Hypocrisy

September 23, 2020

Many of us, who are in the majority, are up in arms about the hypocrisy demonstrated by O’Connell, Graham, et. al. regarding nominating a replacement for Ruth Badger Ginsburg during a presidential campaign after blatantly blocking Merrick Garland’s nomination in 2016. But is it really hypocrisy? Hypocrisy is behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel. Republicans are not being hypocritical. They never believed their bull crap in 2016, and they certainly don’t believe it now. This is power politics at its best or worst. I would have a modicum of respect for them if they would just be honest and say we are doing this because we can, and try and stop us. This is just another step in the death spiral that the Republican Party finds itself in. The majority of people favor the Affordable Care Act and abortion rights, yet the GOP is set on appointing a judge, who will overturn these issues. They apparently took the Hypocritical Oath. They will win this round, but, eventually, the fight will be called when the GOP can’t meet the bell.