No one expects Democrat Senators to know the law or Senate rules because they make both up as they go along.
There’s been some confusion over the language for confirming a Supreme Court nominee. By Democrats saying Gorsuch needs to be approved by a 60-vote threshold, the Washington Post’s fact checker gave them “Two Pinocchios,” calling it “slippery” and “misleading.” It’s not required for nominees to get 60 votes, since two of the current eight justices that sit on the bench did not meet that “standard.”
Despite that, Hassan also agreed with the 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees. Keep Reading…
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