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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 17, 2020 11:51:18 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/09/17/why-trump-deserves-credit-for-brokering-mideast-peace-deals/Why Trump Deserves Credit For Brokering Mideast Peace Deals For decades, foreign policy experts—the blob—assumed much about the Middle East that has turned out to be completely wrong. John Daniel Davidson By John Daniel Davidson SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 It’s been remarkable to watch the mainstream press and official Washington try to downplay the significance of the peace deal the Trump administration brokered between Israel and two Arab states this week. The signing of the Abraham Accords on Tuesday between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain at the White House, which for the first time normalized relations between Israel and the two Persian Gulf states, is by any measure historic. It’s been 26 years since any Arab state recognized Israel, and the deal struck this week holds out hope that other Mideast countries, maybe even Saudi Arabia, will be next. Under a Democrat president, this would have met paeons in the press and soliloquies on cable news about the historic nature of the accords. Think tankers and foreign policy experts would have marveled at the achievement. Elected leaders would have hailed the agreement as the beginning of a new era for peace in the Mideast. It would have dominated the headlines all week. Instead, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it a “distraction.” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said he was “uncomfortable” with it because it “seems transactional.” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell scoffed that “it is not Middle East peace.” CBS called it a “business deal,” and The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, never one to miss the conventional wisdom train, said the accords “amount to an arms deal.” You get the idea. When pundits weren’t dismissing the accords as some kind of seedy Mideast business arrangement, they were deriding Trump’s role in it, saying he deserves no credit because he just happened to be in office when all the pieces fell into place. Israel and the Gulf states, the thinking goes, have been working closely for years now, the result of geopolitical forces that have little to do with Trump. Trump’s Pivot Away From Iran Was Crucial All of this amounts to so much hand-wringing from “the blob”—that faux-sagacious body of foreign policy experts that’s been wrong about the Middle East for decades. These are the experts and officials who assured us, in lock-step with the Obama administration, that the key to stability in the Mideast was to ensure that Iran could become a regional hegemon. All we had to do, according to this theory, is get a nuclear deal with Tehran—at any cost, it turns out—and the United States could then leave the region more or less to the mullahs, who would replace the United States as the region’s power broker. It turns out, the region didn’t like the idea of living under Iran’s heel. Indeed, many of the strategic shifts that have changed geopolitics in the Mideast in recent years have happened as a reaction against the Obama administration’s theory of an ascendant Iran. Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states, along with Egypt, rightly see Iran as a threat, nuclear deal or no, and responded accordingly, building stronger ties with Israel as they realized their mutual interest. When Trump followed through on his pledge to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, then had the nerve to kill Iran’s Qasem Soleiman and ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it sent a clear message to other Mideast leaders that U.S. policy had decidedly shifted under Trump. The conventional wisdom, that peace in the region depended on an Israeli-Palestinian deal, turned out to have been wrong. As my colleague Helen Raleigh notes, we were assured that Trump killed all chance for peace in the region when he moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in December 2017. The Middle East, said Obama’s former Secretary of State John Kerry, would explode. Other former Obama officials warned that the United States had squandered its chance to be a peacemaker. In doing so, none of these people were willing to question their long-held assumptions about Mideast geopolitics or grapple with how their policies might have changed the incentives for Arab leaders. Indeed, the upheavals of the Arab Spring and the specter of ISIS served as a powerful wake-up call to the Arab states—especially when, with the Obama administration’s tacit support, the Muslim Brotherhood briefly took power in Egypt in 2012. Trump of course had no hand in these developments, but he did have the acumen and wherewithal to recognize the opportunity that they presented, which counts for much. Writing earlier this year in the Texas National Security Review about the Good Friday Agreement that ended Northern Ireland’s civil war, James B. Steinburg, a former deputy national security advisor and State Department official in the Clinton administration, noted the importance of what he calls “ripeness” in international diplomacy and conflict resolution. In the case of Northern Ireland, the parties adopted in 1998 what they had rejected in 1973. Changed circumstances, says Steinburg, played a major role, but so did the recognition that circumstances had changed: While policymakers are often limited in what they can do to create the conditions that make a conflict ripe for settlement, it is a vital tool of statecraft to be able to spot an opportunity when it is emerging. It is equally important to understand when a conflict is not ripe for negotiation: It can be argued that the premature effort leading to the Sunningdale agreement in 1973 actually contributed to prolonging the conflict. Give Trump credit, then, for recognizing the “ripeness” of the moment in the Middle East. Give credit as well to the leaders of Israel, UAE, and Bahrain, who recognized that a window is open right now for peace and closer regional ties that might not stay open forever. After all, Joe Biden has promised to revive his old boss’s discredited Iran policy—the very thing that helped push these countries closer together. They rightly figured that if Biden wins the White House, the chance to normalize relations will have passed and the conventional Mideast wisdom will return, unfazed by reality, embodied once again by the blob that failed.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 17, 2020 11:53:29 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/09/17/trump-accomplished-in-the-middle-east-what-no-other-president-could/Trump Accomplished In The Middle East What No Other President Could SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 By Lee Zeldin No administration has been more resolute in its support of our greatest ally Israel than the Trump administration, which makes it no surprise that President Donald Trump and the rest of Team U.S.A. just delivered two historic agreements that substantively forward the cause of peace and security in the Middle East and represent real progress in this elusive centuries-long mission. Early last month, Trump announced an agreement to fully normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, making it the first Arab country in 26 years to have full diplomatic relations with Israel. As a key part of recognizing Israel’s right to exist, allowing travel, commerce, and the exchange of embassies and ambassadors, the Abraham Accords establish a bilateral relationship that will lead the way for other regional powers to do the same. Less than 30 days later, as a direct result of U.S. leadership and