Ex-Clinton aide claims Trump's SCOTUS pick
would be 'fundamentally illegitimate' if confirmed
Fox News,
by
Sam Dorman
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
9/20/2020 4:05:49 AM
A leading Democratic activist and former adviser to Hillary Clinton argued on Friday that President Trump's replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will inevitably be "illegitimate."
"Any Supreme Court with a Trump justice confirmed to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat at this point in the calendar would be fundamentally illegitimate, and Democrats must be prepared to act accordingly," Brian Fallon, who served as press secretary for the Clinton campaign, tweeted Friday.
Fallon added early Saturday morning that Democrats should add seats to the nation's highest court if the "GOP rams Trump pick" through the Senate.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Elljay 9/20/2020 4:15:00 AM (No. 546256)
Everything these days that comes out of the mouths of Democrats sounds like a threat or insanity. They’re clearly at the end of their tether. They’re power addicts desperately in need of a fix.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
OBX Pete 9/20/2020 4:32:02 AM (No. 546257)
Brian Fallon says that any selection that Trump makes for the Supreme court would be 'fundamentally illegitimate'. What the hell does that mean? Does he want Trump to leave the spot open for a democrat president to pick one? After the actions of the likes of Schumer, Pelosi, Schiff and others during the last four years this hopefully will never happen. These left wingers are totally insane.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Catherine 9/20/2020 4:40:13 AM (No. 546258)
Sad thing about this is so many democrats will believe it. I have to wonder how people who fall for this stuff can function in life with any normalcy.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mifla 9/20/2020 5:18:34 AM (No. 546261)
OK Brian, you have delivered the message your masters have told you to deliver. You can go now.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 9/20/2020 5:45:51 AM (No. 546267)
The Dims (Communists) can’t win in the arena of ideas, so everything is distorted beyond recognition.
(As #2 pointed out, what does “fundamentally illegitimate” mean?!)
So, they open their trusty playbook and start with the name calling and then proceed downward.
Communism is a mental disease.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BillW. 9/20/2020 6:22:47 AM (No. 546276)
Of course, they would say something like that. Just do it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 9/20/2020 6:28:25 AM (No. 546278)
This clown and the other democrats are thinking, let's throw this up against the wall and see if it sticks. Typical democrat. I can hear their heads exploding. I trust you Mr. President to make a very good choice. Just do it!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 9/20/2020 6:44:30 AM (No. 546288)
Having been the press secretary for Hillary!'s campaign, Fallon probably knows something about "fundamentally illegitimate."
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rinktum 9/20/2020 6:51:13 AM (No. 546292)
And so the narrative begins. Democrats are so vile. Using threatening language and actual threats of violence tells me that the democrats have nothing and they know it. That will not deter them from doing whatever they deem necessary to prevent the nominee from being confirmed. It is going to get ugly because that is the only strategy the democrat party uses. The streets will be filled with protestors and violence. The hearing room will be filled with hate filled democrats who will say anything to damage the nominee. Kavanaugh’s hearing will pale into comparison to this one, if you can even believe that. The left believes that their sacrificial sacrament of abortion is at stake and there is no other issue that they protect more than the murder and dismemberment of innocent babies. Get ready. Tighten your seatbelt, it is going to be a very bumpy ride, but with prayer and determination, we can succeed. This one seat can go a long way in returning law and order, justice and could put an end to judicial activism in this country. It is that important and worth going to the mats for. One thing for sure, the democrats will not be able to stop themselves from being vicious and rude. Republicans, get your armor on. There is a battle to fight!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Zumkopf 9/20/2020 6:52:03 AM (No. 546293)
Well, Jimmy, er, Brian Fallon says it: so that settles it. /$
It is beyond ludicrous for the party that sent up lockstep Kagan, Wise Latina Sotomayor, and political shill RBG to complain about any appointment being illegitimate. What has been illegitimate is the Third Branch acting like a super First Branch.
There, Brian. FIFY.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TCloud 9/20/2020 7:15:15 AM (No. 546304)
Anti US Constitution vs Pure US Constitution.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jj1319 9/20/2020 7:17:57 AM (No. 546309)
What legal expertise does a former press secretary have?.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/20/2020 7:19:14 AM (No. 546311)
Where is the law that states that??
