John Oliver explores the Senate’s objection to President Obama’s Supreme Court selection of Merrick Garland, even though Garland is the Senate’s own dream pick. If Obama said ‘you guys and gals can have all the ice cream you can eat, and it’s magically free of calories (an old Kenyan witch doctor trick), the Senate would unanimously rise up and say ‘no! We hate ice cream, it is evil!” So it is with Merrick Garland.
Senate Republicans have long loved Garland and expressed their fervent desire to see Garland in a long, swishy black gown. As you know by now, they won’t have Garland if Obama does the picking. I think it’s because he’s he’s Irish, maybe? It appears the Senate is waiting for President Trump to select a Supreme Court Justice, when cooler heads will surely prevail.
Republicans have cited many reasons why Garland is suddenly not acceptable. They cite Merrick’s age, and the best objection of all, is that the atmosphere is ‘too toxic’ to bring Garland in at this time. Oh, it’s toxic and John reminds them who made it toxic, and ends with a little home truth, saying; “I live by a hard and fast rule, “you do not get out of washing the dishes because you took a sh*t in the sink.”