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In reply to the discussion: Not sure what this tweet from Rick Wilson means: [View all]So Steve Schmidt was bragging about his role in filling the Court with right-wingers well into the Trump era.
What a guy.
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I welcome his help, believe me, but I wonder IF we survive all this, and we get normalcy
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2020
#4
Whatever grows in opposition to the Democratic Party, it's better if it's healthy
lostnfound
Sep 2020
#38
Sounds like they're trying to prevent the Senate from approving a new SCJ this fall.
yardwork
Sep 2020
#5
Since when are conservative Republicans against conservative Supreme Court Justices?
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#16
Thanks for the advice. Let's see, Wilson worked for Dick Cheney, Rudolph Guiliani, Saxby Chambliss
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#19
Every time this argument comes up, the fact that they're republicans and we shouldn't accept....
George II
Sep 2020
#28
Exactly. So why would these conservative lifelong Republicans want to block a conservative Judge?
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#33
If they can help us defeat trump, and we'd have a possibility of losing to trump in November....
George II
Sep 2020
#29
Of course not. But we should keep in mind they are working for themselves, not for us.
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#36
Steve Schmidt to this day brags about "running" the Alito and Roberts confirmations
melman
Sep 2020
#20
But you said "to this day" (On September 21, 2020), which is two years from being true.
George II
Sep 2020
#43
As they've shown over the last several months, they're more in favor of preserving America's....
George II
Sep 2020
#25