fortitude, as well as Iranian aggression in the region, the Kingdom of Bahrain followed suit, agreeing to normalize relations with Israel. These deals are a product of the United States standing with our greatest ally, Israel. The United States has moved our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and driven regional powers to the table. With the support of the United States, Israel has established valuable new political, economic, and social relations in the region. The tides have turned, and the swell of peace, stability, and prosperity will hopefully continue to spread across the region. These deals are not only in Israel’s interest, however. These agreements continue to isolate Tehran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, and unite our allies in a collective front against Iranian aggression in the region and across the globe. This is in the United States’ best interests as well. Iran contributes to some of the most destabilizing threats to the United States and Middle East. It supplies militia groups, such as Kata’ib Hezbollah and Hamas, which are responsible for countless deaths, destruction, and terror. The United States and its allies seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen. These included 200 rocket-propelled grenades, more than 1,700 rifles, 21 surface-to-air and land-attack missiles, anti-tank missiles, and more advanced weaponry. Even the United Nations secretary-general’s own report recently confirmed that weapons seized by American forces in both November 2019 and February 2020 originated in Iran, but despite these findings, Iran continued to operate nefariously with impunity thanks to decades of failed U.S. and global leadership. Iran does not respect weakness. It respects only strength, but the Obama administration instead threw our greatest ally Israel and our national security under the bus, bowing to Iran and delivering a jackpot of up to $150 billion in sanctions relief, without even asking for a signature. The Obama administration failed to address any of Iran’s other bad activities, including overthrowing foreign governments, illegally test-firing intercontinental ballistic missiles, blowing up mock U.S. warships, seizing one of our naval vessels, and subsequently holding hostage and publicly embarrassing 10 American sailors, pledging to wipe Israel off the map, and chanting “death to America” in their streets on their holidays, all while unjustly imprisoning American citizens. Time and time again, Iran has turned to violence and terrorism in the region and across the world. Thankfully, in less than one term, Trump has reversed decades of fatally flawed foreign policy, eliminating the Islamic State caliphate, killing Qassim Soleimani and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and taking other decisive action without starting any new military conflict anywhere on the globe. Negotiating from a place of strength rather than weakness, the Trump administration has used tact and leverage to unite the region against Iran and its nefarious activities. The United States and the world are safer when America effectively leads on the world stage, and Trump has the agreements to prove it. Leading from the front, his administration has established historic momentum that will continue to do what so many before him have failed to do for far too long: forward the evasive cause of peace in the Middle East. Congressman Zeldin represents New York’s 1st Congressional District in the House of Representatives where he serves as ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, and one of only two Jewish Republicans members of Congress.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 17, 2020 18:10:14 GMT -6
President Trump on Thursday said he will be signing an executive order to create a “national commission to promote patriotic education.”
The project will be called “The 1776 Commission.”
Vice President Mike Pence and a panel of history experts joined President Trump as he delivered remarks in Washington, DC on Thursday.
President Trump no longer wants the US public school system to brainwash students to be ashamed of American history.
Trump slammed the 1619 Project, a new program created by the hate news organization formerly known as the New York Times to redefine America as a horrible, racist sh*thole, as “toxic propaganda”
“Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda — an ideological poison that, if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together,” Trump said. “The only path to national unity is through our shared identity as Americans. That is why it is so urgent that we finally restore patriotic education to our schools.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 17, 2020 18:25:08 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/09/17/trump-announces-executive-order-establishing-1776-commission-to-combat-1619-project/Trump Announces Executive Order Establishing ‘1776 Commission’ To Combat ‘1619 Project’ SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 By Tristan Justice President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would sign a new executive order establishing the “1776 Commission” to promote patriotic education. The commission will counter the revisionist history peddled by leftist efforts like the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which imposes false narratives on America’s students. “The narratives about America being pushed by the far left and being chanted in the streets bear a striking resemblance to the anti-American propaganda of our adversaries,” Trump said in remarks during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives. He further described the 1619 Project—a collection of essays that cast America as an irredeemably racist empire built solely to oppress minorities—as “ideological poison.” Earlier this year, China successfully weaponized American wokeness to drive divisions deeper in the U.S., seeking to evade responsibility for the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak by complaining that any term linking the virus to its Chinese origins was racist. Woke reporters soon complied with Beijing’s orders and began badgering the president repeatedly on his use of terms consistent with the naming of new diseases. “Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda,” Trump said, “that if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together. It will destroy our country.” Trump’s announcement marks the latest example of the White House’s decision to engage substantively in the culture war, coming less than two weeks after the administration banned critical race theory trainings at federal agencies. The new 1776 Commission, Trump said, “will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and make plans to honor the 250th anniversary of our founding.” Several Republican House members also ramped up their efforts to counter the 1619 Project, which has already infected K-12 curriculums in some 4,500 classrooms. Earlier Thursday, Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado and Rick Allen of Georgia introduced the House companion bill to legislation from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton that would bar federal funding from schools incorporating the 1619 Project in their curriculums. Launched last year, the progressive project spearheaded by the Times’ riot-cheering Nikole Hannah-Jones (who won a Pulitzer for the project’s opening essay, even though it required a major correction) has made its way into the classrooms of major schools districts such as Chicago and Washington D.C. Watch a short documentary debunking the project here: Tristan Justice is a staff writer at The Federalist focusing on the 2020 presidential campaigns. Follow him on Twitter at @justicetristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.
