RINO Establishment Hack Encourages Republicans to Work for Obama

For the most part, Senate Republicans have refused to compromise and move forward whomever President Obama nominates to the Supreme Court. This is due in part to pressure from activists, but it's also highly likely that many in the Senate remember the disgraceful treatment of the Honorable Clarence Thomas, whose nomination was held up by a disgraceful series of lies and racist accusations back when Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden were running things in the Senate.

There's one establishment hack who doesn't seem to remember. Former Senator Trent Lott:

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is suggesting that Republicans would have considered President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee if he still led the Senate.

In a new interview, Lott questions current Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) pledge to block Obama’s pick in the Senate.“I probably would've handled it differently,” Lott told former top Obama adviser David Axelrod in an episode of the “The Axe Files” podcast published Monday. “My attitude, particularly on the Supreme Court, was that elections do have consequences, sometimes bad, and I tried to lean towards being supportive of the president's nominees, Democrat or Republican,” added Lott.

The Mississippi Republican, who led the Senate from 1996 to 2001, said he tended to support nominees who “were qualified by education, experience and demeanor and had no other side problem.”

Lott voted to confirm Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton. But he voted against Clinton’s other nominee to the high court, Stephen Breyer.

McConnell has come under withering criticism from Democrats for his handling of the vacancy left by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Add Lott to the long list of establishment hacks who are always willing to compromise with Democrats who are NEVER willing to compromise with Republicans. In the meantime, please use our petition platform to reach out to your members and tell them that you won't accept a liberal nominee to the Supreme Court.

More