You dont understand America: Lindsey Graham lectures town hall crowd booing Gorsuch

[RandySF]

Speaking at a town hall in his home state, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) faced down boos and complaints from attendees unhappy with how Republicans failed to hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court.

Making a pitch for Judge Neil Gorsuch, nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the seat left vacant by recalcitrant Republicans, Graham lectured the crowd as boos and grew and the crowd began chanting.

According to Graham, President Barack Obama was not entitled to fill the seat because, “Scalia died in February after three primaries had started a week before the South Carolina primary.””

“Everyone that boos Judge Gorsuch, you’re not persuading me at all,” Graham told the raucous crowd. “Matter of fact, if you can’t understand this is a qualified nominee, then you’re not listening.”

“If you don’t understand that elections matter, then you don’t understand America,” the lawmaker continued as the boos grew louder. “If you think that only liberals can get their nominees and a conservative can’t, then you don’t understand America. And I don’t believe that the Constitution was written so that you get everything you want and I get nothing. That’s not the way the Constitution was written.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/you-dont-understand-america-lindsey-graham-lectures-town-hall-crowd-booing-handing-garlands-seat-to-gorsuch/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. And the Constitution clearly states that once primaries have begun, no one can be nominated.

Where is that again, please? (I'm talking to Graham.)

[SharonAnn]

12. Elections have consequences. Obama was elected. The consequence is he nominates!

[cos dem]

2. Acting like an asshole also has consequences.

[Jonny Appleseed]

3. CLASSIC REPUBLICAN PROJECTION

If you think that only liberals can get their nominees and a conservative can’t, then you don’t understand America. And I don’t believe that the Constitution was written so that you get everything you want and I get nothing. That’s not the way the Constitution was written.

Did you forget the last 6 years?

[SharonAnn]

11. Remember in '93 when they replace Thurgood marshall with Clarence Thomas?

They replaced a Liberal with a right-wing, extremist Conservative.

They did it because "elections have consequences" and the winners get what they want.

[Vinca]

4. I thought he was rude and condescending. I also think he assumes his Senate seat is a

sure thing forever and ever and ever.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

5. Anybody that thinks Graham is not a perfect asshole puke is not paying attention to how he votes

every fucking time straight puke party votes, he is a piece of southern stinking shit.

[heaven05]

6. WHAT UNMITIGATED bullshit

from a RW ninny with double speak always coming out both sides of his mouth. This RW tool of racists, sexists, fascist will never have my respect no matter how he stood against RW health(death) plan. to hell with them all.

[dawg]

7. We need a constitutional amendment for Presidential nominees.

Senate must vote within 90 days. Only 51 votes to confirm. No filibuster allowable. If the Senate rejects the nominee, they have to come up with one of their own and confirm him or her (with a two-thirds supermajority vote) within 90 days, or their rejection is voided and the President's nominee takes office anyway.

Yes, this would allow a Republican president to appoint lots of people we don't like. But elections do have consequences. And our government can't function if both parties are allowed to obstruct each other ad infinitum.

[Demsrule86]

9. Why not just end the filibuster unless you are willing to stand up for hours and talk?

[dawg]

10. We need to take away the tools of obstruction.

A minority party (even us), should not be allowed to gum up the works of the entire government just because they can.

[Demsrule86]

13. I would be fine with that.

[Demsrule86]

8. He is so arrogant...Lindsey.