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belsarius · 09-20-2020, 07:02 PM

The only way I can see BoLevi’s point is if a Dem senate was refusing to vote on a Trump candidate and using the “precendent” excuse, I think that would be a fair “flip-flop”. This isn’t a flip-flop, if anything it is only using the same Rhetoric as Mitch used in 2016 as a way to highlight their hypocrisy and mock them for it. I see no evidence that the Dems would have changed their position if the roles had been reversed.

On another topic, why didn’t the republicans simply vote no on Garland in 2016. Doing a quick search it seemed to be a lot more prevalent that Justices were declined over refusals to vote at all.

09-20-2020, 07:02 PM	#178
belsarius First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cranbrook Exp:	The only way I can see BoLevi’s point is if a Dem senate was refusing to vote on a Trump candidate and using the “precendent” excuse, I think that would be a fair “flip-flop”. This isn’t a flip-flop, if anything it is only using the same Rhetoric as Mitch used in 2016 as a way to highlight their hypocrisy and mock them for it. I see no evidence that the Dems would have changed their position if the roles had been reversed. On another topic, why didn’t the republicans simply vote no on Garland in 2016. Doing a quick search it seemed to be a lot more prevalent that Justices were declined over refusals to vote at all. __________________ @PR_NHL The @NHLFlames are the first team to feature four players each with 50+ points within their first 45 games of a season since the Penguins in 1995-96 (Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Sandstrom). Fuzz - "He didn't speak to the media before the election, either."