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Post by 6 more weeks on Sept 17, 2020 22:55:03 GMT -6
I suppose generals these are all snowflake libs right? you ignorant, brainwashed, trump cult idiots
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 0:06:34 GMT -6
I suppose generals these are all snowflake libs right? you ignorant, brainwashed, trump cult idiots Hmmm, they are former members of President Trumps staff and outsiders who are upset about the President getting us out of the endless wars that Clinton, Bush & Obama got us into, plus he is bringing about actual peace in the Middle East. But since those from the military establishment, (who cheer for endless wars), don't like it, that must mean Orange man bad again correct? Your attention would be better used looking at the anti-Trump SDNY and how a Federal Judge just slapped them silly.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:02:17 GMT -6
So, RBG passed away & the left are melting down and threatening President Trump that he should not nominate her replacement, etc. Here we go: Reactions/Meltdowns: Fuck. We are absolutely fucked. 2020 just got a WHOLE lot worse. If you don’t know who Ruth Bader Ginsburg is, and the amazing things that she has done, please please please go learn about her. There’s literally a boulder in my throat. — Skyler Jude Batterman (@glitteryenby) September 18, 2020 RINO will RINO: Dead at 87, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an activist judge to the end as reported by NPR in a quote from Ginsburg via her granddaughter: “Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: ‘My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'” 100percentfedup.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-makes-arrogant-dying-wish/Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Arrogant Dying Wish Dead at 87, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an activist judge to the end as reported by NPR in a quote from Ginsburg via her granddaughter: “Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: ‘My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'”The arrogant wish that a new judge shouldn’t be selected until after the 2020 election is not what an objective and fair judge would say in the last moments of her life. CNN’s Jake Tapper just tweeted out the news that Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has passed away. Ginsburg had been ill with cancer for some time. She was hospitalized in July and had not been heard from or seen. Tapper’s news: “Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was 87 years old.” Latest: Watch Trump's Heartfelt Reaction to the Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The activist judge had spoken out in the past against President Trump, the Electoral College and the Constitution (see below). It didn’t take long for leftist radicals like Linda Sarsour to tweet out a “CODE RED” to oppose anyone President Trump might have to replace Ginsburg. The 25 Rudest Celebs in Hollywood Upbeat News Ads by Revcontent FIND OUT MORE > 41,403 Linda Sarsour: “Lord have mercy. May Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rest In Peace. May we not be in peace until we defeat the fascist in the White House. Mitch McConnell gonna try to push this through. We need to organize. Officially CODE RED. The July news of her hospitalization as previously reported: “87-year-old and four-time cancer survivor, Justice Ruther Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized according to a Tuesday press release from the Supreme Court.” Ginsburg had been taken to the hospital and treated for a possible infection, according to a court spokeswoman.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:07:16 GMT -6
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/replacing-justice-ginsberg-must-happen-immediately-will-prevent-democrats-stealing-2020-election/Replacing Justice Ginsberg Must Happen Immediately — It Will Prevent Democrats from Stealing the 2020 Election The news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death came tonight. The liberal justice was appointed by Clinton and has served for nearly three decades. Already the discussion begins about when she should be replaced. The Supreme Court Justice died Friday evening surrounded by family at her home. What this now means is that the judge will be praised for her service and then given a burial. Then President Trump and the Republican-led Senate will begin the process to fill the untimely vacancy to the nation’s highest court. Advertisement - story continues below This is very tragic but we have to remember that the country must move on. Also, with the Democrats changing the rules of the election in so many states, there are likely to be some very important cases that reach the Supreme Court. For example, just this past week the following occurred related to the US census: A rare three-judge district court panel unanimously decided on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the U.S. Census-based redistricting process is “unlawful.” The court ruled that while there is “no dispute that the President has ‘accustomed supervisory powers over his executive officers’” and “thus retains some discretion in the conduct of the decennial census and resulting apportionment calculation,” President Trump did not act “within the boundaries” of the “authority that Congress has granted.” But as Law and Crime reports: Advertisement - story continues below The quirky three-judge district court designation means that a direct appeal to the conservative majority Supreme Court is in play. It’s anyone’s guess as to how the high court would rule, but it’s worth noting that SCOTUS has thrown a high-profile wrench into the Trump administration’s census policy goals in the past. The loss of Ginsburg results in the current makeup of the Supreme Court being 5 – 3 (originalists to progressives). However, Chief Justice Roberts is a total wild card in the way he now votes. So this makes the current makeup of the court in reality 4 – 4. When cases come to the court and the court rules in a tie, the lower court opinion is what becomes the law. With this election there are already expected Democrat actions to steal the election through voter fraud and other yet unknown tactics. With the Democrats attempting to steal this election, the make up of the court is very important. An additional justice who rules based on the law will prevent Democrats from stealing this election through unconstitutional and corrupt actions. It’s time to get the Supreme Court back to interpreting the law and not making the law. Advertisement - story continues below This is why the now vacant Supreme Court Justice position should be replaced as soon as possible. ....................................................... The shock surrounding her death quickly turned to whether she would be replaced by this Senate and President. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell answered that question tonight. McConnell announced that he will hold a vote on the SCOTUS nominee.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:10:45 GMT -6
Reza Aslan, the former CNN host who once ate human brains and advocated for assaulting Covington teen Nick Sandmann, has tweeted a threat to “burn the entire f-cking thing down” if Republicans try to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The tweet came soon after news broke that the 87-year-old Justice had passed.
