The Latest: Romney won’t oppose Senate vote on Trump pick

Mitt Romney says he will not try to block any Senate vote to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This completely destroys any claim he never heard of the Constitution, and greatly lessens the chance Dems can prevent Trump from fulfilling requirements of that law. The Associated Press story here....

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10 a.m.

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he will not oppose a Senate vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.

In a statement Tuesday, Romney said he intends to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering Trump’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, “I intend to vote based upon their qualifications,″ Romney said.

Romney’s views had been closely watched after two other Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — urged that a vote be delayed until after the Nov. 3 presidential election.

Romney said his decision was “not the result of a subjective test of ‘fairness’ which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. It is based on the immutable fairness of following the law, which in this case is the Constitution and precedent.″

Trump says he’ll announce his nominee on Saturday at the White House.

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https://apnews.com/1ff16388e04496039c229ea8e551b855

 

Lol...don't say you people weren't warned of the consequences.

 

Hm, a lot hinged on him. It is looking more and more like Trump has the votes he'll need.

 

Romney, the weenie, wants to be on the winning team. Someone must have whispered in his ear.

 

So Romney agreed that Trump should be removed from office, but feels it appropriate that he fill a SCOTUS seat. Go figure.

 

Although he wasn't a senator when Gorsuch was nominated, he sure as hell didn't oppose the vote on 'constitutional' grounds.

In fact, he called the Gorsuch appointment as 'superb'.
https://www.deseret.com/2017/2/3/20...-the-15-year-anniversary-of-the-2002-olympics

 

What's your point?

 

Take a look at how the feckless, useless, worthless establishment Dems are folding like cheap umbrellas. This Is why I hope Pelosi is creamed by her brilliant and competent Progressive primary challenger and the rest of the Neo-Liberal so-called representatives dinosaurs are equally disposed of in their primaries by actual Democratic Progressives.



Corporate owned POS!

 

He said he is voting in the Trump nomination because of the constitution.

Well, no mention of the 'constitution' when he approved of Gorsuch, given his premise, the constitution says that Garland was Obama's appointment.

And, the 'advise and consent' argument is hooey, No way in hell did the founding fathers imagine that the senate, whom they hoped were of noble, learned, ethical makeup, would
descend into petty power grabbing so egregious where such a senate would interpret 'advise and consent' as withholding a hearing and a vote on a presidential nomination .

Let's be clear on what is really going on here, it's petty partisan power grabbing of the worst sort.

If the founding fathers possibly imagined a senate as egregious as this senate, were it possible for such a senate to ever be elected, they would have gone to greater lengths to define
what 'advise and consent' means. I should think a person of reasonable intelligence would understand that 'advise and consent' occurs during the hearings and the vote. They just assumed they would understand the spirit of the thing, the founding fathers gave such a body of people the benefit of the doubt, that to define it would be insulting to their intelligence, that having to define every little ******ned thing that Trump and republicans can twist words to their sick perverted agenda, and bend the constitution until it screams for mercy, had the founding fathers had been genius enough to foresee this senate, the constitution would have had far more definitions as to precisely what their intent was.

But, in fairness to the founding fathers, it was a miracle that they were as wise as they were. No one is genius enough to predict what will happen 250 years down the road, no one is that smart.





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Me thinks The Turtle had a talk with Mitt, or Mitt has read the tea leaves. Mitt will do what is best for Mitt, don't let him tell you different.

 

It's looking like dems are just going to have to eat this **** sandwich and smile about it. They don't have the votes to stop the confirmation, and they won't have the votes to pack the courts. Good.

 

More like a wedgie in the political magic underwear, but yeah, they must've shoved a Constitution under his nose and showed him he had to take a side. Nominate away, just sit on it until after the election and if Trump wins then go through the vote procedure.

 

gutless scum

 

And his reasoning was a "Romnyan" as can be. He said something that sounded like if the nominee is made by the opposing party in the Presidency but not in the Senate than the party in government can make the nomination because the senate is of the same party as the party of the President so long as said President is a Republican on a year that ends in zero and it rains the day the previous justice died....

In the mind of Romney, whatever he said somehow makes sense.

According to Romney, Trump is a criminal who should not be President, but it's ok for a criminal to appoint for lifetime a Supreme Court justice.

In short... Romney is and shall always be Romney.

 

No snark, OK?

List all Democrats in the Senate and the House, ranked by date of birth but oldest at the top.

It will take you some time but should also prove that have patience and you will outlive your annoyances. This bipartisan reminder was brought to you by Father Time, the most annoying of all.

 

Mitwit has been all over the map on abortion but he must feel he needs to deliver in order to maintain the support of his constituents............who are in the minority nationally.

 

Of course he will...it's a no brainer...the Constitution requires the President to make the nom, and the Senate to advice and consent.....

 

Actually the majority are fine with the current laws and don't think there needs to be anymore restrictions....https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/2...pro-choice-utah-legislature-poll-restrictions

Romney just wants an actual Judge that will apply the law, not a radical leftist, I mean, frankly...we don't even know who Biden would even consider because he is hiding all that....I can't blame Romney for going with the picks that he knows.

 

Which shows that McConnell was a disgusting evil scumbag in 2016, who violated the Constitution. And Republicans let it happen

 

McConnell should have at least let the Senate have hearrings and then let the senators decide by voting if Obama should or should not be able to choose a supreme Court Justice in his last year.

Instead McConnell chose the route of a dictator

 

Romney voted to impeach Trump on the grounds of "OBSTRUCTION of JUSTICE" but he will go along with Trump on his choosing a justice.

If a bacteria from outer space landed on Earth in the USA and ran for office it would be more qualified to serve in the government than these idiots.

 

That is EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!!!!!

Quite Presidential of him actually! That kind of reminds me of the White Horse President prediction from nearly two centuries ago!

This sets Mr. Mitt and Mrs. Ann Romney up brilliantly for an alternative universe 2012 to 2020 in which things work out differently....... than they did in what we know of as recent history.


The White Horse President prophecy and saving the USA constitution and dollar.




https://www.latimes.com/opinion/sto...mney-white-horse-prophecy-mormon-joseph-smith

 

It's absolutely UNTHINKABLE that an elected official might fear for his job if he bucks his electorate too often. Why, old Mitt need never worry, because that NATIONAL MINORITY is his local majority.

Pols worry reelections first. If he does NOT feel he needs to deliver, then get his useless self outta there.

 

How so? Obama made the nomination in 2016, and the McConnell did what the Constitution demanded....I left off the part about the Constitution saying "advice" -----the Senate did then, and their advice was based on the rule Biden made and Chucky reaffirmed in 07.

The advice was clear...don't do it when the opposite party runs the Senate, in an election year

 

I thought that very thing after Huma Abedin's husband got caught sexting underage girls while his wife was working for Hildabeast. Or Katy Hill, shining moral beacon to be sure. Jabba the Hutt Nadler? Alien to be sure.