It's Friday, June 17 and Day 125 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 92 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. They're not there. But they have scheduled the votes on gun measures for Monday, beginning at 5:30 ET. But back to the subject at hand, Harry Reid has some "complimentary" words for Mitch McConnell and his leadership abilities.
In an interview, Mr. Reid said he doubted he could have ever persuaded his fellow Democrats to go on a "fool's errand" such as stonewalling the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland, refusing to schedule hearings and in multiple cases deciding against even a courtesy meeting with the nominee.
"If anybody can get his senators to all agree to go over a cliff and kill themselves, that's pretty good," Mr. Reid said in his deadpan manner. "Boy, I will tell you that guy has a lot more sway with his caucus than I ever had. If I ever suggested something as absurd and bizarre as that to my caucus, they would revote and kick the hell out of me out of the caucus. I mean, really."
We're going to miss you, Senator.
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