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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remember when McConnell said appointments during presidential elections were bad and blocked an Obama appointment and the changed his mind and seated a Trump appointee 4 years later? Why are people surprised that people no longer see the court as legitimate when one part so bluntly packed it? [/quote]

He was being consistent.  The Senate under opposition party control in an election year wouldn't approve a nominee.
Biden endorsed that standard in the past.  Chuck Schumer endorsed it.  Do you really thing Senator Barack Obama would have supported giving a vote to a George @ Bush nominee in 2008?
We already know the answer because Obama filibustered judges as Senator.  He voted to deny Alito a vote on the Senate floor, alongside more than 30 other Democrats.
Yet somehow McConnell and Republicans are at fault for not providing a vote for someone who had even less support than Alito, who was confirmed.[/quote]

He wouldn't even have hearings or a vote - that was unprecedented. The right bleats on constantly about Robert Bork's nomination being torpedoed. Guess what, he had hearings and a vote. Nope, sorry this was a new doctrine created for just that situation.[/quote]

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