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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezBitter fight over Barrett fuels calls to nix filibuster, expand courtScaramucci says Trump has united country: 'It just happens to be against him'CNN won't run pro-Trump ad warning Biden will raise taxes on middle classMORE (D-N.Y.) took to Twitter late Monday to call for the expansion of the Supreme Court as Amy Coney BarrettAmy Coney BarrettBarrett starts fraught first week as Supreme Court faces fights over election, abortion rightsThe Memo: Women could cost Trump reelectionBitter fight over Barrett fuels calls to nix filibuster, expand courtMORE was sworn in as a justice, with the progressive first-term lawmaker arguing that Republicans don't believe Democrats "have the stones to play hardball like they do. "
"Expand the court," the congresswoman wrote in response to the 52-48 Senate vote Monday evening to confirm Barret after a weeks-long partisan fight.
"Republicans do this because they don't believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do," Ocasio-Cortez added in a follow-up tweet. "And for a long time they've been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn't."
"There is a legal process for expansion," she added.
Republicans do this because they don't believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they've been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn't. There is a legal process for expansion. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2020
Democratic Rep. Ilhan OmarIlhan OmarOcasio-Cortez: Republicans don't believe Democrats 'have the stones to play hardball'Progressive lawmakers call for United Nations probe into DHS 'human rights abuses'Ocasio-Cortez hits Trump for 'disrespect' over calling her AOC during debatesMORE (Minn.), a fellow "squad" member, retweeted Ocasio-Cortez's messages Monday evening.
"Remember that Republicans have lost 6 of the last 7 popular votes, but have appointed 6 of the last 9 justices," she wrote. "By expanding the court we fix this broken system and have the court better represent the values of the American people."
The addition of more justices to the Supreme Court, as well as the end to the Senate filibuster, has been gaining increasing support among Democrats.
Sen. (D-Del.), an ally of Democratic presidential nominee , said earlier this month that he is open to expanding the Supreme Court.
And Sen. (I-Maine), long viewed as a key swing vote on the issue, hinted during the Senate's debate that he was open to expanding the Supreme Court, noting that the number of justices is not inscribed in the Constitution.
"Oh, no! Somebody is talking about breaking the rules and packing the court. Well, of course, Article 3 of the Constitution doesn't establish how many members of the Supreme Court there should be," King said.
"I don't want to pack the court. I don't want to change the number. I don't want to have to do that. But if all of this rule breaking is taking place, what does the majority expect?" he added.
Senate Democrats warned of intense pushback over the GOP push to confirm Barrett just before Election Day, with many pointing out a double standard following Senate Republicans' refusal to provide a hearing for former President Obama's pick, Merrick GarlandMerrick Brian GarlandBitter fight over Barrett fuels calls to nix filibuster, expand courtOcasio-Cortez: Republicans don't believe Democrats 'have the stones to play hardball'Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court justice by ThomasMORE, in 2016.
Senate Minority Leader (D-N.Y.) said Monday night that Republicans may eventually regret their decision to push to confirm President TrumpDonald John TrumpGiuliani goes off on Fox Business host after she compares him to Christopher SteeleTrump looks to shore up support in NebraskaNYT: Trump had 7 million in debt mostly tied to Chicago project forgivenMORE's latest nominee.
"The Republican majority is lighting its credibility on fire. ... The next time the American people give Democrats a majority in this chamber, you will have forfeited the right to tell us how to run that majority," Schumer said.
"My colleagues may regret this for a lot longer than they think," he added.
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"Do not say that you were not warned" - AOC...
Warned about what?
That Democrats have the votes to fight back!
That the political pendulum swings both ways.
That we can play hardball and will not give up...
What in the hell did you think that AOC meant?
Isn't she getting a bit ahead of herself. They need to win the Senate and the Presidency first.
So yes, nothing to be warned about.
Do Democrats understand that, finally? They've been escalating the fight for 30 year and throw tantrums when their tactics boomerang on them.
