Senate Republican leaders said Tuesday that not only did they write off the idea of holding hearings for the Supreme Court nominee President Obama submits to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia, but they also refuse to meet with the nominee one-on-one, as is typical of the confirmation process.
When asked by reporters at press conference if he would refuse to meet with the nominee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) referred to the unanimous recommendation by Republicans on the Judiciary Committee that there should be no hearings.
“I don’t know the purpose of such a visit,” McConnell said.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the chamber’s No. 2 Republican who also serves on the Judiciary Committee, said he did not plan to meet with Obama’s nominee either.
“I don’t see the point of going through the motions, if you know what the outcome is going to be,” Cornyn said. He added that such a meeting would “give a misleading impression that something else is going on.”
The GOP, taking infantile-like holding of one’s breath to a whole other level. May they all suffer collective syncope.
Mr_VanHolst. I like to see some hellfire and damnation brought upon their in-august bodies… and recorded on C-Span for public viewing.
But that’s me… You’re a better man than I am … or would be , if I were a man.
I so hope the press keeps this in the headlines when Obama nominates someone. If he nominates someone other that a white male, the optics will be delicious to behold.
I’m hoping for a mixed race black/Hispanic lesbian woman. But that’s just me.
With no where else to go … the nominee will land right in McConnell’s lap –
Can’t wait to see him squirm —
OK… Hillary or Bernie nominates former President Barack Obama… or even better… MICHELLE Obama