Mittens is caving on SCOTUS vote - he will vote for Trump's nominee

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Julie Pace @jpaceDC

WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says he won't block vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee, clearing path for Republicans.

10:03 AM · Sep 22, 2020

Fuck him...

[samsingh]

1. repugs are complete traitors and cowards.

[kentuck]

2. That doesn't make the fight any easier, for sure.

I hope Nancy has something in her quiver?

[PTWB]

8. There is nothing at this point.

Mitch has the votes. Our only arrows were political pressure and the threat of future retribution.

[Squinch]

3. Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. This is shocking. I might have to lie down. Or not. NT

[Srkdqltr]

5. Of course. Are we surprised?

[Tanuki]

6. I wonder what was the quid pro quo

[Farmgirl1961]

7. Yeah, so Nancy Pelosi better get some quivers in her arrow

and start aiming them. Figuratively speaking based on her prior statements

[PTWB]

10. That isn't going to happen.

Our only arrows were political pressure (pointing out R hypocrisy) and the threat of future retribution.

Mitch has the votes and will confirm RBGs replacement in weeks. There is no constitutional recourse for us to stop or even slow him down.

Our recourse is to win the presidency this year, along with the senate now or in 2022, and then increase the size of the Supreme Court to 29 justices, add 5 new states that lean heavily Democratic to the union and enact the Wyoming rule to increase the number of Representatives in the house.

These are all doable with mere legislation and will cement our hold on government for generations. It must be done.

[AngryOldDem]

9. None of them were sincere.

Collins and Murkowski are always toeing Mitch’s line, and I think Romney likes the attention with the “will he or won’t he” bullshit.

The answer? No matter where, no matter how long it takes, no matter the weather, no matter the gauntlets that will need to be run — vote. Vote these traitorous fuckers out. All of them. Time is growing short to save whatever is left of this country.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

11. LOL, I call him Mittens too. n/t

[Codeine]

12. I certainly hope nobody was ever naive enough

to believe he was anything more than full of shit.

[Azathoth]

13. No surprise

Mormon country think Trump is a vulgar charlatan, but they're really big on conservative justices and overturning decisions like Roe.

[EleanorR]

14. He was one of 39 Republican Senators who signed an amicus brief asking that Roe be overturned

Details... The following Republican senators signed the brief, which calls Roe v. Wade's standards unworkable:

Sen. John Kennedy (La.)
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.)
Sen. John Barrasso (Wy.)
Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.)
Sen. John Boozman (Ark.)
Sen. Mike Braun (Ind.)
Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.)
Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.)
Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.)
Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark.)
Sen. Kevin Cramer (N.D.)
Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.)
Sen. Steve Daines (Mont.)
Sen. Michael Enzi (Wyo.)
Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa)
Sen. Deb Fischer (Neb.)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
Sen. John Hoeven (N.D.)
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.)
Sen. James M. Inhofe (Okla.)
Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisc.)
Sen. James Lankford (Okla.)
Sen. Michael S. Lee (Utah)
Sen. Jerry Moran (Kan.)
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.)
Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio)
Sen. James Risch (Idaho)
Sen. Pat Roberts (Kan.)
Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah)
Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.)
Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.)
Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.)
Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.)
Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.)
Sen. John Thune (S.D.)
Sen. Pat Toomey (Penn.)
Sen. Roger F. Wicker (Miss.)
Sen. Todd Young (Ind.)

https://www.axios.com/roe-v-wade-republicans-brief-trump-overturn-4dd4e6f5-ce95-403f-a048-bc15605e0256.html

[MineralMan]

15. And Integrity Flies out the Window, Once Again.

The GOOPers just can't pass by this opportunity to load the SCOTUS. Never mind what they said in 2016. They have zero integrity.

[AngryOldDem]

16. Never had any to begin with.

They need to be reminded of 2016 every time they show their faces.

I hope the political payback will truly be a bitch for this cabal.

[MineralMan]

17. But they pretended to, which is all Republicans have to do.

Say one thing emphatically today and say something else tomorrow. Republicans don't care.

One year, the Russians are the Great Satan. A year later, they're our besties. The GOP doesn't care. Nothing matters to Republicans, except abortion, guns, and gays. Everything else is fungible.

[AngryOldDem]

18. I'll add keeping their power to that list. At all costs.

[tanyev]

19. I guess the White Horse Prophecy has left the barn.

[renate]

20. good point

I wonder why he just threw away all the good that he did to his reputation nationwide. Just a few days ago I was thinking that I admired his integrity and thinking that he might be the leader of the GOP as it recovered from Trumpism. Maybe it was just the opportunity to get Roe v Wade overturned, pure and simple? I can't imagine he'd be very blackmailable--he's one of the very few Republicans I'd say that of. Anyway, no more chance of President Romney now.

[dalton99a]

21. Mitt Romney is a Republican.

Never forget

[RandiFan1290]

22. They fight to win for their voters. nt

[melman]

23. He's not "caving"

This is who he is. This who he's always been. A Republican asshole.