The New York Times editorial board asserted Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his fellow Republicans seem “to have lost touch with reality and the Constitution” when it comes to filling the Supreme Court vacancy.
The editorial board said statements by McConnell and Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) about refusing to hold hearings on a potential nominee or refusing to even meet with one, as is customary, were “twisted.”
It was also “preposterous” for McConnell to say President Barack Obama was “causing a ‘bitter struggle’ by nominating someone” to the Supreme Court, they wrote.
“Only two Republican senators, Mark Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine, were brave enough to say that they would vote on President Obama’s nominee,” the editorial board wrote. “This is what passes for moderation in today’s G.O.P.: simply stating a willingness to do the job you were elected to do.”
