McCONNELL TRYING TO PLACATE LIBERALS ON SCOTUS SELECTION!

Submitted by: W.G.E.N.

For some reason this report of McConnell endorsing a *liberal* *compromise* for SCOTUS made me think of how JUDAS betrayed Jesus with a kiss.  And he did it all for THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER (the $$$ the McConnells make from China).  McConnell and Ryan are CROC-a-DIALS - deadly creatures of THE SWAMP.

John 18:3 So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the ...

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So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief ... King James Bible ... He led the guards and came there with torches and lamps and weapons. ... He approached Jesus to kiss Him. ... " You take Him and crucify Him," Pilate replied, "for I find no basis for a charge against Him." 

Matthew 26:48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them ...

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The traitor, Judas, had given them a prearranged signal: "You will know ... Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the ... King James Bible ... 49Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed Him. ... Besides, it is very likely that the Roman soldiers, who were to be the principal ...

Luke 22:47 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the ...

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But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the ... King James Bible ... He went before them, and he came to Yeshua and he kissed him, for he had ... So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and ... They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons .

The Judas Kiss - Bible Gateway

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The Judas Kiss - While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. ... 54 How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must
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https://conservative-daily.com/2018/07/08/caught-mcconnell-gopers-demand-liberal-compromise-supreme-court-pick/
Liberal Compromise Supreme Court Pick!
 

Caught: McConnell and GOPers Demand a Liberal Compromise Supreme Court Pick!

By Max McGuire/ 07/08/2018/ Supreme Court, Today's Action Alerts

It was only a matter of time. Mitch McConnell was just caught pressuring Donald Trump to nominate a "compromise" judge to be the next Supreme Court Justice.

McConnell is pressuring the White House to nominate Judge Raymond Kethledge, not because of his conservatism, but rather because he is willing to compromise on conservative issues.

McConnell "thinks Kethledge would be easy to confirm because Kethledge is not a consistent conservative," the source revealed.

The leak is coming from within the GOP; someone who is so fed up with the backstabbing that they just had to blow the whistle.

We warned you that the GOP was going to surrender the Supreme Court and squander an opportunity to cement a Conservative majority for the next decade+. 

I regret to inform you that is exactly what is happening.

Do not settle on this! Send your instant message to Congress and FORCE them to confirm a true conservative Justice onto the Supreme Court, or else face the wrath of the American voter!

I've read a number of Kethledge's opinions. He certainly has a good head on his shoulders, but the leaker is right. He is not a consistent conservative. He would be better tha Anthony Kennedy, but Conservatives deserve more than that. 

It is absolutely shameful that McConnell and the GOP are bowing down to the pressure from the left.

Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are openly threatening to vote against any pro-life nominee. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who is being forced to retire for his NeverTrump statements, is also threatening to vote against Trump's nominee unless the President changes his policy on Cuba and international trade.

It takes just one Republican no vote to doom the nomination. Instead of whipping these cowards up and pressuring the 10 Senate Democrats who are up for re-election this year in Trump states, McConnell is apparently throwing in the towel…

This truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity to put this country back on the right track.

We have a chance to add a true pro-life, pro-gun, pro-border judge to the nation's highest court and, just as we suspected, the Establishment is too terrified to do it.

The Left will protest no matter who Trump nominates. Remember what happened after Neil Gorsuch was announced? The Left was waiting at the steps of the Supreme Court to protest, but they showed up with signs that left the name blank. "We Oppose ________." After Trump announced Gorsuch, they passed around markers and wrote his name onto the protest signs.

Leftists will try to block anyone Trump nominates. So why are McConnell and the GOP caving on this?

Fight back! Please, send your instant message to Congress and FORCE them to confirm a true conservative Justice, or else face the wrath of the American voter!

These GOP cowards in both the House and Senate must be stopped.

We only get one shot at this. There are no do-overs.

Don't let McConnell sabotage this and block a true Conservative from being added to the bench!

Do not settle! Please, send your instant message to Congress and FORCE them to confirm a true conservative Supreme Court Justice, or else face the wrath of the American voter!

No surrender,

Joe Otto
Conservative Daily


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https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/07/mitch-mcconnell-pushing-ray-kethledge-for-supreme-court-to-appeal-to-establishment-republicans-not-conservatives/

Mitch McConnell Pushing Ray Kethledge for Supreme Court to Appeal to Establishment Republicans, Not Conservatives

 AP, Getty Images7 Jul 2018Washington, D.C. 13,351 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for Judge Ray Kethledge to be President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy opened by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, Breitbart News has learned.

