Trump might “go nuclear” to get SCOTUS pick on bench: GOP uses Dem lawmaker’s own words against them

Shoe, please meet the other foot.

President Trump endorsed the use of the “nuclear option” Wednesday if needed to achieve Senate confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee.

Citing partisan gridlock in Washington, Trump said at a White House event that he would support the approval of Colorado federal Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch with 51 votes, instead of the 60 that have traditionally been required in the Senate to break a filibuster.

“If we end up with that gridlock I would say, ‘If you can, Mitch, go nuclear,’ ” Trump said, referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “Because that would be an absolute shame if a man of this quality was put up to that neglect. I would say it’s up to Mitch, but I would say, ‘Go for it.’ ”

Democrats will no doubt say they have concerns over Neil Gorsuch, that they need time to consider, that they refuse to act.  As Philip Wegman wrote, “It’s embarrassing enough that they have to fight Neil Gorsuch, a Supreme Court nominee whom they once unanimously supported. But now they must defend a position they spent all of last year blasting as indefensible.”

The GOP, in a nice move, has already made a commercial that uses Democratic lawmaker’s own words against them:

Wouldn’t it be nice if our politicians did what was best for the nation, regardless of who’s in power?