During his comments Biden told reporters Republican President Trump and the Republican Senate should NOT replace Justice Ginsburg.
Joe Biden: “There is no doubt, let me be clear, that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider. This was the position the Republican Senate took in 2016.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:16:26 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/09/18/democrats-supreme-court-vacancy-2016-vacancy-merrick-garland/Here’s What Democrats Said About Filling A Supreme Court Vacancy In 2016 Several Democratic leaders favored a Senate confirmation vote for President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland in 2016. Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Garland, who had been the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to block a confirmation vote for Garland until after the 2016 presidential election, The Washington Post reported. “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice,” McConnell said, according to Politico. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” Several Democrats condemned McConnell in the days and weeks following his decision. (RELATED: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead At 87) Sen. Dick Durbin, calls for Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, during a news conference in front of the US Supreme Court, September 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images Sen. Dick Durbin, calls for Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, during a news conference in front of the US Supreme Court, September 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Although Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden favored putting off a confirmation hearing during an election year in 1992 as a senator, Biden supported Garland’s confirmation in 2016 as vice president, according to ABC News. He said there was no supposed “Biden Rule” concerning Supreme Court nominations in an election year. “Deciding in advance simply to turn your back before the president even names a nominee is not an option the Constitution leaves open,” Biden said, according to Business Insider. “It’s a plain abdication from the Senate’s duty. … [It’s] never occurred before in our history.” “Elections have consequences,” then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said, according to Politico. “The president has a responsibility to nominate a new justice and the Senate has a responsibility to vote.” She called McConnell’s decision “outrageous.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted: “Garland has integrity, a brilliant legal mind & is a perfect fit for [the Supreme Court]. GOP inaction does our country a great disservice.” And then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeted: “Judge Merrick Garland, is a respected jurist who must be given a fair hearing & timely vote.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, tweeted, “Judge Garland is a strong nominee with decades of experience on the bench. [Obama] has done his job. It’s time for Republicans to do theirs.” Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted that Republicans must “ditch their extremism” and schedule a vote for Garland. Then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate should consider a nominee immediately, according to Politico. “It would be unprecedented in recent history for the Supreme Court to go a year with a vacant seat,” Reid said, Politico reported. “Failing to fill this vacancy would be a shameful abdication of one of the Senate’s most essential Constitutional responsibilities.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:20:25 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/trump-gives-classy-statement-on-ginsburgs-passing-avoids-politics-unlike-top-democratsTrump Gives Classy Statement On Ginsburg’s Passing, Avoids Politics Unlike Top Democrats President Donald Trump made classy remarks about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday evening upon hearing about her death and avoided talking about politics—unlike many top Democrats. Following his rally, Trump spoke to reporters as Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” played in the background. “She just died? Wow,” Trump said. “I didn’t know that. You’re telling me now for the first time. She led an amazing life. What else can you say?” “She was an amazing woman. Whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life,” Trump continued. “I’m saddened to hear that.” WATCH: Trump’s comments come after Democrat Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) completely skipped over honoring Ginsburg in his initial statement following her death and instead jumped straight into politics. In his first tweet on Ginsburg’s passing, Schumer wrote: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” Schumer’s tweet was a verbatim quote of a statement made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) following the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. Trump later tweeted out the following statement on Ginsburg’s passing: Today, our Nation mourns the loss of a titan of the law. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg served more than 27 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States—notably just the second woman to be appointed to the Court. She was a loving wife to her late husband, Martin, and a dedicated mother to her two children. Renowned for her brilliant mind and her powerful dissents at the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg demonstrated that one can disagree without being disagreeable toward one’s colleagues or different points of view. Her opinions, including well-known decisions regarding the legal equality of women and the disabled, have inspired all Americans, and generations of great legal minds. A fighter to the end, Justice Ginsburg battled cancer, and other very long odds, throughout her remarkable life. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Ginsburg family and their loved ones during this difficult time. May her memory be a great and magnificent blessing to the world.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:26:54 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/media-figures-threaten-riots-if-gop-tries-to-fill-scotus-seat-burn-it-all-downMedia Figures Threaten Riots If GOP Tries To Fill SCOTUS Seat: Burn It All Down Left-wing media figures rushed to threaten violent riots on Friday evening if President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attempt to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away earlier in the day. Reza Aslan, who used to have a show on CNN, responded by writing: “If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire f***ing thing down.” Political writer Laura Bassett echoed a similar sentiment, but stopped short of making a threat, writing: “If McConnell jams someone through, which he will, there will be riots. … *more, bigger riots.” Australian astrophysicist Dr. Jessie Christiansen tweeted: “IF THEY RAM THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS I WILL RIOT. This is an actual nightmare.” Writer Beau Willimon wrote: “We’re shutting this country down if Trump and McConnell try to ram through an appointment before the election.” Political commentator Katie Herzog wrote: “All we can hope for in times like these is that Mitch McConnell has a stroke from laughing too hard. To clarify: I don’t want him to die. I just want him to be brain dead. I’m not a monster.