsmavs910 (@metsmavs910) January 27, 2022
Man, wait til you find out how all this started… pic.twitter.com/oFWvnUFjVs
— Arthur Boreman Once Held His Breath for 30 Seconds (@ArthurBoreman) January 27, 2022
Gee, who was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when it all went south? pic.twitter.com/RmQ0HcJYm9
— EJ Hill (@EJHill_PSC) January 27, 2022
When, exactly, did these votes turn partisan and who, specifically, led the charge in that hearing David?
— Ccar (@Carlso1) January 27, 2022
How did Biden vote on Clarence Thomas?
— Ron Lee (@ronlee1975) January 27, 2022
Don’t forget Bork.
— The Washingtonian (@HimWhatfromWash) January 27, 2022
Now do Bork and Thomas.
— Tony Beard (@tonybeard) January 27, 2022
Thomas 52-48 🤔
Ginsburg 96-3
Breyer 87-9
Roberts 78-22
Alito 58-42 🤔
Sotomayor 68-31
Kagan 63-37
Garland (no vote)
Gorsuch 54-45
Kavanaugh 50-48
Barrett 52-48— John Fenton (@jhfenton) January 27, 2022
Bork 42-58 is the real starting point here
— Dominic Pino (@DominicJPino) January 27, 2022
Remind me of the most recent justices votes that you left out?
— RD Johnson (@RDJohnson703) January 27, 2022
How soon you forget Alito, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Thomas…
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) January 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/OneFineJay/status/1486745495410298896
https://twitter.com/ktkjellerup/status/1486741216972713984
Searching your past tweets to see if you said the same thing when Gorsuch, Cavanaugh and Barrett were nominated. Can’t seem to find them. @davidaxelrod
— Falcon Partners (@falconpartners) January 27, 2022
They accused Kavanaugh of gang-rape.
— David Frank Writes (@David_N_Frank) January 27, 2022
Bork? Thomas? Gorsuch?, Kavanaugh? Barrett? Who started this, David?
— Brian Gutherman (@Beachnuke) January 27, 2022
It's as if they forgot who started this.
*Narrator: They know*
— Kevin D. Jones (@Kevin_D_Jones) January 27, 2022
— Shane Roth (@apexnerd) January 27, 2022
Nice cherry picking, David.
— Meg Thee Scallion 🧅 (@onedankmom) January 27, 2022
I predict the Senate confirmation vote will be 53-47 as long as they don’t put forward an out and out activist….which is very much a possibility with this administration. If they do that they risk losing Manchin or Sinema.
This will be interesting to watch.
— Ken Catmull (@kencatmull) January 27, 2022
If the supposedly moderate Biden puts forward a moderate Supreme Court nominee, we’ll just have to see.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 18, 2019