With news that U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) is no longer a “good Republican” in the eyes of the media and their Democrats, it’s become clear that President Donald Trump’s nomination for the Supreme Court has a good chance of being confirmed.
Democrats, with prodding from their handlers in the press, have decided they have to do something to stop this process.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and others in the media have urged Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to consider impeachment as an avenue to stall any process.
“We have our options. We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now,” Speaker Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos when pressed on what Democrats would do if Pres. Trump and Republicans push a SCOTUS nomination ahead of the Nov. 3 election. https://t.co/MCxVZDHboU pic.twitter.com/9Rd1sXdIQW
— ABC News (@ABC) September 20, 2020
She, publicly, seems to be open to this idea, but one of Alabama’s congressmen doesn’t think it’s a real serious threat. Instead, he sees it as more political theater from Democrats in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) appeared on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” on Tuesday and expressed doubt that Pelosi would actually attempt to do this.
“I can’t imagine that Pelosi and the Democrat majority would go forward with any kind of impeachment for these purposes,” he advised.
Aderholt called the gambit “hopeful shenanigans” and noted that the House “has no direct role in the confirmation for the court.”
Expressing a desire to turn down the temperature in Washington, Aderholt said, “It’s the president that selects a person to fill that seat, and then the Senate confirms them.”
He added a move like this would “make things crazy in Washington,” but would not really stop the process.
My takeaway:
Whether it is “shenanigans” or not, Pelosi is being pushed by her media and the base of the Democratic Party to put up a fight here. In the end, it will all be symbolic because if Sheffield, Alabama’s own U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appears to have the votes to get this replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirmed and if he decides he wants to do it, he clearly can.
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Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 7-11 AM weekdays on WVNN.
