This is from November 1st, 2016. Remember it when the Republicans start rending their garments over Democrats wanting to expand the court. And then tell them to go to hell:
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., told Republican supporters Saturday he would try to keep a vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court empty for four years if Hillary Clinton is elected president, a shift from his position in February.
Burr, who is in a tight contest for re-election with Democrat Deborah Ross, made the comment in a surreptitiously recorded conversation in Mooresville first reported by CNN. He backed away from it somewhat in a statement Tuesday.
The Saturday conversation is the same one in which Burr joked about whether a photo of Clinton on the cover of American Rifleman, a magazine published by the National Rifle Association, should have a bulls-eye on it. Those remarks have been widely reported and condemned, and Burr apologized Monday.
The Supreme Court was reduced to eight members in February when Justice Antonin Scalia died. Burr said then and when President Barack Obama nominated appellate court judge Merrick Garland to the court in March that the decision on Scalia’s replacement should wait until after the presidential election to give the American people the chance to weigh in.
But in Saturday’s meeting in Mooresville, Burr said, “If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that four years from now we’ve still got an opening on the Supreme Court.”
Burr told supporters that an eight-member court would mean some rulings by lower courts like the one Garland sits on would stand as is, “But I think on the things that are important to the country, there’s a better chance that the lower court or the appellate court will get the right answer before it gets to the Supreme Court.”
Ted Cruz and even the sainted John McCain joined in that call.
And remember this as well, which I personally believe had an effect on the outcome in 2016. A lot of people were exhausted at the mere thought of what the GOP was planning to do:
Senior Republican lawmakers are openly discussing the prospect of impeaching Hillary Clinton should she win the presidency, a stark indication that partisan warfare over her tenure as secretary of state will not end on Election Day.
Chairmen of two congressional committees said in media interviews this week they believe Clinton committed impeachable offenses in setting up and using a private email server for official State Department business.
And a third senior Republican, the chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee, told The Washington Post he is personally convinced Clinton should be impeached for influence peddling involving her family foundation. He favors further congressional investigation into that matter.
“It is my honest opinion that the Clinton Foundation represents potentially one of the greatest examples of political corruption in American history,” said Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), who leads the Constitution and Civil Justice subcommittee. “Now that perspective may be disproven, time will tell. But given that conviction on my part, I think all options are definitely on the table.”
Don’t think they wouldn’t have done it.
This is one reason why they defended Trump as they did. They assume that everyone is just as corrupt and venal as they are so ignored the actual facts revealed over and over again about Donald Trump. They lost their patriotism and love of country a long time ago and now see it as nothing more than a partisan death match.
They will have learned nothing from the Trump experience. Let’s hope Democrats have recognized that and will act accordingly.