Except that is a thing that has actually been done multiple times in the past, but if, and only if, the President & the Senate were of the same party. @keithedwards should have consulted a history book before claiming that this is "making s**t up."https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1285954853936738312 …
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McConnell literally said that in the last year of a President’s term, you need to wait for the next election.
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“Elections have consequences,” amirite?
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Yes. Senate elections as well as POTUS. There are rules, and there are norms. Here, both would be on the R side.
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Hey, it was good to see you last night.
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"almost always gets held up" means one time. The last time. In 2015. Every other time it's been put before the Senate. That's why it's a massive amount of hypocrisy for THE VERY SAME SENATORS to suddenly change their minds.
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Incredible willful ignorance here.
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This is both true and a dramatic oversimplification. Most of these appointments happened at a time when the confirmation process was far quicker. Additionally they all happened before Fortas and the introduction of the so-called Thurmond rule.
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Fortas nomination remains the only time in US history when one party had both WH & SEN, but failed to get the election year nomination through.
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