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The vote was supposed to come much earlier but there was a medical emergency on Alex Padilla’s flight last night from California, forcing it to turn around and return to LAX. He flew out this morning instead. And unfortunately for Democrats, they needed his vote. A 50/50 Senate means an 11/11 split on the Judiciary Committee and the Republicans on that Committee weren’t budging in their opposition to Jackson.
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The GOP could have followed the other party’s precedent by boycotting the Committee proceedings, as Democrats did when they skipped the vote for Amy Coney Barrett in 2020. That would have allowed the Committee to recommend Jackson, 11-0, but it also would have been seen as disrespectful of the first black woman justice. Dems boycotted Barrett because they objected to the nomination being rammed through so close to the election. Republicans would have had no similar procedural excuse to boycott. Forced to choose between that option and the option of the committee deadlocking, they gave Jackson the courtesy of their votes.
This group of GOPer's wouldn't nominate Jesus Christ if he had a D next to his name.
We certainly know Democrats wouldn’t nominate Jesus Christ either, because Democrats generally hate Christians and Christianity.
It’s amusing to me that Republicans are expected to support Democratic nominations to the Supreme Court or other higher offices, but it’s totally okay and understandable when Democrats band together to fight Republican nominations.
What’s a Marxist? A member of the Marx Brothers fan club?
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