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Another way of thinking about this: in the last 50 years, Democrats have held the Presidency for 24 years; Republicans for 26 years. During that time, Republicans have appointed 11 Supreme Court Justices. Democrats have appointed 5.

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Another fun thing to think about: 3 of those 5 Democratic appointees were made possible by Republican appointees strategically timing their retirements so that Democratic Presidents could choose their replacements (Blackmun->Breyer, Souter->Sotomayor, Stevens->Kagan).

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bob barker ๐Ÿ‰'s avatar bob barker ๐Ÿ‰ @insortediaboli.bsky.social
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Yeah thatโ€™s true, but the GOP couldnโ€™t have put those numbers up without Dems aiding them at every reflection point

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Mitch McConnell. The guy who stopped the nominations Also the guy who froze speechless twice and no one called for him to resignm

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Prada ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‰โ™ฅ๏ธ's avatar Prada ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‰โ™ฅ๏ธ @pradaprada.bsky.social
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In a national emergency a competent president would hold a press conference to outline immediate steps to defeat a rogue SCOTUS. prada.substack.com/p/you-get-sc...

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