2016: Amy Barrett asserts that it's wrong to fill a SCOTUS vacancy during a presidential election

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[The Magistrate]

1. Gosh, Ma'am --- What D'Ya Think Has Changed?

Something must have, because she is not refusing the nomination....

[CincyDem]

2. Yeah...that aged well.

Unfortunately republicans only care about power, integrity and consistency be damned.

How the he’ll she gonna respect court precedent when she can’t even respect her own precedents.

[secondwind]

3. This video alone is enough to disqualify her, imho

[StClone]

4. Golly she can frame any position

Good debate team material maybe, but not the SCOTUS.

[Mike Nelson]

5. Well...

... she appears to have the same character traits as Moscow Mitch all the others. Republicans will love her.

[Cha]

6. Hypocritical Supporter of the Murderous Treasonous

Putin Puppet?! Shocking.

[Cha]

7. Rt!

[BlueStater]

8. Wow, so she's a hypocrite.

Who didn’t see that one coming?

[Raster]

9. In other surprising news...

...water is still wet!

Yes. Little Ms. Fanatical Religious Woman is just a lying, deceptive hypocrite. Aren't they all?

[cureautismnow]

10. Play the video back at her during the confirmation hearing.

Let her spin away.

[struggle4progress]

25. +

[DonaldsRump]

11. She is no great intellect from this

I would love to see her during the SJC confirmation hearings defend this, especially with Kamala Harris asking the questions.

This doesn't even get to her cult-based views on life.

[SunSeeker]

12. That is so political for a judge to talk about the "balance of POWER."

Her job is supposed to be about the law, not power.

[Mariana]

13. A hypocritical Christian?

No, it can't be!

[elleng]

14. 'when it will "dramatically flip the balance of power."'

NOTE, that will NOT happen here, the balance of power is already in repug/'conservative' hands.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

15. Notice how Balance of Power mattered...

When replacing Scalia and Obama put up Garland a Moderate to replace him.

RBG dies and we get a partisan hack who pretends that the law and morals matter but they really don't if your a republican.

[GETPLANING]

16. It's not hypocrisy. It's lying.

There is no point in accusing Republicans of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy implies there’s a previous position being changed. The principle being upheld by Republicans then and now is simple: Retain power using all available tools, and deny the opposition power using all available tools. The tools they use the most are projection and lying.
They look the American people in the eye, and they lie to them.
Democrats will pack the courts.
Democrats are trying to steal the election.
Democrats are only interested in political power.
Democrats are engaged in theatrics.
Joe Biden is mentally unstable.
You get it. Feel free to add to the list.

[TNNurse]

17. How do I share this video???

[TNNurse]

20. I found it on YouTube/

[speaknow]

18. Unless it's me !

[lastlib]

19. SOOoooo......will she turn down the appointment?

[Rebl2]

21. Hypocrite just

like the rest of the Republican Party.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. Her hypocrisy is ripe fruit & if she walks it back, she's self-serving like the rest of Republicans

Not sure what that buys us on the nomination, but the public will recognize it

[calimary]

23. Well well well.

My oh my how things change...

[JonLP24]

24. I always hated that argument

When I voted for Obama the deal was I would get the entire 8 years. Not 7 1/2. 8 years.

[radius777]

26. Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Thou shalt not steal (they stole Garland's seat and are now stealing RBG's seat that should be filled by Joe).

[mnmoderatedem]

27. yeah but that is SO 2016

we all know the goal posts conveniently shift for the right wing and they just change the standards and do not even follow their own corrupt precedents whenever they suddenly become inconvenient.

That's just how it works.

[Lock him up.]

28. K & R

And send it to the campaign en masse!

[D_Master81]

29. Trump's doesn't nominate judges

He nominates Republican operatives nothing more. Kavanaugh didn’t know a position he wouldn’t flip on depending on who was in power.