They win an election and act like the grasshopper in Aesop's fable, thinking it will be summer forever and winter will never come.
You'd think, after they pissed away Obama's supermajority so quickly after 2008, they'd understand the cyclical nature of politics by now.
It's AOC--who gives a damn?
Only fools are listening to her chirping.
Only fools? You hold America in low esteem!
Only idiots are listening to Trump's shrieking.
Not at all. Most Americans don't listen to AOC, unless it is to laugh.
I'm trying to figure out who the bigger dweebs are, AOC or the people who are her voter base that got her elected.
If people could vote on that, it might be a statistical tie!
That would be logical. Perhaps THAT is the problem?
Exactly. The dems and Indies have a real reason to fight justas hard and dirty as Trump and his personal army can, as we are fighting to save America and its people. Trump is fighting to feed his ego, to make him look good, to make himself the Dictator of America in his 2nd term so that he will never have to bother with an election again.
He is NOT fighting to save America or its people. It is only all about him, his ego, and his dream of becoming the ruler of America.
Any and all of his egotistical motives to win at any cost, and in that, everyone is disposable, even members of his own family, except for Ivanka.
So if Trump loses, we can expect an attempted revolution and takeover of our government where he will declared Dictator.
It will live in imphany in American history.
They don't have the stones, the votes, or the brains to get Biden successfully across the finish line
Just low information liberals.
Interesting to see if a junior Congresswoman can drag the Biden-Harris ticket all the way to the far, far, far left.
I don't think she has that kind of pull.
No rules were broken. WTF is the person bitching about?????
Yet Ocasio-Cortez will win reelection, unlike Trump...
B.F.D.
A glass of water with a "D" behind could win THAT district!
Whoo hoo!
LMAO!
BTW, WTF does that have to do with my post?
AOC is a Congressperson. Biden will be POTUS!
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And that relates to my post how exactly?
She dumber than I thought. Or she thinks her base are idiots.
The Democrat's have done nothing but play hardball for 30 years. Starting with Bork, they've escalated every step of the way. From filibustering, to destroying the filibuster, all for temporary partisan gain.
Everyone knows AOC. Nobody knows your Rep...
Everyone knows AOC.
Clowns are popular, no doubt.
LOL!
Get yourself elected to Congress twice and then you too can be a big celebrity like AOC is...
Until then your jealousy and fear are noted!
Who in their right mind would want to be popular with idiots?
You are just calling Democrats lots of names!
Just the ones in AOC's district--per Nancy Pelosi, of course!
Oops! The Dow dived...
Are you officially changing the topic to the stock market now?
I want to know if I respond whether it will be deleted or not.
Please list all the money spent by Trump not appropriated by Congress.
Of course not.
Even a blind dog finds a bone now and then, this must be one for AOC.
Dismissive attitudes like yours are why the gop gets no votes in progressive urban districts!
I bet you her constituents think you are dumb.
Which party is ascendant and which declining?
Gee, I am absolutely sad that you didn't like a quote from a famous Democratic leader. That line comes courtesy of Nancy Pelosi, knew you would enjoy a Democrat telling the freaking TRUTH!!! lol!
Like I would ever give a damn what a bunch of yahoos who voted for AOC think of me! LOL!
Just a cycle that has been repeated many, many, many times over the years---don't you remember?
Look back at how giddy Democrats were in 2008, declaring the GOP dead, only to be bitch-slapped back to reality in 2010.
Really surprised you don't remember this relatively new history.
I can remember the damn gop suffered its worst popular vote loss in US history in 2018. I know that Trump cannot win the Electoral College while losing the popular vote by such margins. So, I am not worried like you are...
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Winning back the United States House of Representatives and putting Nancy Pelosi back into the Speaker's chair is what counts.
Yep, we all saw how that glorious blue wave totally fizzled out at the doors to the Senate in 2018.
There were too few gop Senators up in 2018.
I don't expect to see much of you next week...
Strange claim from someone who is always talking about how important the overall popular votes for Congressional and Senate races around the country and how that is what matters most.