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:28:56 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/09/18/hillary-clinton-dems-must-employ-every-possible-obstacle-to-stop-mcconnell-from-replacing-ginsburg/Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called on Senate Democrats to use every possible “procedural obstacle” to stop Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from replacing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” Clinton said, “The Democrats who are in the Senate will have to use every single possible maneuver that is available to them to make it clear that they are not going to permit Mitch McConnell to enact the greatest travesty, a monument to hypocrisy that would arise from him attempting to fill this position. So, in many ways, it is a terrible loss for us all. It is a reminder that she stood on the side of moving us towards a perfect union and underscoring equality and not just for women but for every American and I don’t want to see that legacy ripped up by political hypocrisy coming from Mitch McConnell.” She continued, “Mitch McConnell cares about nothing else but power, of course, he’s going to do everything he can to fill that seat. I think there are three possible approaches that should be considered. I think there will be at least one or may be more Republican senators who either from principles or conscious or political calculation find the hypocrisy to be more than they can bear. It is reported, and I don’t know if it is actually accurate yet, but it has been reported that at least one senator has said just that, fair is fair. I think to me if we have any hope of overcoming the divisiveness and atmosphere that currently infect our politics and, unfortunately, has riddle our institutions like the Senate with this kind of, you know, power over everything else, mentality. I hope that there will be several Republican senators who say we are going to wait to see what happens with the election. It will be up to whoever is president on January 20th. The second thing is there are senators running for officer right now who are in, who are Republicans and who are closed or contested seats, and their Democratic opponents, as well as the people and the press in their state, needs to make this a major issue. Are they going to totally demonstrate themselves as being without a shred of principle because they went along with McConnell in refusing to move forward, President Obama’s nomination? Are they going to apply a totally double standard? Make it a political issue.” Clinton added, “You know, every possible procedural obstacle has to be thrown in the way of this power drive by McConnell. There are things that can be done that need to be done literally 24/7. I am sure Chuck Schumer and his leadership team is already looking and talking at it. Having said all that, you know, I understand how impervious to reason or principle McConnell is. Let’s go down fighting and not give an inch in the face of the kind of hypocrisy that met President Obama when he tried to fulfill his constitutional obligation to appoint Mayor Garland to the court.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:37:51 GMT -6
Hollywood meltdown:
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:39:24 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/09/18/booker-ginsburg-seat-should-not-be-filled-until-after-inauguration-if-not-well-have-challenges-of-legitimacy-of-our-institutions/On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) stated that the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “should not be filled until after the next presidential inauguration.” And that if the fight over the seat “goes the wrong way, we will have a lot of challenges in our republic for the legitimacy of our institutions and people’s faith in government leaders and government officials.” Booker referenced statements on nominations during a presidential election year by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and stated, “We know that this seat should not be filled until after the next presidential inauguration. … The question is really the levels of integrity of each and every senator, each and every Republican colleague of mine who gave floor speech after floor speech to justify the blocking of Merrick Garland, the denying Barack Obama of a choice, some — more than 250 — I think between 250 and 300 days before the next election, I heard their justifications on their floor. And so, this is going to be a big test of integrity, and I worry. Because if it goes the wrong way, we will have a lot of challenges in our republic for the legitimacy of our institutions and people’s faith in government leaders and government officials.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:40:05 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/09/18/hirono-calls-on-senate-to-honor-ginsburgs-last-wish-no-replacement-until-a-new-president/Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) called on the U.S. Senate to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dying wish not to be replaced until after the next presidential inauguration on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In.” NPR reported Ginsburg’s final words spoken to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Hirono said, “We are in deep shock and sorrow, and she meant so much to millions, to millions of people’s lives, and I know what her last fervent wish was, that she not be replaced until a new president is installed, and that is how we should honor the legacy of this totally remarkable, courageous jurist. And that is to honor her last words that she not be replaced until a new president is installed.” She continued, “I think it mattered to my Republican friend and colleague Lisa Murkowski, and she has already put out a message that to fill this vacancy now and not wait until 2021 would be a double standard. Not that Mitch McConnell cares, but, you know, I’m glad that Lisa Murkowski, who by the way, was the only Republican who voted against Brett Kavanaugh, has put out that statement because of what we’re calling for is fairness and decency. And there are only 46 days before the election. Note that the day that Justice Scalia died, that is when Mitch McConnell made the announcement that it would be appropriate for the voters to decide in the election, which was many, many months away. Scalia passed away in February. He makes an announcement in February the election isn’t until November, so the double standard that Lisa talks about is very much something that I hope will move the Republicans, but we shall see.