Bernie Sanders Cries Foul After McConnell Announces Floor Vote Intentions

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been a leader for the far-left wing of his party that has spent all summer demanding “justice” with protests in the streets as well as instances of riots and arson from Black Lives Matter and Antifa.

Last night, he cried foul at Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s intentions to hold a floor vote for a replacement Supreme Court Justice following the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

He tweeted out a statement and said, “Unfortunately, Sen. McConnell has decided to go against Justice Ginsburg’s dying wishes and is cementing a shameful legacy of brazen hypocrisy. The right thing to do here is clear, and Senate Republicans know it. We should let voters decide. Period.”

Unfortunately, Sen. McConnell has decided to go against Justice Ginsburg's dying wishes and is cementing a shameful legacy of brazen hypocrisy.

The right thing to do here is clear, and Senate Republicans know it. We should let voters decide. Period. pic.twitter.com/VI5O6RCnpg

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 19, 2020

Sanders referenced Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski who apparently said in a recent interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election.

A new justice could be confirmed by a simple majority of 51 and there are 53 Republican senators. Murkowski said her reasoning is based on the same reasoning that held up the confirmation of former President Barack Obama’s final nominee to the Supreme Court, but Democrats were not in the majority at that point in the Senate.

Sanders also tweeted out on his campaign account a video of a Lindsey Graham interview from 2018 where he spoke about that 2016 Supreme Court pick hold up and said that if “he has an ounce of integrity left” he would keep his word and do the same here.

This is what Senator Lindsey Graham, the current Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said back in 2018. Let's see if he has an ounce of integrity left and will keep his word. https://t.co/VKk6M6jScA

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 19, 2020

In an interview that is scheduled to be released tomorrow, Graham said “Merrick Garland was a different situation. You had the president of one party nominating, and you had the Senate in the hands of the other party. A situation where you’ve got them both would be different. I don’t want to speculate, but I think appointing judges is a high priority for me in 2020.”

President Trump tweeted out to the GOP that “We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay!”

Graham retweeted that tweet and said, “I fully understand where President Trump is coming from.”

I fully understand where President @realDonaldTrump is coming from. https://t.co/qlhtEwTCdX

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 19, 2020