• Hugin@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Garland was a republican and a compromise supreme court pick. The hope was republicans would hedge their bets and confirm him. Getting a guaranteed pick they liked in place of a possible Trump pick.

    After Trump won Democrats should have dropped Garland like a ton of bricks. Instead they did what they usually do and went all on one their failed compromises position after Republicans failed to compromise.

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      12 hours ago

      Garland being a Republican is probably why Bill Clinton put him on the Federal court, playing the long game eh? lol such a long game