Why the RBG vacancy is a Trump loyalty test

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — followed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's statement that "Trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate" — created a stark choice for the 53 GOP senators that boils down to this: Just how loyal are you to President Donald Trump?

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43 comments

    1. @Oh Hello BREAKING NEWS. Florida Gov Ron Desantos will make Floridians not liable for injuring or killing protesters with their car. Now that’s leadership.

    2. @George Tr. And you believe all of Trump’s propaganda lies. Anything& everything that tells the whole ugly TRUTH about him he says is FAKE NEWS. EXACTLY what he wants his “uneducated people” who he “loves” to believe. And yet I find it funny that if the same news says something against Biden y’all jump on it & say it’s true. If ya don’t trust the media
      FACT CHECK IT! or are ya scared you’ll find out that all that dirty laundry about TRUMPTURD is true?
      HMMMM?
      #DUMPTHETRUMP💩💩💩
      #BIDEN/HARRIS
      #HEALAMERICA

    3. @NOTHING BURGER – CONFIRMED. The only mail in scheme you dim wit is the one Trump made up to get you his uneducated people to believe.
      We’ve used absentee ballots, (which you MAIL IN, & TRUMP USES), since the civil war! There is NO EVIDENCE
      Of any scheme or any fraud.
      In fact it’s the only way Oregan votes.
      Washington & Colorado send out ballots in the mail too.
      3 states that wouldn’t get to vote if Trump had his way. Besides other US citizens who live in other countries (my sister for 1 & she supports Trump).
      That’s tampering w/ the right to vote.
      SOUNDS LIKE A “SCHEME” TO ME!
      #DUMPTHETRUMP💩💩💩
      #Biden/Harris
      #healamerica

    4. @Joseph Ramos Why on earth wouldn’t you want the everyone incl. the most disadvantaged groups to have healthcare, and 85%+ of the population want gun control. It wasn’t “constitutional” because Republicans (elected by a MINORITY) are funded by the NRA and won’t be reasonable

    5. @Oh Hello BREAKING NEWS. Florida Gov Ron Desantos will make Floridians not liable for injuring or killing protesters with their car.

    1. trouble is, dems are wrong here. just like repubs were wrong in 2016- insanely ridiculously corruptly wrong to block obama’s nominee.

      all the repub sanctimonious bloviating on the subject 4 years ago that we now see being played back on video was just made up on the fly bullsh*t without any merit in the first place. a president is president for the whole four year term.

      that being said, as soon as dems take the senate, we immediately reduce the SC to 7 seats, by seniority. mcconnell set the precedent for this when he reduced the court to 8 for a year to block obama’s nominee.

      the genius of this is that we get rid of whoever trump puts in rbg’s seat, plus we get to say byebye to boofy.

      then, if dems ~really~ learn how to play politics like the bad boys, they soon decide to increase the court to, say, 19.

      because the repubs are sticking their ..uh.. heads in every political hole with nothing off limits. time to grow a political pair, dems, because repubs are almost finished neutering you completely.

    2. @Connie Hahn it is funny. But then we are paying for all the gray goose, dye jobs, etc.
      45 million bucks gone via Mueller.
      Then you have the private bunker interviews impeachment.

  1. It means that the sitting president has a Constitutional obligation to fill it with a new justice.

    No, Don Lemon, that does not mean burn it all down. Lol

    1. @Account A “Rules for me, but not for thee” That’s literally what happened with Garland. Republicans are the height of hypocrisy.

    2. She will be accused of sexually assaulting herself from 30 years ago…..her accuser will be HERSELF! That’s how the Dems will play this…

    1. Here you forgot this bit that Republicans reinstated form before Reconstruction: “Unless he (the president) is black.”

  2. We will have a new Supreme Court Justice on Saturday! Thank you, Mr. President Sir! Defend and Protect the Constitution!

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