As we’ve been telling you all day, Dems are furious over the recent 5-4 SCOTUS rulings getting decided, in part, because of Trump-appointed Neil Gorsuch. But Ezra Klein has a brutal reminder that the reason why Sen. Mitch McConnell was able to block Obama nominee Merrick Garland in the first place was because “turnout was abysmal” in 2014 and Dems got schlonged in the midterm election:
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1011624695278555136
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1011625619304734720
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1011626152027443201
As we told you, then President Obama was desperate to help juice turnout but to no avail:
Obama tailors his GOTV message in WI, drops "Pookie" name – "you've got that cousin on the couch who is watching old Packers games"
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 29, 2014
Cousin Pookie is back! And, yes, he is still sitting on the couch. http://t.co/ZfLsUPWXcV
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 20, 2014
Obama to supporters of Anthony Brown, candidate for governor in Maryland. Get "cousin Pookie" to the polls pic.twitter.com/9xEEvg7PRm
— Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) October 19, 2014
Cousin Pookie never got of that couch and liberal dreams died. So sad.
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