McConnell: NRA must approve Justice

Posted by | March 20, 2016 13:13 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Only an NRA-approved Supreme Court nominee is good enough for Mitch McConnell.

McConnell offered this unusual view of the confirmation process during an interview with Fox News Sunday. In response to a question from host Chris Wallace, who asked if Senate Republicans would consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court after the election if Hillary Clinton prevails, McConnell responded that he “can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association [and] the National Federation of Independent Businesses.”

The Majority Leader’s statement is significant for several reasons. For one thing, it suggests that his previously stated position that “this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President,” is a sham. Simply put, it’s unlikely that the NRA or the NFIB will change their position on a nominee just because Hillary Clinton is president and not Barack Obama.

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26 responses to McConnell: NRA must approve Justice

  1. Larry Schmitt March 20th, 2016 at 13:24

    Why, don’t the gun fondlers have enough guns? They already have virtually no restrictions on when, where, how many or what type of guns they can have. What other “rights” do they want? And BTW, when did the NRA become a branch of the government?

  2. rg9rts March 20th, 2016 at 13:42

    Hey turkey wattles…..I NEVER VOTED IN THE NRA

  3. Obewon March 20th, 2016 at 13:46

    “With the Advice and Consent of the NRA”-McConnell and his cratered repubs still haven’t comprehended they lost Koch’s RWNJ SCOTUS majority, never to be repeated again.

  4. Suzanne McFly March 20th, 2016 at 14:16

    Pandering with a capital “P”, those pinheads who vote for these pinheads have bought themselves a rump to lead all the pinheads into oblivion.

    • Larry Schmitt March 20th, 2016 at 14:35

      The photo above is the very picture of pandering. He doesn’t exactly look comfortable holding that rifle.

      • Suzanne McFly March 20th, 2016 at 17:35

        I remember when he did that and all the late night hosts were making fun of him,

  5. Mike March 20th, 2016 at 14:32

    I wonder what they’d say if a dem wanted to run a SCOTUS pick by Planned Parenthood first.

  6. liberalMD March 20th, 2016 at 14:43

    I bet the voters of Kentucky wish they could take back their votes from November. If they haven’t gotten the message before now, they should get it today: You are Mitch McConnell’s constituents only on election day; the rest of the year, only the NRA is his constituent.

  7. Comicus March 20th, 2016 at 14:55

    I can’t find the section of the Constitution in which NRA approval of Supreme Court Justices is enumerated.

  8. Kick Frenzy March 20th, 2016 at 16:41

    Dear Mitch,

    You are a blight on our government and our country.
    Please resign, go home and never enter the political arena again.

    Sincerely,
    Everyone with more than 2 brain cells

  9. Gina Bousquet March 20th, 2016 at 18:33

    The far right is now shameless enough for him to admit it publicly, the NRA must approve justices

  10. anothertoothpick March 20th, 2016 at 20:02

    The most backward US senator was elected by the most backward US voters.

    • Dwendt44 March 21st, 2016 at 00:22

      there are several senators in contention for that title.

  11. amersham46 March 20th, 2016 at 20:02

    American justice , may soon becoming out of the barrel of a gun

  12. Foundryman March 20th, 2016 at 20:09

    This f***ing McConnell has turned into a real disgrace. What a worthless pos. to even suggest some lobbying group has the final say in a SCOTUS justice.
    Nothing like stacking the court to avoid a ruling that might just be Constitutional!!

    If anyone wants to see what a American TRAITOR looks like, take a good look at Mitchy! His entire career in the senate has been a sham.

    • Dwendt44 March 21st, 2016 at 00:20

      He should have lost his last election. Had it not been for a few dirty tricks, he might well have lost.

  13. jybarz March 20th, 2016 at 20:30

    McTurtle is a FCKNG IDIOT.
    I wholeheartedly wish his gun backfires on him.
    Repukes are the slimiest, stupidest dumbasses.

    • whatthe46 March 20th, 2016 at 20:35

      c’mon, you can do better than that!

  14. William March 20th, 2016 at 20:57

    There should be a three day waiting period before the NRA can buy a politician.

  15. The Original Just Me March 20th, 2016 at 21:36

    I didn’t know the NRA was a Branch of our government ?

  16. granpa.usthai March 20th, 2016 at 23:51

    I don’t see anywhere in the US Constitution where the people are required to allow a private club select our public servants for US.

    as such, I would hope the HONOR of THE UNITED STATES SENATE would either expel this blatant idiot from Kentucky or censure him from any activity outside official on record US business.

  17. bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 01:15

    Now THAT is a Republican Constitution-loving position if I ever heard one: the functioning of government is entirely dependent on the approval of a club that put Ted Freakin’ Nugent on the board. It’s in that part of the Constitution that’s written in crayon.

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  18. Böcker March 21st, 2016 at 09:47

    McTurtle knows he has lost this battle and come November he will lose his majority in the senate. Bye bye leadership.

  19. oldfart March 21st, 2016 at 12:23

    ‘Reckon they will have to pry that out of your cold hands too ?

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