A Despicable Story From Down Memory Lane

This was the moment the Despicable Republican Party Decided From Now On 

They Would Make The Rules

Merrick Garland was nominated to fill the 2016 vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death that February of Justice Antonin Scalia. President Obama quickly named Merrick Garland, then 63, to fill the seat. Garland had long been considered a prime prospect for the high court. Widely regarded as a moderate, he had been praised in the past by many Republicans, including influential senators such as Orrin Hatch of Utah.

But even before Obama had named Garland, and in fact only hours after Scalia's death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared any appointment by the siting president (Obama) to be NULL AND VOID!  He said the next Supreme Court justice would be chosen by the next president - to be elected later that year.

There was no precedent for such a despicable action, ever!

McConnell would say later: "One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye," and I said, "Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy."

This single act by Mitch McConnell and his Senate Republicans  put America on notice that a new and despicable Republican Party had taken over and they were now making the rules.

Soon to follow was an even more despicable Republican Party under a man named Trump. . . but that is for another story.