When Obama asked RBG if she would step down -- in 2013 -- Democrats controlled the Senate. When Merrick Garland was nominated -- 2016 -- Republicans controlled the Senate. You can google this, it's free.
Whether or not you think that RBG should have stepped down (she should've and same with Breyer), we don't need to re-write history in order to validate our priors and protect our heroes. People are human. They make mistakes. We move on, there's nothing we can do about it now.
me the day after Biden’s inauguration
On the flip side of this, people who act like the court doesn’t matter when it comes to judicial nominees are living in a false reality. We’re paying the price for a lot of people who don’t understand stakes.
Again, it happened, it’s over. She’s gonna be on the court and there’s nothing we can do. But going forward a lot of people from Breyer to Briahna need to be better.
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