Pelosi and Schumer, with the helpful assistance of the equally two-faced Fat, Dumb, and Bald Guy, Take Japper, Whoops Blitzer and the rest of the CNN mafia, not to mention the network news, the print press and TV podcast MSNBC, have been caterwauling and hissing like stuck pussycats that Republicans are flip-flopping on whether or not it’s a good idea to nominate and confirm a SCOTUS appointee this close to a presidential election.
But like that opening sentence of mine up there, they are using a whole lot of words for a simple point. The same point actually, which is that they are THEMSELVES total flip-flopping flop flippers.
And Drew Holden has them cold. You gotta read this whole thing it’s fine as cream gravy and twice as spicy.
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You had to know this was a coming. Four short years ago, countless Dems, media folks & bluechecks were telling you #WeNeedNine on the Supreme Court.
Yet now, as we head into an election that’ll surely be contested their convictions have evaporated.
It’s a long list.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
To kick it off, we’ll start with none other than the man who led the #WeNeedNine push, @BarackObama.
Is it no longer “irresponsible” to not consider a SCOTUS nominee before one is even announced, Mr. President? pic.twitter.com/sTgDCqFV1Z
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
And what say you, @HillaryClinton? If @realDonaldTrump announces his nominee, will you agree that he has “met his responsibility” as well? And that the Senate should do the same? pic.twitter.com/HODjSGk7ts
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
What changed, @SenSchumer? pic.twitter.com/Dg95IazZFT
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Wouldn’t your advice set up a “constitutional crisis”, @JoeBiden? You said so yourself. pic.twitter.com/MJ4p6RBQZG
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
And how about you, @ChrisMurphyCT? When did you stop thinking that #DoYourJob meant meeting with a SCOTUS nominee? pic.twitter.com/LUUrSWDfuH
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
What say you, @SenBlumenthal do you no longer think that #WeNeedNine, even with an election on the horizon? pic.twitter.com/BHAeucnWLk
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Here’s @maziehirono with more of the same. pic.twitter.com/dD8IycqxvE
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Quote the change in tune from @SenatorLeahy. pic.twitter.com/A2k59Dbq32
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
And of course, countless organizations jumped into the mix. Here’s @NARAL, who are also no longer concerned about obstruction or the need for nine justices. pic.twitter.com/NOHFb1BKXh
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Ditto that for @CAPAction. Go figure. pic.twitter.com/vZi5zFPefm
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Apparently we don’t need mine anymore, to hear @civilrightsorg tell it. pic.twitter.com/JYm80TSF0V
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Maybe it’s just me, but the media’s tune sure looks a little different, too.
But I’ll let you be the judge. This from @CNN. pic.twitter.com/1Ky678UYJa
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
What would I do without @voxdotcom pic.twitter.com/iQY63bIS71
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
@MSNBC is not working particularly hard to hide the bias here.
Something tells me any Dem opposition to a Trump nominee will be a “blockade” pic.twitter.com/vk6xQd4CDw
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Never change, @Slate pic.twitter.com/pVRGEiKgDf
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
The blue checks joined in. Quite a different time this time around for @neal_katyal pic.twitter.com/3C7sOcPIOd
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Obligatory @kurteichenwald mention. pic.twitter.com/KOBbr4bnMh
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 19, 2020
Brilliant.