The only news
America is talking about is the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
AKA the Notorious RBG.
And as I'm sure you know,
the iconic Supreme Court justice died
over the weekend at the age of 87.
And a little bit later on in the show,
we're gonna be talking about her life and her legacy.
But first, we have to start with the all-out war
brewing over her replacement, because you may remember
that when Justice Antonin Scalia died
nine months before the 2016 election,
and President Obama tried to replace him
with Merrick Garland,
Mitch McConnell and the GOP blocked it.
And their reasoning was
that a Supreme Court vacancy so close to an election
should be held for the next president
so that the people can decide.
Well, you might want to sit down for this one
because, guess what they're saying now?
NEWSWOMAN: President Donald Trump and his Republican allies
are forging full speed ahead to nominate a successor,
in some cases defying promises they made four years ago
to do the exact opposite if the situation arose.
NEWSMAN: Less than 24 hours
after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowing
President Trump's nominee
to replace her will get a vote in the Senate.
President Trump says
he will put forward his nominee this week.
TRUMP: When you have the Senate, when you have the votes...
Yup.
...you can sort of do what you want as long as you have it.
Well, there you have it, folks.
When you have the Senate...
(as Trump): You can do whatever you want.
Trump is right. It's basically the...
(as Trump): "When you're a star, they let you do it,"
but of judicial appointments.
It's truly amazing
how Mitch McConnell's rules keep changing.
First it was,
"Oh, we can't nominate a Supreme Court justice
during an election year."
Then it's like, "Oh, asterisks.
That rule doesn't apply when we have the White House. Muh."
Yeah, don't be shocked when Mitch McConnell comes out like,
"How come the Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment,
"but our great president is not?
"You guys feel me? You guys...
you guys picking up what I'm putting down? Muh."
And speaking of lifetime appointments,
I can't believe that Donald J. Trump,
Donald J. Trump, people,
gets to name three justices to the Supreme Court.
The guy can't even name three branches of government,
but he gets to name three justices who serve for life!
This is the same guy who's had to fire everyone he's hired
because of how bad he is at hiring people... for life!
Trump can't even pick his own partner for life,
but he gets to do it for America?
Wow. This country's rock and roll.
Now, I don't think anybody's surprised
that Senate Republicans said one thing when Obama was president,
and another thing when it's Trump.
I mean, you can't even call them "inconsistent," you know?
Doing whatever it takes to get his way
is the one consistent principle that Mitch McConnell lives by.
You know, it's that and
eating baby birds right out of the nest.
But still, it has been pretty incredible
watching some of these senators abandon their past promises.
And no one was abandoning harder
than a senior senator from South Carolina
and assistant manager of Chick-fil-A, Lindsey Graham.
Republican senator Lindsey Graham's own words
are coming back to haunt him.
He's now vowing to support President Trump in any effort
to move forward in filling Ginsburg's seat
before the election.
But here's what he said back in 2016
when President Obama was in office.
I want you to use my words against me.
If there's a Republican president in 2016,
and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term,
you can say, "Lindsey Graham said,
"'Let's let the next president,
whoever it might be, make that nomination.'"
And you could use my words against me,
and you'd be absolutely right.
We are setting a precedent here today, Republicans are,
that you're not going to fill a vacancy of the Supreme Court.
That's going to be the new rule.
NEWSWOMAN: And he repeated this in 2018.
If... an opening comes
in the last year of President Trump's term,
and the primary process has started,
we'll wait 'till the next election.
-This year... -You're on the record.
-Yeah. -All right.
Hold the tape.
Okay. Okay, look.
I know he looks like a giant hypocrite
and an asshole right now, but in Lindsey Graham's defense,
he didn't know this would happen.
It's the same way you say, "Oh, you know, if I won the lottery,
"I-I would give most of the money to an orphanage.
I... I don't need it that much."
Yeah, but then when you actually win the lottery,
you're knocking down the orphanage
so you can build an extra garage for your cars.
"Uh, unlike a child, a Bugatti can't sleep outside!"
Honestly, I can relate to Lindsey here.
Sometimes I tell myself that I'm not gonna eat another Oreo.
No more Oreos!
And then, I totally overturn Roe v. Wade.
I have no, like, no willpower, guys.
I will say, though, what really doesn't help Lindsey Graham is
that he explicitly said,
"I want you to use my words against me."
So creepy. Sounds like some kind
of weird Senate version of BDSM.
"That's right. You take that sentence,
"and you play it back to me.
"You play it hard,
"and you make me feel ashamed.
"Yeah, you make me feel real bad with that tape.
You just keep playing it to me."
Now, there are a couple of Republican senators
who have said that they don't support
filling the seat before the election.
But pretty much every other senator seems
to be fine with blatant hypocrisy.
It's easy to see why.
I mean, a solid conservative majority
on the Supreme Court could kill Obamacare,
could undo abortion rights and basically
strike down any liberal policies for decades to come.
Even after Trump leaves,
his legacy will be in the country for decades.
It's like if somebody came into your house just to say "Hey,"
but they'd stepped in dog shit right before entering.
Now it's deep in the carpet
and legally doesn't have to leave until it wants to.
So, facing Trump's third Supreme Court appointment
in less than four years, what's left for the Democrats to do?
Well, Joe Biden is
asking Republican senators to follow their conscience,
which I'm pretty sure is exactly what Republicans are doing.
I mean, this is like telling Hannibal Lecter
to go with his gut.
You about to lose your face.
To help me get a handle on the hypocrisy of the GOP senators,
I'm going to turn to a man
who can't pronounce "hypocrisy,"-- Michael Kosta.
Michael, help me out with this, my friend,
because I really don't understand
how Republicans can be so inconsistent.
Well, I didn't understand their hi-po-cry-see either, Trevor,
but then I did a little bit of research,
and I actually figured it out.
They're... lying.
Lying?
Yeah, it-it's a crazy new thing.
Let me explain to you how it works.
You say something, but you don't actually mean it,
and then you can just do whatever you want.
Yeah, but Michael, then people will know that you lied.
No, but-but see, that's the best part, because
if they call you out, you just lie again,
and this just goes on forever and ever
until the people you lied to are so worn out and defeated
that they have to lie down.
That's why it's called "lying," Trevor.
It's amazing.
Have you not heard about this?
Yeah, Kosta, I-I know what lying is.
Well, why didn't you tell me about it?
All those times I didn't want to go to a birthday party,
and I broke my leg, I could have just said I broke my leg.
Goddamn, Kosta. How many times did you break your own leg?
I have never been to a birthday party.
That's how many times.
I'm-I'm gonna be lying all the time from now.
I'm going to lie if I don't want to go to a wedding.
I'm going to lie if I don't want to go to book club.
I'm gonna lie if I don't want to go to work.
Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Kosta, don't you start lying to me.
Oh, no, Trevor, I... I would never lie to you.
Michael, I could see you winking.
Oh, damn it!
I'm so new to this that I'm not... Okay.
Hey, I got to go anyways.
I definitely don't have to masturbate.
All right, Kosta, you don't... Wait. You know what?
Just get out of here, man. Just go.