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:43:35 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/09/18/three-supreme-court-justices-were-confirmed-in-less-than-45-days-including-ginsburg/Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 By Jordan Davidson Three Supreme Court Justices, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, were confirmed by the Senate within 45 days of their formal nomination date. According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days. While many have speculated who President Donald Trump will nominate to replace her spot on the Court and questioned whether there is enough time before the election for a nominee to be confirmed, many are confident that the Senate will be able to confirm someone in less than the 46 days until the election. “Yes, Trump has time to nominate and get his nominee confirmed to the Supreme Court. EVERY SINGLE VOTE ON A #SCOTUS NOMINEE OF THE LAST 45 YEARS was voted on in less time than what Trump has between now and the end of his current term,” wrote one Twitter user, including a graph showing 15 justices who were formally nominated and then confirmed in less than 110 days. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Trump’s nomination would receive a vote on the floor, adding the Senate will keep their promise to “support [Trump’s] agenda “particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary.” “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate,” he stated. In just two days this week, Sen. McConnell and the GOP-controlled Senate confirmed six federal judges appointed by Trump to courts in California and Illinois, proving that the process of confirmation can be expedited when necessary. Early in September, Trump released a list of 20 potential Supreme Court nominations to add to his running list which includes many conservative professionals and Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Josh Hawley of Missouri.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 21:47:03 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/09/18/after-rbgs-death-left-wing-activists-promise-violence-if-trump-appoints-her-replacement/After RBG’s Death, Left-Wing Activists Promise Violence If Trump Appoints Her Replacement SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 By Tristan Justice Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday night at the age of 87 due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Moments after news broke of her passing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged a full Senate vote on the nominee of President Donald Trump’s choosing with the election looming less than 50 days away. After erupting into a historic outbreak of civil unrest this summer that claimed the lives of more than 30 people while trashing minority businesses, launching violent assaults on state and federal police officers, and carrying out more than $1 billion in property damage in the name of social justice, radical left-wing activists are now planning to do it all again if the president executes his mandated White House authority to appoint a new Supreme Court justice. “If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire fucking thing down,” wrote liberal writer Reza Aslan. “We’re shutting this country down if Trump and McConnell try to ram through an appointment before the election,” warned Writers Guild of America President Beau Willimon. “If Mitch McConnell jams someone through, which he will, there will be riots,” threatened Laura Bassett whose work has been published in GQ Magazine and the Washington Post. Here’s a run-down of more than a dozen other threats coming from liberal activists on Twitter, with examples running practically endless across the website. If these threats sound familiar, that’s because they are. For weeks, the media had already been priming for potential violence over the outcome of the November election in the event that Trump emerges with a triumphant second-term win after the same legacy outlets failed in every other avenue of de-legitimizing the president’s victory in 2016 through endless perpetuation of the Russia hoax and the cheering of the Democratic impeachment. “Perspective: The election will likely spark violence — and a constitutional crisis,” the Washington Post prophesied earlier this month. “In every scenario except a Biden landslide, our simulation ended catastrophically.” The Atlantic soon followed suit. “Strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning – even if they could never bring themselves to vote for him,” magazine contributor Shadi Hamid wrote, because if Trump wins, Democrats are going to blow the country up for a second time.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 22:20:32 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 23:20:55 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 18, 2020 23:24:29 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/report-mcconnell-writes-letter-to-gop-senators-about-scotus-stances-says-keep-your-powder-dryReport: McConnell Writes Letter To GOP Senators About SCOTUS Stances, Says ‘Keep Your Powder Dry’ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly told Republican senators in a letter Friday evening to hold off on giving definitive answers to the media about how to handle the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, particularly if they don’t know how to answer or are leaning toward not holding a vote. “Over the coming days, we are all going to come under tremendous pressure from the press to announce how we will handle the coming nomination,” said McConnell in a letter purportedly obtained by The Washington Post. “For those of you who are unsure how to answer, or for those inclined to oppose giving a nominee a vote, I urge you all to keep your powder dry. This is not the time to prematurely lock yourselves into a position you may regret later.” DailyWire DailyWire “Again, I urge you all to be cautious and keep your powder dry until we return to Washington,” he concluded later in the letter, reports the Post. Although McConnell released a statement vowing to fill the vacancy left by Ginsburg with a nominee from President Donald Trump, he declined to provide a timeline for it. However, McConnell strongly suggested that such a nomination would come in Trump’s first term, in that he outlined the differences between waiting to fill the Supreme Court vacancy in 2016, and filling a vacancy under the current Senate in his public statement on Friday evening. “In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year,” said McConnell. “By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promises,” added McConnell, concluding: “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United State Senate.” In statements honoring Ginsburg’s life on Friday evening, many Republican senators have declined to bring up the topic of filling court vacancies. However, Senators Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) have explicitly voiced support for the idea. “This U.S. Senate should vote on President Trump’s next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court,” tweeted McSally, who earlier in the evening said Ginsburg “broke barriers” in her life and said that her prayers were with the late justice’s family. “My prayers are with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s family at this difficult time. I will support President [Donald Trump] in nominating a strict constructionist before the election who will protect innocent life and safeguard conservative values,” tweeted Loeffler.