Nevertheless, Republicans are pretending to be deeply concerned about the matter, leading Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn , Ted Cruz , and Lindsey Graham to hold a press conference in front of the Supreme Court this morning. Much of the rhetoric was boilerplate -- there were several references to a"power grab" -- but Cruz"You didn't see Republicans, when we had control of the Senate, try to rig the game. You didn't see us try to pack the court.
Second, and more importantly, if Cruz wants to reflect on Republicans' reluctance to"rig the game" at the Supreme Court in the recent past, that's a conversation I'm eager to have. The late Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly on Feb. 13, 2016. Exactly one day later, the Texas senator appeared on NBC's"Meet the Press" to insist that the Senate had"
" whatsoever to consider any nominee to fill the Supreme Court's vacancy. In fact, Cruz endorsed an unprecedented partisan blockade, insisting that the high court have eight members for 11 months.
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MaddowBlog He looks and sound uninformed.
MaddowBlog I think it's called GOP selective amnesia
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MaddowBlog ahhhh Cruz, hard to believe that taxpayers pay this guy’s salary.
MaddowBlog Ted Cruz is a mental pygmy
MaddowBlog Lying fucks is my take...attempting to rewrite history only gets you so far in this day of existing video’s that document just exactly what these liars did and said previously...