TownHall: Total victory is upon us, folks. And some Republicans have managed to get on a path towards redemption with conservatives. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he wouldn’t block the nominee. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is a ‘no,’ but as we’ve said before—Maine is an oddball state. She gets a pass. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a runner up in the biggest pain in the a** contest among the GOP, did initially say that she’s opposed to filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by Ruth Bade Ginsburg, but is now changing her tune. The last justice passed away last Friday making the 2020 election even more interesting. And now, Murkowski is changing her tune (via Alaska Public Media):
If Democrats were counting on Lisa Murkowski to vote against President Trump’s next nominee to the Supreme Court, they should think again.
Sen. Murkowski said Tuesday she could not rule out that she would vote to confirm a Trump nominee if the Judiciary Committee approves one before the November election.
“I know everybody wants to ask the question, ‘will you confirm the nominee?’” she said outside the Capitol, as her Republican colleagues were gathering for their weekly policy lunch. “We don’t have a nominee yet. You and I don’t know who that is. And so I can’t confirm whether or not I can confirm a nominee when I don’t know who the nominee is.”
Sen. Mitt Romney took a similar position Tuesday, so it looks nearly impossible for Democrats to block Trump from seating his third Supreme Court justice.
The other possible wild cards, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Cory Gardner (R-CO), all said they’re backing the move to fill the seat.
Pelosi: “Release the Kraken”!
The woman is a pinched faced skank. Alaska, get rid of this scum.
the usual traitor-t**ts – collins, murkowski, romney, must have been threatened with fund witholding
Shit. I forgot to write ‘human catfish’ on the title.
I don’t give Collins a pass. Why?
Murk is obviously feeling the anal burn.
I wonder if the three RINO traitors got piled on by their constituents.
Conservatives need to start getting nasty and forceful on these rats like the leftists do, harass the shit out of them when they get out of line!
Part of me thinks the senate should just go straight to the vote on Monday.
The other part thinks it would be better to let the Dems run their mouth and say things that will hang themselves in the future.
Any of them up for re-election this year?
She hasn’t voted “yea” yet. Plenty of time for DiFi to again scare the Jerry Nadler out of her before the vote.
wasnt it Gaetz that suggested RNC withold funds from senators who refuse to vote?
I am truly at a head shaking moment. Unbelievable that mcconnel was able to beat these brainless buffoons into some sort of recognizable republican
Don’t count on that vile POS Romney. All he said was that he supported a vote to fill the position. He did not say he would vote to confirm. I can easily see him doing a mccain. Or maybe he can indeed count and has figured out that the nominee will be confirmed with or without him and wants to preserve the remnants of the frail, burned bridge he has left. Maybe we’ll get to see by a week from Friday. Let’s hope!