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 0:08:01 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 1:40:02 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/18/donald-trump-announces-plan-to-boost-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-to-puerto-rico/President Donald Trump on Friday announced a plan to boost pharmaceutical manufacturing in Puerto Rico. “We used to have pharmaceutical manufacturing at levels that few places had, and a lot of it has left Puerto Rico, and we’re going to bring that back,” Trump said, pointing to the growing movement to return drug manufacturing from countries such as China. The president said that he had spoken to several companies who asked for a “little bit of help” but was willing to return manufacturing to the island. Trump’s plan was announced Friday afternoon at a press conference at the White House concerning an overall $13 billion aid package allotted by FEMA to the territory. The package includes a $9.6 billion to rebuild the Puerto Rico electrical grid and a $2 billion grant to the Puerto Rico Department of Education to restore school buildings. The president said that the power grid was long-suffering from salt damage and that Hurricane Maria devastated the entire electrical infrastructure. The $13 billion combined with the existing Hurricane Maria recovery funds, obligates the federal government with a total of $26 billion in recovery aide, according to the White House. The president said that former President Barack Obama and his former Vice President Joe Biden were a “disaster for Puerto Rico” by allowing the manufacturing to leave the island. “I have to say in a very nice way, a very respectful way, I’m the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico,” he said. “Not even close.” The president’s tone toward the island was sharply different than his vocal criticism of the island’s corruption and mismanagement of relief funds in 2019. “Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth,” Trump wrote on Twitter in August 2019. “Their political system is broken and their politicians are either Incompetent or Corrupt. Congress approved Billions of Dollars last time, more than anyplace else has ever gotten, and it is sent to Crooked Pols.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 1:40:34 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/18/donald-trump-predicts-manufacture-100-million-doses-coronavirus-vaccine-end-2020/President Donald Trump on Friday announced that at least 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine would be ready by the end of 2020. “Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April,” Trump said. The president commented on the development of a vaccine during a press conference on Friday at the White House. Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the leader of the massive vaccine delivery effort through Operation Warp Speed, stood with the president at the podium. He reminded Americans that the effort to produce a vaccine was essential to the defeat of the virus. “From the beginning of the China virus, all nations have understood that our top priority must be to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible to end the pandemic and get life to normal,” Trump said. He said that the vaccine would be put through the “gold standard” of clinical trials and safety measures, despite the speedy development. Trump also promised that the vaccine would begin distribution by the United States military within 24 hours of its development. “As soon as a vaccine is approved the administration will deliver it to the American people immediately,” Trump said. The president criticized former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, for publicly expressing concerns about the safety of the vaccine. “Joe Biden’s anti-vaccine theories are putting a lot of lives at risk and they’re only doing it for political reasons, its very foolish,” Trump said. “It’s part of their war to try and discredit the vaccine now that they know that we essentially have it, we will be announcing it soon.”
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Post by atl1979 on Sept 19, 2020 12:36:45 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/09/18/after-rbgs-death-left-wing-activists-promise-violence-if-trump-appoints-her-replacement/After RBG’s Death, Left-Wing Activists Promise Violence If Trump Appoints Her Replacement SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 By Tristan Justice Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday night at the age of 87 due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Moments after news broke of her passing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged a full Senate vote on the nominee of President Donald Trump’s choosing with the election looming less than 50 days away. After erupting into a historic outbreak of civil unrest this summer that claimed the lives of more than 30 people while trashing minority businesses, launching violent assaults on state and federal police officers, and carrying out more than $1 billion in property damage in the name of social justice, radical left-wing activists are now planning to do it all again if the president executes his mandated White House authority to appoint a new Supreme Court justice. “If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire fucking thing down,” wrote liberal writer Reza Aslan. “We’re shutting this country down if Trump and McConnell try to ram through an appointment before the election,” warned Writers Guild of America President Beau Willimon. “If Mitch McConnell jams someone through, which he will, there will be riots,” threatened Laura Bassett whose work has been published in GQ Magazine and the Washington Post. Here’s a run-down of more than a dozen other threats coming from liberal activists on Twitter, with examples running practically endless across the website. If these threats sound familiar, that’s because they are. For weeks, the media had already been priming for potential violence over the outcome of the November election in the event that Trump emerges with a triumphant second-term win after the same legacy outlets failed in every other avenue of de-legitimizing the president’s victory in 2016 through endless perpetuation of the Russia hoax and the cheering of the Democratic impeachment. “Perspective: The election will likely spark violence — and a constitutional crisis,” the Washington Post prophesied earlier this month. “In every scenario except a Biden landslide, our simulation ended catastrophically.” The Atlantic soon followed suit. “Strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning – even if they could never bring themselves to vote for him,” magazine contributor Shadi Hamid wrote, because if Trump wins, Democrats are going to blow the country up for a second time. When can we get some rioters to show up around here?
