Joe is right, which is only slightly surprising - even a stopped clock is right twice a day... but Joe can't manage to be right twice a year!
Nevertheless, he IS right about this. the people SHOULD pick the president, and the president SHOULD pick the SCOTUS nominees. It says so, right in the US Constitution.
The people DID pick the president, and that pick was Trump, last election. The next election is not here yet, so Trump is the people's pick for president currently, and a nomination is due, a vacancy needs to be filled. It's on Trump's watch.
Now let's see if Trump can pick a nominee for the replacement. He should. After all, that's his job - it's what we hired him to do!
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Nevertheless, he IS right about this. the people SHOULD pick the president, and the president SHOULD pick the SCOTUS nominees. It says so, right in the US Constitution.
The people DID pick the president, and that pick was Trump, last election. The next election is not here yet, so Trump is the people's pick for president currently, and a nomination is due, a vacancy needs to be filled. It's on Trump's watch.
Now let's see if Trump can pick a nominee for the replacement. He should. After all, that's his job - it's what we hired him to do!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’