President Barack Obama has about a year left in his term and plans to work up until the very end of it, which means nominating a Supreme Court Justice to replace Antonin Scalia. However, a signed document by members of the GOP Senate indicated no committee meetings will be held until the end of Obama’s term.
LETTER: ‘this Committee will not hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee’ until 1/20/17 pic.twitter.com/rMKGkDOn58
— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) February 23, 2016
How convenient?
POTUS, fully aware of the political pettiness taking place, took to Twitter to corral his supporters to urge the Senate to stop the dilly-dallying and went as far as to use the hashtag #DoYourJob
With more than 300 days left in President Obama’s term, the Senate has no excuse to delay. #DoYourJob pic.twitter.com/ultmGstueA
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 23, 2016
In the short video, which has received nearly 8,000 retweets it states every Supreme Court Justice has received a vote within 125 days.
Looks like it’s politics as usual in Washington, D.C.