As expected, the Republican vandals in the Senate, led by awful excuse for a human or a turtle Sen. Mitch "Missy" McConnell, just ended the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees in order to install Neil Gorsuch in what should have been Merrick Garland's seat on the Court. Gorsuch's confirmation is expected tomorrow. Some tweets to consider:
The man who broke the Senate for a President who broke the White House. pic.twitter.com/OilFsJEFoc— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2017
John McCain, a true maverick, will denounce ending filibusters while voting to end filibusters.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 6, 2017
On Gorsuch, the argument that voters got to weigh in and this is what they chose is stupid. 3 million more people wanted Clinton— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) April 6, 2017
GOP has declared war on democracy:— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 6, 2017
Voter suppression
Gerrymandering
Stolen SCOTUS seat
Nuclear optionhttps://t.co/5xglWe1s9T
If there is to be a silver lining from today, it may inspire the left to prioritize judicial noms at election time as much as the right does— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) April 6, 2017
And,
If you think the Republican nuclear option is a gross disregard for precedent, just wait until Gorsuch gets his hands on Roe v. Wade.— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) April 6, 2017