McConnell has, in private conversations, said he is pushing Trump to pick Kethledge for the slot because he thinks Kethledge’s positions in contravention of the GOP base on certain issues like immigration would make him an easily-confirmed nominee in an election year.

“McConnell has said he does not want a SCOTUS battle in an election year,” one source briefed on McConnell’s comments to a variety of people around Washington, including at least one journalist whom the Senate Majority Leader spoke with off the record ahead of Monday’s announcement. “He thinks Kethledge would be easy to confirm because Kethledge is not a consistent conservative.”

McConnell’s argument, per sources who have heard him make it directly, is that Kethledge is non-controversial and would not face the same problems in the Senate confirmation process­meaning he would rather not have to fight than have a nominee with fewer questions about his or her conservative positions.

The Times’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin reported late Saturday:

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told President Trump this past week that Judges Raymond M. Kethledge and Thomas M. Hardiman presented the fewest obvious obstacles to being confirmed to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court, according to Republican officials briefed on the conversation. While careful not to directly make the case for any would-be justice, Mr. McConnell made clear in multiple phone calls with Mr. Trump and the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, that the lengthy paper trail of another top contender, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, would pose difficulties for his confirmation. Mr. McConnell is concerned about the volume of the documents that Judge Kavanaugh has created in his 12 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as well as in his roles as White House staff secretary under President George W. Bush and assistant to Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton.

The Times story was printed after Breitbart News reached out to McConnell spokeswoman Antonia Ferrier for comment. Ferrier responded after the Times article was posted, saying in an emailed statement: “The Leader has said publicly that he’s confident the President will select someone in the mold of Justice Gorsuch. I can’t speak to the theories of those anonymous sources.”

Ferrier has not responded to a follow-up request for further comment on a two-part question: Whether McConnell believes Kethledge is “in the mold of Justice Gorsuch,” even with the revelation that Kethledge overturned deportation orders for an illegal alien convicted of grand theft auto­a revelation exposed by bestselling author and conservative columnist Ann Coulter.

McConnell’s push to the president, as reported by the Times, is slightly less than the full picture: He is very aggressively behind-the-scenes lobbying for Kethledge, per sources with direct knowledge – just not with the president himself.

When Trump makes his pick, whomever it might be, there is little room for error in the Senate in order to ensure confirmation. He has to ensure he does not lose more than one or two Republicans, if he is going to pick up Democrats, but he definitely cannot afford to not pick up any Democrats while losing even one Republican.

A revolt by the right wing base against any pick could be fatal to that pick’s confirmation chances, creating a divide inside the GOP where establishment Republicans or so-called moderates are on board but conservatives are not. Such a divide inside the GOP would almost certainly guarantee that no Democrats vote for whoever creates it, even the many endangered red state Democrats in battleground states that President Trump won in 2016–because said divide in the Republican Party could relieve pressure on Democrats like Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Jon Tester (D-MT), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Bob Casey (D-PA), among others.

Getting zero Democrat votes would then leave the Senate Republicans with exactly no room for error. What’s to stop a Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) or Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) from voting against this nominee on their way out of office? Or how about Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the elder statesman who’s retiring, if he sees something wrong? What about Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)? It’s been a while since he’s killed something, and this would present the perfect opportunity to do so. Without Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is not expected to come back to the Senate due to health issues, that puts the GOP at just exactly 50 votes. One Republican joining with all Democrats to vote no would mean failure for the nominee, and the possibility of failure is very real no matter who is nominated.

The tight-wire vote-counting act is definitely a serious exercise with any other potential nominee as well. Barrett faces questions over a not-so-in-depth legal career. Kavanaugh faces questions from pro-lifers and about Obamacare. But neither of those split Trump’s movement as vehemently as Kethledge does, and the president would be able to keep the pressure on red state Democrats and probably pick up a vote or two or three or maybe more from them­offsetting any GOP losses­if he goes that route.

In fact, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey­the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in that state­predicted on Breitbart News Saturday this weekend that Manchin will vote for whomever the nominee is for Supreme Court.

McConnell has also, per the Times, been lobbying directly against Barrett because she is a pro-life conservative. He is worried about losing the votes of establishment GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME), despite the fact a more solid Justice nominee would probably pick up Democrats, the Times reports.

“Mr. McConnell is similarly wary of imperiling the votes of two moderate Republicans, Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine,” Martin and Haberman wrote. “He has told Mr. Trump he could lose the two senators, who support abortion rights, if he picks another judge seen as a contender, Amy Coney Barrett, an outspoken social conservative whom some observers believe may be more open to overturning Roe v. Wade.”