GDT: Vice Presidential Debate

[SoCal Deek]

“Mr Vice President, I’m speaking, I’m speaking.”

 

God help us all! What a pompous entitled idiot.

[3rdnlng]

https://bongino.com/fact-check-kamala-harris-made-up-a-fake-quote-from-abe-lincoln-at-the-debate/?fbclid=IwAR2qT58Q1sP5-f2NNaVU6LyoW-a0-9-imHHVKgF9zWBE_jefxolrMQaqLjM

 

Kamala Harris did a lot of lying during the VP debate last night. She lied about her support for fracking, about the Green New Deal, and of course, about Donald Trump. She also made up a particularly bizarre lie about Abe Lincoln as part of an effort to justify not filling a seat on the Supreme Court. Her argument was that Trump shouldn’t fill Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s Supreme Court Seat because when Abe Lincoln was faced with a similar situation, he didn’t do it.

She claimed:

 

In 1864 — one of the, I think political heroes certainly of the President, I assume of you also, Mr. Vice President, is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was up for re-election, and it was 27 days before the election. And a seat became open on the United States Supreme Court. Abraham Lincoln’s party was in charge, not only of the White House, but the Senate. But Honest Abe said, “It’s not the right thing to do. The American people deserve to make the decision about who will be the next president of the United States. And then that person can select who will serve for a lifetime on the highest court of our land.” And so Joe and I are very clear: the American people are voting right now, and it should be their decision about who will serve on this most important body for a lifetime.

 

Lincoln, of course, said no such thing. He sent no nominee to the Senate in October 1864 because the Senate was out of session until December. He sent a nominee the day after the session began, and Salmon P. Chase was confirmed the same day. And Lincoln wanted to dangle the nomination before Chase and several other potential candidates because he wanted them to campaign for him. Lincoln’s priority was winning the election, which was necessary to win the war — and he filled the vacancy at the first possible instant.

 

 

 

Edited October 11, 2020 by 3rdnlng

[Doc]

I LOL'd at the "Pence is mansplaining" crap.  Beyond the stupidity/childishness of that term, if she's bothered by that, how can she possibly face men like Putin or Lil Kim?

 

 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

1 minute ago, Doc said:

I LOL'd at the "Pence is mansplaining" crap.  Beyond the stupidity/childishness of that term, if she's bothered by that, how can she possibly face men like Putin or Lil Kim?

 

 

 

 

.....LMAO...ex-Clintonite George StepOnTopOfUs, ABC's gem led the charge........YAWN.............

[RochesterRob]

6 hours ago, Doc said:

I LOL'd at the "Pence is mansplaining" crap.  Beyond the stupidity/childishness of that term, if she's bothered by that, how can she possibly face men like Putin or Lil Kim?

 

 

  On her knees?

[B-Man]

 

 

 

EXCEPT THAT HARRIS ACTUALLY TALKED AS MUCH AS PENCE DID: #Manterrupting In The VP Debate.

 

And the moderator was shamefully biased. Also, the use of terms like “mansplaining” and “manterruption” is sexist bilge from sexist bigots.

 

 

 

[Doc]

4 hours ago, RochesterRob said:

  On her knees?

 

They can do better...