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The Repubs held without a meeting, hearing or vote for 9 months before the election the nomination of Merrick Garland, claiming the American people deserve to chose who decides in 2016.

“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court 1/
Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”

— Mitch McConnell, March 2016.

“I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say 2/
Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.”

—Lindsey Graham, March 10, 2016

There you have it - the greatest act of political hypocrisy in our history to go along with the greatest act of treachery when the Repub Senate 3/
acquitted the Impeached Trump without allowing evidence or witnesses.

It is sad to see the Republicans have no integrity, no decency and no values as they shred the constitution. 4/end

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