The argument, which Megyn Kelly made today, that Democrats lost in 2016 and the only question now is whether Kavanaugh is qualified is emblematic of right wing gaslighting.
Obama won in 2012, so Garland should’ve been confirmed with the same bipartisan consensus Kelly laments that past justices received.
Garland was also a choice Obama made in respect to the GOP majority. He didn’t replace Scalia with another Kagan.
I objected to stealing a SCOTUS seat but if Scalia had died on Trump’s actual watch, I think Gorsuch would’ve gotten more support from Dems. They’d have seen it as the balance of the Court remaining mostly the same.
This is also why Kavanagh is not a moderate choice. He isn’t a swing vote and no one believes he would be.
Democrats need to accept that the GOP would be fine with a 9 member Court of all Gorsuch/Thomas types.
Democrats would never dare dream of the reverse: a 9 member Court of all RBGs.
Mostly bc Dems do see some value in conservative thought. Their quibble is that Republicans are sometimes “naughty” or “corrupt.”
Jesus could be a Dem, though, and Republicans wouldn’t respect him as long as the D was before his name.
