It's Friday, June 24 and Day 132 since Justice Antonin Scalia died and Mitch McConnell laid down his Supreme Court blockade: No meetings, no hearings, no votes on his replacement. It's also Day 99 since President Obama named Merrick Garland to be Scalia's replacement. What's the Senate doing today instead of considering the Supreme Court nominee?
It’s Friday, so they’re sure not voting on anything. But there’s an interesting campaign trend we should talk about. Republican senators and Senate candidates don’t want to campaign with Donald Trump:
Sens. Kelly Ayotte and Richard Burr’s offices said they had to be in Washington when Trump came to their states last week. McCain and Rep. Joe Heck, who just won a GOP Senate primary, had scheduling conflicts when Trump was in Arizona and Nevada over the weekend. As Trump rallied at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, McCain was preparing for the “Swaggies,” a local chamber of commerce awards dinner 20 miles down the road.
They won't be seen in public with him when they’re trying to get votes. But they’re willing to obstruct for nearly a year in hopes of letting him appoint someone to the Supreme Court. That’s integrity, for you.
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