Mitch McConnell, boasting in August 2016 about his greatest act of obstruction: "One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy.’" pic.twitter.com/tKEq62iZnf #Kavanaugh #MerrickGarland
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) September 26, 2018
Trump is just a symptom; the GOP is the disease. Remember, kids: Sharing is caring!
.@gillibrandny: This is not about whether or not he should be convicted; this is about whether he has the privilege to serve on the highest court of the land for a lifetime. This is not a court of law this is a job interview. It is our job as senators to assess if he is honest. pic.twitter.com/YbuiAYjisd
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) September 26, 2018
Twenty years ago this month the Starr Report came out. Let’s review what happened to some of Bill Clinton’s antagonists. (1/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
House Speaker Newt Gingrich all the while was having an affair with a staffer. (She is now ambassador to the Vatican.) He stepped down as speaker. (3/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
Fortunately for the GOP, they settled on another replacement, who served for eight years. That man, Dennis Hastert, later served time in a federal prison for molesting young boys when he was a wrestling coach. (5/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
But at least one of Starr’s young staff attorneys made good. Brett Kavanaugh is likely to become the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court–unless, that is, someone discovers that he committed sexual assault or witnessed gang rapes while in high school (7/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
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