Joy Reid Urges Dems: Pack The Supreme Court, Make D.C. And Puerto Rico States, Kill Filibuster
When I heard the news of the passing away of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I had a suspicion that Joy Reid would be reclaiming her spot today as host of AM Joy, t…
Joy Reid Urges Dems: Pack The Supreme Court, Make D.C. And Puerto Rico States, Kill Filibuster
When I heard the news of the passing away of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I had a suspicion that Joy Reid would be reclaiming her spot today as host of AM Joy, the MSNBC show she left in favor of hosting a weekday primetime slot on the network. And sure enough, there Reid was this morning, having big-footed the aspirants to her host chair. [The apparently power-hungry Reid had also previously imposed herself as a guest on her former show!] Reid had an urgent message for Democrats: threaten, and exact, retaliation on Republicans should they manage to replace Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Reid raised the notion with every guest during the show's opening half-hour. Here were Reid's specific suggestions:
Pack the Court, increasing its membership to 15 Justices from the current nine, thus giving Democrats [assuming they control the White House and Senate], the ability to nominate and confirm six liberal Justices. Immediately move to make the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico states, thus virtually assuring the addition of four Democrat senators. Kill the filibuster, thus making it difficult if not impossible for a Republican Senate minority to stop the Democrats in these moves. The two Democrat senators Reid had as guests--Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii--weren't willing to explicitly sign on to Reid's suggestions. But Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart [who has been one of the candidates auditioning to replace Reid], ardently agreed, saying: "Democrats can't just threaten. They have to mean it." Capehart even ominously added: "I think there are a whole lot of other things that could be added to the threat list."
Left unstated in all this was something that conservatives should find heartening: neither Reid nor any of her guests were able to suggest anything that the Democrats can actually do to stop President Trump from nominating, and the Senate, under the baton of Mitch McConnell, from confirming, a Justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Eq2gObwX4
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