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 16:11:37 GMT -6
Lol. This should shut up Obama & his sycophants currently crying & carrying on about the possibility of RBG being replaced before the election:
However Obama’s 2016 tweets instructing the Senate to confirm a new SCOTUS following the death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia is coming back to haunt him.
On August 30, 2016, Barack Obama demanded the GOP Senate fill the Supreme Court vacancy with Merrick Garland.
Again, on October 19, 2016 Barack Obama insisted the Senate confirm his SCOTUS nominee.
It looks like Barack Obama agrees with President Trump!
And the kill shot:
In fact, now there is video — Where Barack Obama argued the US Constitution demanded the empty slot be filled immediately!
Barack Obama: The Constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the President of the United States is to nominate someone. The Senate is to consider that nomination and either they disapprove that nominee or that nominee is elevated to the Supreme Court. Historically this has not been viewed as a question.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 16:12:53 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 16:14:38 GMT -6
The thought of a Roberts-proof SCOTUS seriously scares them lol
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 16:24:49 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/09/19/trump-ginsburg-supreme-court-barrett-rushing-lagoa/REPORT: Here Are The Women At The Top Of Trump’s List To Replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg President Donald Trump has reportedly narrowed down his list of potential female replacements for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to three names, according to Fox News. The three names are 7th Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 11th Circuit Court Judge Barbara Lagoa and 4th Circuit Court Judge Allison Rushing, Fox News reported Saturday. The names were reported hours after Trump tweeted out his intention to fill the SCOTUS vacancy “without delay” on Saturday morning. Justice Ginsburg died in the hospital from complications related to pancreatic cancer Friday evening. Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have both confirmed they intend to move forward with replacing Ginsburg before the election on November 3. Barrett was also a leading contender to fill the seat now held by Justice Brett Kavanaugh. At the time, Trump said he was “saving” Barrett to replace Ginsburg. He has not released a statement on whether he still intends for her to fill the seat. The White House did not immediately respond for a request for comment on Barrett’s standing or Trump’s thoughts on Lagoa and Rushing. Democrats and some Republicans have already balked at the idea of replacing Ginsburg before the election, however. Ginsburg reportedly said prior to her death that her “most fervent wish” was to not have her seat filled until a new president has been elected. Trump said Saturday morning that he’s pressing forward with the nomination. “We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices,” Trump tweeted, tagging the Republican Party in his tweet. We have this obligation, without delay,” he added.
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Post by soonernvolved on Sept 19, 2020 16:29:04 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/19/lindsey-graham-says-he-backs-trump-in-any-effort-to-move-forward-on-rbg-vacancy/Lindsey Graham Says He Backs Trump in ‘Any Effort to Move Forward’ on RBG Vacancy Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that he is supporting President Donald Trump “in any effort to move forward” concerning the vacancy left by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Graham would preside over confirmation hearings for the president’s choice to fill Ginsburg’s seat. Graham, who posted his comments to Twitter on Saturday afternoon, said that his decision to back President Trump was driven by two factors — former Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) judicial confirmation rule changes and the Democrats’ ultimately unsuccessful attempt to derail Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanugh’s nomination to the high court. The two biggest changes regarding the Senate and judicial confirmations that have occurred in the last decade have come from Democrats,” Graham wrote. “In light of these two events, I will support President @realdonaldtrump in any effort to move forward regarding the recent vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.” Graham’s statement appears to put to rest Republican fears that he might favor leaving Ginsburg’s seat vacant until after the November election. Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, the South Carolina senator said, “Let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.” He repeated the sentiment in a 2018 interview with The Atlantic magazine. “If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term, and the primary process has started, we’ll wait till the next election.” But the Kavanaugh hearings clearly served as a game changer. Earlier this year, the senator reportedly said: “After [Brett] Kavanaugh, the rules have changed as far as I’m concerned.” In a separate tweet on Saturday, Graham directed reporters to his recent statements concerning possible Supreme Court vacancies. In one interview, he said the Senate would work to confirm a Supreme Court nominee this year if a vacancy arose because circumstances differ from 2016, when Republicans blocked then-President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland. During the battle over Garland, the White House and the Senate were held by different political parties. Now, Republicans hold both the White House and the Senate. “If you look into the history of the country, there had not been an occasion where somebody was confirmed in a presidential election year after primary started when you had divided government,” Graham said in an interview on Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren.
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