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>>> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK,
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
AMIDST THE GRIEF AND DEVASTATION
OVER THE LOSS OF SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, IT
IMMEDIATELY BECAME CLEAR TO
DEMOCRATS, PROGRESSIVES AND
LIBERALS AND THE ENTIRE BROAD
MAJORITY COALITION IN THIS
COUNTRY, THE CENTRAL LEFT,
ANTI-TRUMP COALITION, THAT THERE
WAS GOING TO BE THIS ENORMOUS
FIGHT OVER HER POTENTIAL
REPLACEMENT.
THE STAKES ARE AS HIGH AS
POSSIBLE, AND THE QUESTION HAS
BEEN, WELL, OKAY, WHAT IS THE
PLAN?
AND AT FIRST, THE BIG FOCUS WAS
ON TRYING TO PEEL OFF THE FOUR
REPUBLICAN SENATORS THAT WOULD
BE NEEDED TO BLOCK A NOMINEE.
AND THERE WERE SOME ENCOURAGING
INITIAL SIGNS BOTH ALASKA
SENATOR MURKOWSKI AND SENATOR
SUSAN KOLCOLIN SAYING THEY DID N
WANT TO VOTE.
BUT IT BLAME CLEAR MOST OF THE
REPUBLICAN SENATORS SEEKING
ELECTIONS, PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO THIS PRESSURE, MARTHA
McSALLY, TOM TILLIS, THAT ALL OF
THEM WERE NOT WILLING TO BREAK
WITH THEIR PARTY, RIGHT?
AND THAT’S BEEN THE WAY THEY ARE
THROUGHOUT.
WE’LL ALL HANG TOGETHER OR WE’LL
ALL HANG SEPARATELY.
THEN THERE WERE THE OLD-TIME
SENATEOR
SENATORS, MAYBE THEY’LL BE
INSTITUTIONALISTS IN THIS
SETTING, RETIRING LA MACMAR
ALEXANDER FROM TENNESSEE, OR
SENATOR GRASSLEY WHO SAID HE
WOULD NOT TAKE UP A NOMINEE IN
THIS FASHION IN 2016.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS A LIE.
THE LAST HOPE WAS THAT UTAH’S
MITT ROMNEY, NOTABLY THE ONE
BIPARTISAN VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT
TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT WOULD
BREAK FROM THE PRESIDENT.
BUT NO, HE SIGNALED TODAY HE
WOULD VOTE ON TRUMP’S PICK.
SO REPUBLICANS PROBABLY DO HAVE
THE VOTES TO DO THIS.
THERE IS NO MAGIC TRICK, RIGHT?
NO PROCEDURAL THING YOU CAN DO
AS DEMOCRATS TO STOP THEM.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DELAY, YOU CAN
MAKE IT DIFFICULT, AND OBVIOUSLY
THEY SHOULD DO THAT.
BUT THE REAL QUESTION BECOMES
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS IF, IN
FACT, THEY HAVE THE VOTES, WHICH
THEY APPEAR TO HAVE.
WHAT IS THE PLAN?
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO
PAY ANY PRICE FOR THIS SEAT,
BECAUSE IT IS SO VALUABLE TO
THEM, THEN THE ONLY OPTION LEFT
IS TO MAKE THE PRICE AS HIGH AS
POSSIBLE.
AND THAT MEANS YOU FOCUS ON ONE
DONALD TRUMP’S NOMINEE IN THE
COURT COULD MEAN, THE LOSS OF
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
THE LOSS OF THE RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM FOR WOMEN.
THE LOSS OF CLEAN AIR AND WATER
FOR EVERYONE.
THE STRIKING DOWN OF CLIMATE
LEGISLATION.
THAT’S ALL ON THE TABLE.
YOU MAKE THOSE ISSUES STICK TO
THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THAT
PERSON ON THE COURT.
WHAT YOU DO NOT DO, AND I
STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS, IS FOCUS
ON THE ACTUAL NOMINEE.
