Holder: Nominees Should Be Voted on During an Election Year, But Not This Close to an Election

RUSH EXCERPT:

HOLDER: “Reverend Al, can you spell hypocrisy? I mean, it’s blatant hypocrisy. Totally inconsistent with the position with regard to Merrick Garland. From my perspective, having a nomination in the last year of the president’s term, I don’t have a problem with that. I think what President Obama did was appropriate. But when you get this close to an election. I mean, votes have already started to be cast in have a Virginia and other states as well. This is much too close to be tendered and considered, especially given the reality where you’re likely to have this president be defeated and where you’re likely to have a new Senate after November the 3rd. So, I think it’s hypocritical and really tends to politicize the courts generally, the Supreme Court specifically and over the long term undermine the legitimacy of the court."