Post by the Scribe on Mar 10, 2020 11:37:37 GMT
GOP TALKING POINT: OBAMA GOT LAZY AND LEFT OVER 100 JUDGE POSITIONS VACANT
FACT: Conservative Republicons STOLE those positions. Republicans took control of the Senate in 2014 during Obama’s last two years in office and did not confirm many of his nominees.
The Senate’s top Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitchel McConnell (Ky.), teamed up to block Democratic efforts to push forward Obama’s nominees, slowing down confirmations by the most in six decades.
Most notably, McConnell refused to hold a confirmation hearing on Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court justice, Merrick Garland. Trump went on to nominate Neil Gorsuch to the high court, a conservative victory.
Social media users were quick to remind Trump that the vacancies left behind by the Obama administration were not by choice.
thehill.com/homenews/administration/380878-trump-blasts-obama-for-leaving-so-many-judicial-vacancies
FACT: Conservative Republicons STOLE those positions. Republicans took control of the Senate in 2014 during Obama’s last two years in office and did not confirm many of his nominees.
The Senate’s top Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitchel McConnell (Ky.), teamed up to block Democratic efforts to push forward Obama’s nominees, slowing down confirmations by the most in six decades.
Most notably, McConnell refused to hold a confirmation hearing on Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court justice, Merrick Garland. Trump went on to nominate Neil Gorsuch to the high court, a conservative victory.
Social media users were quick to remind Trump that the vacancies left behind by the Obama administration were not by choice.
thehill.com/homenews/administration/380878-trump-blasts-obama-for-leaving-so-many-judicial-vacancies