REMEMBER, BACK IN 2016, SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL
SIMPLY REFUSED TO HOLD HEARINGS
FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PICK,
MERRICK GARLAND, WHOSE
CREDENTIALS WERE STERLING.
HE WAS SEEN AS A COMPROMISE
PICK, HE HAD A MODERATE PICK.
AND IT WAS A DEFT CALL BY MITCH
McCONNELL WHO SAID HE’S A
PERFECTLY GOOD JUDGE, BUT WE ARE
NOT VOTING ON HIM BECAUSE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD DECIDE.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS
ALLIES MAY NOW TRY TO PRETEND
THIS DISAGREEMENT IS ABOUT A
PERSON.
THE DECISION THE SENATE
ANNOUNCED WEEKS AGO REMAINS
ABOUT A PRINCIPLE AND NOT A
PERSON.
>> I MEAN, IT WASN’T ABOUT A
PRINCIPLE AS WE HAVE SEEN, IT
WAS ABOUT POWER.
WE CAN STOP THIS AND WE WILL.
DEMOCRATS DON’T HAVE THE POWER
RIGHT NOW TO STOP IT, BUT THEY
SHOULD TAKE THE SAME APPROACH.
IT ASKIS NOT ABOUT THE ACTUAL
NOMINEE.
IT IS ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND HIS PARTY ARE TRYING TO DO
TO THIS COUNTRY.
SO BOYCOTT THE PROCESS THE SAME
WAY REPUBLICANS DID WITH MERRICK
GARLAND.
JUST SAY WE KNOW WHO THEIR
JUDGES ARE, RIGHT?
THEY’VE GOT A CHECKLIST.
WE KNOW WHAT THEY STAND FOR.
IT’S NOT ABOUT THEM.
REPUBLICANS ALREADY KNOW WHOEVER
TRUMP PICKS IS GOING TO CHECK
THE BOXES THEY WANT CHECKED.
THERE IS AN INTENSE VETTING
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THE
CASE.
THAT IS WHY SOUTH CAROLINA
SENATOR LINDSAY GRAHAM, CHAIR OF
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, CAN
OPENLY SAY THIS BEFORE THERE’S
EVEN A NOMINEE.
>> WE’VE GOT THE VOTES TO
CONFIRM JUSTICE GINSBURG’S
REPLACEMENT BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WE’RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN
THE COMMITTEE AND REPORT THE
NOMINATION OUT OF THE COMMITTEE
TO THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED
STATES SENATE SO WE CAN VOTE
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
>> THERE IS NO NOMINEE.
HE SAYS WE HAVE THE VOTES, WE
WILL CONFIRM THIS PERSON AS YET
NAMED.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO CONVINCE
THESE REPUBLICANS TO CHANGE
THEIR MINDS, SO ALL YOU CAN DO
IS MAKE THEM PAY.
DEMOCRATS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE,
HAS TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT THESE
VULNERABLE SENATE REPUBLICANS
COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
FOR INSTANCE, THE SUPREME COURT
WILL HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR A
CASE AIMED AT UTTERLY
OBLITERATING OBAMACARE ON
NOVEMBER 10th, A WEEK AFTER THE
ELECTION.
THAT’S WHEN THE SUPREME COURT
SCHEDULED IT TO KEEP THE
TEMPERATURE DOWN.
IF THIS NEW JUSTICE HELPS STRIKE
DOWN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT,
THEN 133 MILLION AMERICANS WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS ARE NO
LONGER PROTECTED.
INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN CHARGE
WHATEVER THEY WANT OR KEEP THEM
AWAY FROM COVERAGE.
21 MILLION PEOPLE COULD LOSE
THEIR INSURANCE.
12 MILLION FOLKS ON MEDICAID
RIGHT NOW, THE MEDICAID
EXPANSION
EXPANSION, THROWN OUT THE
WINDOW.
AND THIS CASE IS GOING TO BE
HEARD A WEEK AFTER THE ELECTION.
AND IF THEY RULE ON THIS NEXT
SPRING, IT WOULD STILL BE IN THE
MIDST OF A PANDEMIC THAT’S
ALREADY KILLED 200,000 PEOPLE,