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/20/2020 7:43:51 AM (No. 546340)
The left thinks that everything PDT does is illegitimate and that he is himself. So let them scream helplessly at the sky. And ignore them.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bigken2 9/20/2020 7:52:47 AM (No. 546344)
every day we see how evil the dems are they only care about power and will destroy all americans to get it
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 9/20/2020 7:55:39 AM (No. 546350)
I knew the Garland thing would come up. Big difference Obama was a lame duck president and Trump is not. So, stick it you moron.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
planetgeo 9/20/2020 8:00:42 AM (No. 546355)
What credentials make this guy a constitutional scholar? There is no time limit on when a President loses his powers except when his term ends (January 20). By my calendar, that date has not yet arrived...and likely won't arrive until January 20, 2025.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
nina584 9/20/2020 8:13:22 AM (No. 546370)
He is irrelevant. Fox News is in the toilet.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
rusino 9/20/2020 8:49:28 AM (No. 546401)
Who cares what a former aid of HRC has to say? He is more than likely the Aid that polished her shoes!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 9/20/2020 8:57:58 AM (No. 546409)
Fox, what in the world are you doing giving this bozo fallon the microphone? Imbecile.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Kafka2 9/20/2020 8:58:24 AM (No. 546411)
The Democrats and MSM have been trying for the last 4 years to declare President Trump "illegitimate" and force him out of office. Instead, they have failed miserably. They, once again, are proving that they are a pack of arrogant elitist lying "illegitimates."
As to Brian Fallon's tweeting, "Democrats must be prepared to act accordingly," sounds like a call for open warfare.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/20/2020 8:59:04 AM (No. 546413)
If this was reversed and a conservative Justice died while Schumer was running the Senate with a Hillary in the WH at election time a justice would be nominated faster than a New York minute.
Just do it Mr. President and start now not after the election.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mizzmac 9/20/2020 9:33:48 AM (No. 546446)
Trump is an "Illegitimate" president. Any SCOTUS pick by Trump now will be an "illegitmate" justice. The last four years have been an "illegitmate" administration. Somebody needs to look up the word "illegitimate" and quit lobbing it like a bomb. "Illegitimate" for liberal progressives = "anything we don't like."
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Laotzu 9/20/2020 9:55:01 AM (No. 546464)
So I now know that Trump's SCOTUS pick would be fundamentally legitimate.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Krause 9/20/2020 10:27:59 AM (No. 546493)
You have to be an idiot to say something like this when everybody knows the dems would do the same thing.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
little guy 9/20/2020 10:34:31 AM (No. 546502)
Political rhetoric of the worst kind. I love people who make idle threats that they can't back up --- like a drunk in the bar who threatens to beat everyone up all at once. All talk and no power.
Down deep I guarantee this jerk feels Clarence Thomas is "fundamentally illegitimate". No one really cares what this spoiled child has to say. Trump should push the RINOs in the Senate to hold the hearings so everyone can be reminded of what they are worth. Then he should run against them! Those who support the party will get re-elected. It also gives every Democrat senator running again for re-election a real problem if they have to get radical. The Republicans running to unseat them would win. Shaheen in New Hampshire, Smith in Minnesota, Peters in Michigan, etc. don't want to explain another crazy hearing.
Bring it on!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/20/2020 10:50:39 AM (No. 546512)
“Brian Fallon”? Whoever heard of Brian Fallon. And his candidate lost.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Zumkopf 9/20/2020 10:58:58 AM (No. 546526)
#12, more than Obama’s National Security Advisor, whose prior experience was campaign bus driver. A rather low bar to surmount, I admit, but fair is fair.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/20/2020 11:00:27 AM (No. 546529)
It’s remarkable that an aide to Bill Clinton apparently does not know that a US President is elected to a four year term in office and not three years and nine months!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Zigrid 9/20/2020 12:10:31 PM (No. 546623)
Yeah... Yeah... WE know... you're the big bad guys who want power at any cost... you've burned and rioted and you're losing your base because they can see what power means to biden and Kampala and their handlers like soros and hillary... I think you over played your hand...
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
NYbob 9/20/2020 12:29:21 PM (No. 546656)
Brian thinks he has some special powers the Constitution overlooked. Being a member of the corrupt clintons gave him the delusion that he can dictate stuff. We will see Brian. In the end you bleed just as easy or easier than people who actually work for a living and being a slave to the Clintons isn't a perk, it could mean a miserable end in a prison.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
DVC 9/20/2020 12:37:01 PM (No. 546677)
When the Dems are losing, no matter how totally normal the things that are happening are, no matter how provably legal and constitutional, they scream "illegitimate"......which has come to mean, any situation where Republicans and conservatives are winning.
Sorry, nobody is listening to your hysterical screetching.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Merlin251 9/20/2020 3:05:45 PM (No. 546831)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/18/three-supreme-court-justices-were-confirmed-in-less-than-45-days-including-ginsburg/
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 9/20/2020 4:32:17 PM (No. 546880)
The dumbocrats continue to outdo each other in revealing to the world their abject lack of critical thinking skills.
They are literally reacting to this challenge like teenagers caught red-handed in some illicit activity...say anything, offer any excuse, no matter how irrational, and keep doing so until one of them finds traction...then double down.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 9/20/2020 6:13:44 PM (No. 546953)
Who cares if the replacement's parents were married?
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 9/20/2020 8:36:04 PM (No. 547076)
FOX has moved over to the dark side.
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