...that Republicans are whinging because Biden is going to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court are logically incoherent, completely inconsistent, hypocritical, and basically full of shit. Oh, and racist, too; because the examples of Reagan and Trump promising to appoint women (and Trump did it avowedly to overturn Roe. IMHLO Justice Barrett is singularly unqualified to sit on the Court. Along with Justice Thomas she is simply an ideologue, not a qualified or experienced judge, not even much of a lawyer. Robert Bork was unqualified for the same reasons.) were not a promise to appoint a Black woman.https://t.co/bUUdDAAKg3 pic.twitter.com/XZZnIFsz5X
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 30, 2022
See? It’s different!
And let it not be forgotten that Clarence Thomas called his Senate hearings an "electronic lynching." Every GOP officeholder in Washington would collapse (on camera) on a fainting couch if Biden's nominee made similar charges.
It comes down to power now. Yes, once upon a time it came down to bipartisanship and collegiality and what hill you wanted to die on (pictures of Breyer being congratulated by no less than Strom Thurmond upon winning his Senate vote come to mind). But now it's simply about power. The confirmation of Justice Barrett in 37 days didn't bother Mitch McConnell at all. Her all but guaranteed determination to be as right-wing as possible didn't make him turn a hair. The Democrats have the votes, and they have the White House. If they promote a "radical leftist," he can just cry himself to sleep.
GOP officeholders can cry crocodile tears to their supporters. They can also suck it; especially since this may invigorate the children among us who think Biden hasn't done enough for them lately. Honest to Gawd you'd have thought four years of Trump would have taught people something about the dichotomous nature of our national politics, the cleaving either/or that is now our government in D.C. You get Biden, or you get Trump. There is no alternative where you get everything you want all the time.
Besides, aren’t these idiots aware we have a Congress?
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