Sen. Chuck Grassley is not impressing the local media either with his behavior in blockading Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, or with his excuses for that behavior.
Last week, Iowa’s senior senator, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, went to the floor of the Senate and spoke in defense of his obstruction to filling the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Again, Sen. Charles Grassley made the bogus claim he’s been making since Justice Antonin Scalia died last February — the American people should get to pick Scalia’s replacement. […]
Grassley went on to say he’s been told repeatedly by his constituents the decision should be up to the next president. Said Grassley: “At meeting after meeting this summer, Iowans told me that they appreciate the Senate’s decision that the next President should nominate Justice Scalia’s replacement.”
Odd. We’ve reported on Grassley’s meetings — including the one with his hand-picked constituents at Great River Medial Center — and his declaration of overwhelming support for his obstruction on this important matter didn’t surface at that meeting. […]
It matters not how he tries to spin it, Grassley has failed in his responsibility as chairman of the judiciary committee to hold a hearing on Garland’s nomination.
Funny how even Grassley's "hand-picked" constituents weren't clamoring for him to continue to blockade the nomination, and nice reinforcement there of how Grassley has been avoiding public meetings while supposedly doing his "full Grassley" routine—visiting all 99 of Iowa's counties. The thing is about those meetings, nearly "two thirds were private meetings, unannounced and without the ability for public input."
Sorry, Chuck, you can't blame this one on Iowa's voters. It's all on you.
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