Grassley Urges Trump To Nominate A Judge With ‘Credentials,’ ‘Intellect’

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in a statement shortly after the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was announced that he hopes President Donald Trump will “soon” nominate a judge with “credentials, intellect, and commitment to the rule of law” to fill the spot.

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  1. A president with credentials and intellect would be even better.

  2. Who does Grassley think he’s fucking fooling? The entire country knows all he and the GOP want to do is stick an white Christian nationalist ideologue on the bench to roll back the 20th century. Half of us hate them for it and the other half are cheering for it and can’t wait for their chance to force a poor urban mother to give birth while screaming “n----r n----r n----r!!!” so it’s the first thing the child hears before they declare its race a pre-existing condition and prevent it from getting health insurance for the rest of its life.

  3. Please, please, please RBG: DON’T DIE!

  4. Hope he included some dictionary definitions in his statement.

  5. So Grassley wants TT to nominate Merrick Garland?

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