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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I don’t think it’s accurate, either.
Obama appointed two justices in his first 2 years - Elana Kagen and Sonia Sotomayor.
Cocaine Mitch and the Republicans have had control of the Senate since 2011.
Unless RBG was going to retire 12 years ago, she was forced to wait on a Democratic Senate that never came.
Give the old battle axe her due credit - she held the line.
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Like I said, she could have stepped down when Obama and the Dems had control, she would've been in her 70s then and made perfect sense. I'm just pointing it out - politics is all about chess, and she didn't make the right moves. So be it.