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You had to know this was a coming. Four short years ago, countless Dems, media folks & bluechecks were telling you #WeNeedNine on the Supreme Court.
Yet now, as we head into an election that’ll surely be contested their convictions have evaporated.
It’s a long list.
To kick it off, we’ll start with none other than the man who led the #WeNeedNine push, @BarackObama.
Is it no longer “irresponsible” to not consider a SCOTUS nominee before one is even announced, Mr. President?
And what say you, @HillaryClinton? If @realDonaldTrump announces his nominee, will you agree that he has “met his responsibility” as well? And that the Senate should do the same?
What changed, @SenSchumer?
Wouldn’t your advice set up a “constitutional crisis”, @JoeBiden? You said so yourself.
And how about you, @ChrisMurphyCT? When did you stop thinking that #DoYourJob meant meeting with a SCOTUS nominee?
What say you, @SenBlumenthal do you no longer think that #WeNeedNine, even with an election on the horizon?
Here’s @maziehirono with more of the same.
Quote the change in tune from @SenatorLeahy.
And of course, countless organizations jumped into the mix. Here’s @NARAL, who are also no longer concerned about obstruction or the need for nine justices.
Ditto that for @CAPAction. Go figure.
Apparently we don’t need mine anymore, to hear @civilrightsorg tell it.
Maybe it’s just me, but the media’s tune sure looks a little different, too.
But I’ll let you be the judge. This from @CNN.
What would I do without @voxdotcom
@MSNBC is not working particularly hard to hide the bias here.
Something tells me any Dem opposition to a Trump nominee will be a “blockade”
Never change, @Slate
The blue checks joined in. Quite a different time this time around for @neal_katyal
Obligatory @kurteichenwald mention.
And yes. I’ll surely need to do a lot more of these threads - and I’m going back through statements from Republicans, too - but wanted to get a jump on collecting the troves and troves of hypocrisy on display.
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