Chuck Schumer leading a blockade of a judicial nomination is not a fictional scenario. It is, in fact, where the filibuster wars started in earnest in 2003. It was done, explicitly, to prevent Republicans from getting the first Hispanic SCOTUS nominee.https://twitter.com/young_maymay/status/1404489303489597440 …
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Meanwhile, in the world of things people actually laid the political groundwork to do at the time: https://www.politico.com/story/2007/07/schumer-to-fight-new-bush-high-court-picks-005146 …pic.twitter.com/WYexE7SqJ6
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What's happening now is McConnell is saying what he will do in a hypothetical. Asking what someone else WOULD do is still a subject change. McConnell has said he would almost definitely block the nomination. Go ahead and address it, since you've got time for hypo and real.
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Lol yeah dude
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Yes, let's talk about what Mitch *has* done why don't we?
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