Speaker 1: In her New York Times op ed, the columnist Michelle
Speaker 1: Goldberg accused Republicans of bad faith. She mocked Republicans for
Speaker 1: being shocked at Democrat plans to play constitutional hardball by
Speaker 1: packing the Supreme Court. She says constitutional hardball is how
Speaker 1: Republicans play, so they have no right to complain. Now,
Speaker 1: in her mind, Democrats are victims President Obama's lower court
Speaker 1: nominees in Merrick Garland, they were blocked. She says that
Speaker 1: Democrats are champions of equality, while Republicans are a bunch
Speaker 1: of racists who have opposed pro civil rights judges since reconstruction.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about equality. The Republican Party was born to
Speaker 1: counter Democrats. They were the party of slave owners the KKK.
Speaker 1: If it weren't for Republicans, the civil rights legislation of
Speaker 1: the sixties would not have passed. Democrats were blocking it. Now,
Speaker 1: let's talk about hardball history. Judge bork he was smeared.
Speaker 1: He was borked by Ted Kennedy. Justice Thomas smeared by
Speaker 1: Joe Biden's Judiciary Committee. Justice Alito smeared. Justice Kavanovis objected
Speaker 1: to the most despicable smear campaign judicial history. Republicans have
Speaker 1: never played that kind of hardball, not with Justice Soto,
Speaker 1: mayor Justice Kagan, or even their liberal icon Ruth Buzzy Ginsburg,
Speaker 1: no matter how far left their nominees are. And no,
Speaker 1: we're not shocked when Democrats play hardball and descend into
Speaker 1: the sewer. That's where you have to go to meet him.
Speaker 1: We expected m