Republican Rep. David Jolly — a candidate for the Senate from Florida — said Monday that he believed that Merrick Garland, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, deserved a hearing and a vote before Obama leaves office, but added that he believed Garland should be rejected in a Senate vote.
“I do think he should have a hearing and I would like to see a vote, because I think he would be voted down,” Jolly said at a debate with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), one of the Democrats running for the Senate seat, hosted by the Open Debate Coalition.
Jolly said rejecting Garland on the basis of his record on the Second Amendment or labor unions does not count as obstruction.
“That’s actually the proper exercise of the Senate’s Article I authority. If they bring it up for a vote, vote him down,” Jolly said. “Ask the President to nominate a second person, one that could meet approval of Republicans in the United States Senate, because what the president has to accept is Republicans currently control the United States Senate and they have the constitutional prerogative to vote a nominee up or down.”
He added that if he were currently in the Senate, he would meet with Garland.
Did the moderator at the Jolly-Grayson debate wear a helmet and protective clothing?
Haz Mat suit.
Thanks, but Garland don’t wanna meet with you!
Amazing what these Republican toads will say when running in a deep blue area. For those who don’t know they are both Primary candidates for Marco Rubio’s seat. There is a mass of humanity running for the republican primary one of which Carlos Beruff, a real estate developer who has already blanketed the Orlando area with nonstop commercials (some money boys must be behind him) He is emerging as the guy I would most like to punch in the face as he spouts a tea party "We’re-all -sick -of -poliiticians- you-should -elect me " line
Here’s the rundown
so his election chances are in trouble so hey I know lets do the right thing for once…but lets remember never to do that again if we win