Sen. John McCain Promises to Ensure Clinton Is Not Allowed to Place Anyone on the Supreme Court
Senator John McCain Monday morning said his fellow Republicans in the Senate will block Hillary Clinton from placing any justice on the Supreme Court. Currently, there is one open seat, which Republicans have successfully blocked from allowing President Barack Obama to fill. There are expected to be at least two additional openings by 2020, and possibly a total of four or even five by 2024.
“I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up,†the Republican from Arizona, himself a former presidential nominee, told a local Pennsylvania radio host, as CNN and ThinkProgress report.
“I promise you. This is where we need the majority,” McCain, citing Benghazi, said on Philadelphia’s Dom Giordano program on 1210 WPHT. He then praised Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, who is running for re-election, for being “probably as articulate and effective on the floor of the Senate as anyone I have encountered.”
McCain added that the “strongest argument” he can make for ensuring a Republican majority in the Senate is to “ensure that there is not three places on the United States Supreme Court that will change this country for decades.”
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died February 13, 247 days ago. President Obama nominated Merrick Garland one month later. Republicans even before Garland was named promised to filibuster any nominee Obama put forth, insisting the 44th president was a lame duck and Scalia’s successor must be named by Obama’s successor, which itself is ludicrous.Â
But now, one of the most respected and influential U.S. Senators is literally promising to ensure Hillary Clinton, who is likely to win the White House, will not be allowed to fulfill her constitutional responsibilities.
Here’s the audio:
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