There were nine Senate seats the GOP had to defend in 2018.
ALL the Democrats had to do was win ONE net seat to prevent a GOP majority.
Instead, Democrats LOST net seats.
Oh I can guarantee you will be seeing me!
The gop still suffered its worst popular vote loss in US history during the 2018 midterms!
If you think that bodes well for Trump in 2020 then you probably believe in the Tooth Fairy...
Which means next to nothing to most people.
I stated nothing of the sort. Why not argue what I do write?
That would be logical and make sense, therefore does not apply.
Lol .... the Dems lost the Senate and lost ground in the House in 2014.
This attempt to propagandize mid term elections and the tendencies therein is hilariously sophomoric
Get back to me next Wednesday for a laugh!
I do hope you get that chance for a change. I've been laughing my ass off nearly every day since November 9th 2016.
It's been a hoot watching all the butt-hurt babies on the left whine like little school girls scorned the whole time.
Not sure they can survive four more years of it .....
Yeah, but the real question is:
Which party got the most overall popular votes in Congressional and Senate races? Isn't THAT much, much more important than how many seats are won or lost? Who judges an election on results anymore?
I don't expect to see a good many of the Trump sheeples here after next Tuesday. Even though a couple of states have been permission to accept and count all mail-in votes for a period of time after Nov 3rd, 2020.
Those that do stay will be insisting it was not a legal election, and/or making excuses for why Trump lost, with a very wide variation of reasons why. Those that decide to leave will do so because they can't save face anymore.
It should be a very interesting time.
I wasn't at all surprised to see all the butt-hurt still here after 11-08-16.
Acting out like the immature, narcissistic little babies that they are ..... it's what they do best .....
The republicans have been counting on the Democrats not having the balls to take on a fight.
And then there's the factor of the ever increasing number of Republicans who have begun to "see the light" and are now opposing Trump's madness!
Exactly! And, the Democrats are fixing to fight back!
Will AOC be our first Latinx
- Speaker of the House
- Senate Majority Leader
- Vice-President
- President
- all of the above?
With the pieces of shit the Establishment parties are running over the last few elections anything is possible as far as Presidents go. They just have to find someone more toxic, vapid, and radical to run her against on the Republican side.
As for the rest, Speaker of the House and Majority leader are elected positions by the party in charge. If the Democrats are stupid enough to put her in that kind of position; then they are dumb enough to lose the votes doing it,
As for VP, she would be the perfect anchor to drag under any Democratic nominee for President. The far left version of Sarah Palin. She will be great at energizing the radicals- and even better at turning off all moderates. Seems some never learn from history.
It's amazing. The righties are obsessed by AOC. And they go on and on ad nauseum about how stupid they claim is, but they sure love that genius Louis Gohmert.
I've seen AOC interviewed probably 5 or 6 times. In every one of the interviews I've seen she seems like a conscientious, intelligent member of the U.S. Congress. I dont know if she is high IQ, but she is clearly more than intelligent enough to serve successfully in Congress, and obviously much more intelligent than Trump.
I agree. The interviews and the remarks she has made in Congress that I have heard do show her to be conscientious and intelligent. Being more intelligent than Trump is not a very high bar.
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez graduated with honors from Boston University with degrees in International Studies and Economics. She can hold her own against Louis Gohmert of Texas.
She can more than hold her own against Gohmert.
I just read that Hillary Clinton has joined the Electoral College. This should make the election even more interesting.
It certainly should. As if it was even possible to make this election more interesting!
Indeed. And I just read where Trump has now said that he won't accept his not winning the election.
That will put an interesting turn to the election to be sure.
However, he has said that many times already...
You make the classic mistake of equating book smart intelligence with real world common sense intelligence. AOC has plenty of the first but severely lacks the second. She is a idealistic dreamer only.
common sense isn't really all that common anymore
She is fixing to be overwhelmingly reelected so that kind of illustrates how wrong you are. And, no, it is not because people in the Bronx lack "Street Smarts". Just think about that...
