McCaskill Favors Full SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing But Says She’s Not ‘Folding to Trump’

Senator Claire McCaskill got a bit of Twitter blowback for saying she favors a full confirmation process for President Trump‘s pick for the Supreme Court.

There are a lot of liberal activists who want Democrats to fight the Trump administration on whoever the Supreme Court nominee is and not relent.

So when McCaskill tweeted this out..

We should have a full confirmation hearing process and a vote on ANY nominee for the Supreme Court.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 31, 2017

…some people weren’t happy:

@clairecmc I really hope that this is a scheduled tweet from 2016 that you forgot to delete.

— David Bloom (@dbloom) January 31, 2017

@clairecmc We are going to primary the fuck out of you.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) January 31, 2017

@clairecmc this is a stolen seat. No confirmation hearings were allowed by GOP for 1 year!

— Jessica Del Vecchio (@jdelvecchio) January 31, 2017

@clairecmc And, please, be sure to show the respect for any nominee the respect paid to Judge Garland. Oh, wait……

— Susan Price (@PriceSjrw5614) January 31, 2017

Thanks @clairecmc – now at least we have a better idea of which Dems would have cheerfully collaborated with Hitler https://t.co/fg6iTKH9jw

— Peter Feld (@peterfeld) January 31, 2017

.@clairecmc You will lose your job very quickly if you cave to this administration. Stop the nonsense.

— SKIRT (@talktoskirt) January 31, 2017

.@clairecmc What the hell are you saying? Obstruction worked and your huge base supports it. Do your damn job! #resist

— wcoast777 (@wcoast777) January 31, 2017

Claire McCaskill's phone number is (314) 367-1364 if you want to tell her what you think about her preemptively caving to Donald Trump. https://t.co/Isz7eRPD0D

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 31, 2017

McCaskill clearly saw the responses she got and said this in response:

Filibuster = 60 votes procedurally.Different ways of saying the same thing.I support requiring a 60 vote margin for all Supreme Ct nominees

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 31, 2017

Why would anyone think that because I support confirmation hearing &60 vote threshold for SupCt nominee that means I'm folding to Trump?

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 31, 2017

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