‘Classless’: Twitter Explodes As GOP Trolls Clinton On Her Bday Amid ACB Confirmation

BERLIN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 25: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a press conference within the screening of the film "Hillary" at the 70th International Berlinale film festival in Berlin, Germany on... BERLIN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 25: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a press conference within the screening of the film "Hillary" at the 70th International Berlinale film festival in Berlin, Germany on February 25, 2020. (Photo by Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday taunted former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton minutes after the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

“Amy Coney Barrett, confirmed. Happy Birthday, @HillaryClinton!” the House Judiciary GOP wrote in a tweet directed at Clinton who condemned the move to confirm the conservative judge to the Supreme Court while celebrating her 73rd birthday on Monday.

McConnell’s refusal to hold a hearing on President Obama’s Supreme Court pick after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, along with Clinton’s electoral defeat by President Donald Trump four years ago, arguably enabled the conservative ideological tilt of the high court — with three conservative appointments to the Supreme Court since President Trump was elected.

Barrett takes her seat as a Supreme Court justice in unprecedented circumstances — becoming the first in 151 years to be confirmed without the support of a single member of the minority party in an move that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called “an act of supreme desperation.”

While the confirmation process for Barrett is over, journalists and political commentators made clear they have no intention of forgetting the hurried process that took place as voters were already casting their ballots — potentially ushering in a new administration that would have nominated a very different candidate for the court: 

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  1. I thought this kind of shit was for middle schoolers. Oh wait. Never mind.

  2. Ok, I’m in, pack the Court.

  3. Avatar for danny danny says:

    Lock him up in a gym locker and stick things through the slats to annoy him until he cries and starts to go nuts kicking at the door to get out, sobbing and slobbering and screaming, and don’t let him out for a long time. Film it and put it on Instagram and send everyone a link to it.

  4. Avatar for dave48 dave48 says:

    It’s always difficult to see where any of this is going, but it appears as though McConnell’s behavior has angered, not just Democrats, but moderate Republicans as well. It’s quite possible that the backlash against Senate Republicans in the post-Trump era will indeed be severe.

    I’m not holding my breath, of course. History often demonstrates that even the angriest of politicians are blatant cowards when given a chance to act on their anger. Still, this gives me some hope.

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