Protests from @ajentleson aside, this surprises no Hill reporter nor did we report his position on Merrick Garland credulously. We all understood his blockade was partisan, not principled. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share … via @nytimes
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Nowhere in the piece does it characterize the blockade as partisan. Many reporters thought it was a clever tactic and were amused by the gamesmanship. The attitude was not “well this is transparent bulmshit,” it was, “your move, Democrats!”
Read @adamliptak: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/politics/obama-supreme-court-merrick-garland.html … @emmarieDC: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/us/politics/meeting-with-merrick-garland-gopsenators-take-long-time-to-say-no.html … @herszenhorn: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/us/politics/senator-chuck-grassley-merrick-garland-meet.html … andhttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/republican-senator-meets-with-garland-and-urges-colleagues-to-follow.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer …