Mitch McConnell Brags About Blocking Obama For 2 Years, Then Laughs About It
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Via: tessylo • 5 years ago • 52 commentsBy: Ed Mazza Huffpost
Mitch McConnell Brags About Blocking Obama For 2 Years, Then Laughs About It
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday night bragged about blocking President Barack Obama ’s attempt to fill federal judicial vacancies for two years. Then, he laughed about it as he discussed the Republican Party’s effort to stack the courts with conservative judges under President Donald Trump .
“I was shocked that former President Obama left so many vacancies and didn’t try to fill those positions,” Fox News host Sean Hannity said to McConnell.
Obama didn’t leave those vacancies so much as he was blocked from filling them by a GOP-controlled Senate led by McConnell ― something the majority leader was quick to point out.
“I’ll tell you why,” he said. “I was in charge of what we did the last two years of the Obama administration.”
Then, he laughed:
“I will give you full credit for that, and by the way take a bow,” Hannity said. “All right, that was good line!”
McConnell not only blocked federal judges, he prevented Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland from even getting a hearing. In 2018, McConnell told Kentucky Today that the decision to block Garland’s appointment was “ the most consequential decision I’ve made in my entire public career .”
Trump eventually filled that seat with Neil Gorsuch, one of his two Supreme Court appointees.
Trump has had an even bigger impact on the federal courts as a whole. As Vox reported, more than a quarter of all active judges on the courts of appeal are now Trump appointees. In fact, Trump has named nearly as many judges in his three years in office (48) as Obama did during his eight-year presidency (55).
Fucking scumbag.
He is the Republican version of Harry Reid. How many times did you call Harry a "fucking scumbag"?
What should really gall the left is that Republicans in the Senate are drubbing the Democrats with the very rules Democrats put in place to load the courts with leftist judges. Reid was warned going nuclear on judicial appointments was a moronic move. He didn't listen.
I was gonna say, pretty sure Harry Reid said something similar about cheating during the presidential elections:
“Well, they can call it whatever they want,” Reid said. “Romney didn’t win, did he?”
https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/
Agreed. I hate that congress has devolved to playing party politics over doing the business of the American people but it's nuts when one party changes the rules and then bitches about that change being used against them.
What business of the American people is this 'president' and his administration and the gop doing other than for themselves and their wealthy benefactors?
What business of the American people is this 'president' and his administration and the gop doing other than for themselves and their wealthy benefactors?
As usual you have provided NOTHING.
Even with these supposedly wonderful developments Trump remains with the worst sustained approval ratings of any first term president in history. He is the only president since polling began 70 years ago to not reach 50% at any point in his first term.
YOU like what he has done so you assume everyone should. Sorry, it doesnt work that way.
And the economy is likely no different than it would have been under Clinton. It was already improving under Obama.
The idea that Trump worked some "miracle" is bizarre. The economy isnt that great to have required a miracle.
Nope, you got nothing, as usual.
You repeating the same shit over and over again doesn't make it true.
7,000,000 new jobs, 3.5% unemployment, 3.1% wage increases concentrated toward those at the bottom 20%.
Those are bogus stats HA.
Quite often.
You tell us.
Yeah, me too.
I am not a fan of the Democrats or Republicans; but I have been broken of my voting for whomever I feel is the best candidate regardless of party. I have been shown the error of my ways. From now on it is the "lesser of two evils".
Rather than get snarky with the emoji I request you go back and read what I actually wrote. I blame BOTH parties for this as BOTH parties advance party politics over doing the business they were elected to do. Congress seems to have forgotten that one needs to compromise in order to govern and create laws. Our leaders in Washington used to understand this and would work to come to an agreement that would best meet the needs of both sides and come up with some good laws and outcomes. But these days it appears that all they can do is lambast the other side and refuse to accept anything outside of total control.
The best thing I can say about this congress is that at least being as tied up as they are they pass fewer laws and don't mess with people's lives as much.
Don't forget unprecedented tax increases through tariffs. Reduced taxes for the wealthy through his tax cuts, increased them on the middle class through his tariffs.
Yup, companies can now pollute with no fear of reprisal.
As long as you like minimum wage.
Yup. Can you say thanks Obama?
Care to list what Trump has done to cause this??? Trump who was opposed to a minimum wage.
Not in him they aren't.
And the Paris climate change accord.
Working to pull us out of NATO.
Working to pull us out of 1st world country status and down to 3rd world.
And thanks to him Iran will have gone nuclear in 2 - 3 years instead of 15. Yay!!!
Because as long as we have money, we don't need a habitable planet?
Trump's pullout from Syria allowed ISIS to gain strength, intel agency reports
ISIS Reaps Gains of U.S. Pullout From Syria
Let's see, 2nd term.
How's that for a start?
I wasn't talking to you.
Thanks for the actual facts and truth Ozz
So this is where you claim I said something different so you can pretend to win your point?
85 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
11 ways the Trump administration has gutted environmental and public land protections
Trump was embarrassed on the first day of the NATO summit, and it shows no one is bothering to take him seriously anymore
NATO Defense Funds Have Been Building for Years, but Trump Wants the Credit
Iran has called Trump's bluff
Iran Is Getting Closer to a Nuclear Bomb, Thanks to Trump
Iran Takes Another Step To Enrich Uranium, In Another Blow To Nuclear Deal
Trump's Parting Gift: An Iran with Nuclear Weapons?
What a stupid question... Because we DO want the world to be habitable in the future?
List of parties to the Paris Agreement
Both China and India are members...
If you're just going to post a lie, especially such a well known lie, why do you even bother?
Trump’s False Obama-ISIS Link
How did you say that was caused by Trump?
😂😀🤣😁
So much for upholding the Constitution.
If you're talking about Garland, there is no Constitutional requirement that they had to have hearings, and an up or down vote...
which would end up not confirming him anyway.
Elections have consequences
Yep, the gop's whooping in 18 lead to impeachment.
Trump is going to be your president in 2020 again because of this impeachment attempt. I have no doubts.
Pointless and idiotic impeachment, perhaps.
Removal from office....never.
Fuckabee and the gop are out of their fucking minds.
Triggered over another nothing burger. He admitted it was a tongue in cheek comment due to the fact that Mr. Trump hasn't had the time without harassment to do his job and therefore should get credit for that time.
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Do his job?
When does he have the time for that what with his rallies and watching Faux 'news' and 5 hours of twitter a day?
Shitler?
Twitler?
Those are better names for the turd 'president'
What do you think?
I'm curious. Did you used to work for Blackwater?
Hair Twittler
FUCK MOSCOW MITCH. PUTIN'S LITTLE BITCH!
Let it all out Tessy. It's good therapy for ya.
Here's hoping that Trump will continue to pack the courts.
She thinks EVERYBODY that does not think lockstep with her is a Putin bitch.......sad, really.
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He seriously needs to be investigated, him and his wife.
That's sort of an incomplete account.
Obama did leave some vacancies without nominations to fill them, and that's not unusual. There's always a lot of vacancies and presidents don't fill them all right away. There's a bunch right now that Trump hasn't filled.
It's also not as if everything Obama did was blocked. About 3/4 of Obama's nominations were confirmed. Even when Republicans controlled the Senate, several of his nominations were confirmed. A few, whose nominations lapsed, were actually renominated by Trump.
Also, it seems a little late in the game to get offended by nominations being blocked. Several of President Bush's nominations were blocked by Democrats in the Senate. It goes around; it comes around.
I wasn't talking to you snuffy