You make your point as nobody else could...
already explained her district would elect a glass of water with a D behind it.
According to Democratic leader Pelosi
as do you!
As I have said before, nothing is written in stone. We shall see.
She represents one of the most liberal districts in our union so ..... yawn!
The devil would get elected there if he said he was a Democrat.
Just like a major accident on the freeway. Very difficult not to look.
You mean like the lefties are obsessed with Graham lately?
What's funny about that is the left is supposed to be the party of inclusion, especially the LGBT, rest of alphabet group, but somehow find it acceptable to accuse Graham of being gay, then trying to trash him and insult him for it.
There is one far loon lefty on here that likes to refer to Gram as Ms Lindsey.
Sounds pretty hateful to me.
Yep.
You're really obsessed with what the lefties are doing... saying...
Why the fascination?
It's nowhere near obsession. It's called comedy relief!
"comic relief"
Doesn't matter what it's called.
Listening to a liberal speak or post on a blog is comedy gold. Unfortunately, much of what they say or post is concerning to the survival of this country.
Much of it is dangerous rhetoric, and I believe that is the reason why Trump will receive a record number minority votes because they see democrats and liberals for what most really are....racist and they do not care about the black community.
Democrats -Year of election.....stump heavily for black votes.
Day after election....shove them out of the car until the next election.
Blacks know this.
Is there a school for learning the technique? Turning everything upside down?
How can a person take pleasure in lying?
You mean like how every 2 and 4 years democrats and liberals say if they get the black vote they "promise" to help the black community, but the day after any election, that "promise" is acted as if it never happened.
The black community has finally started to see this. That's why some polls have Trump around 30 plus AA approval rate and he is expected to get somewhere around 20 percent of the AA vote.
If that happens, democrats are done.
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Hey .... haters gonna hate ......
That bulkship about Trump's surge with black and Hispanic voters a Sub Urban Legend.
When the votes are counted Trump probably won't get more than 15% of black votes. Their leadership is still very much supporting Democrats and you shouldn't underestimate the pull Kamala Harris will have on women.
Ah yes, the old peewee herman gambit .... weak sauce, very weak.
Are you calling a black publication wrong? Better be careful. In some liberal circles, that would be considered racist.
A new Hill-HarrisX poll showed 24% of Black voters approve of the job Trump is doing as president, up from the 15% approval rating he received in a survey conducted Aug. 8–11 . Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics grew as well, but just 2% from the last poll which had Trump at a 30% approval rating among Hispanics.
Trump is not polling over 15% among blacks.
So maybe you ARE calling a black publication wrong. How dare you?
Right there in black and white in 6.2.15 says, and I quote from what you apparently can't read " A new Hill-HarrisX poll showed 24% of Black voters approve of the job Trump is doing as presiden t, up from the 15% approval rating he received in a survey conducted Aug. 8–11 ".
I'm curios...Are you one of those leftists that believe blacks do not have minds of their own to make their own decisions, and should just toe the leftist line that democrats will be their saviors?
That does not mean Trump will exceed 15%...
Never said he will, but if he gets anywhere near that, the game is over for Biden. Democrats cannot sustain control of much of anything with less than 90 percent of the black vote. Hillary got 91 percent and still lost.
Playing spell check police?
That's not what Steve Karnacki6says and so you will have to get back with us on Tuesday night late. Biden may be called early though.
Not exactly. Helping you learn, maybe.
Oh but calling Ms. Harris Kalamity Harris is fine, eh? Just ask your buddy Dennis Smith
Hardly.
Do you really want to insist?
OK.
Originally, you said "comedy relief". There is no possibility that that is a typo. It's the wrong word. Maybe you knew better and just made a mistake. Or maybe you didn't know any better.
I didn't insist. You did.
She doesn't know what real stones are.
Hopefully she doesn't have to find out the hard way.
Class!
"Class!"
You mean one of the things she totally lacks?
Democrats show their teeth when chided from the LEFT.