Chuck Todd: Republicans Have ‘Put Themselves in a Box’ on SCOTUS Nominee

‘I think it only would feed the notion that Donald Trump has been exploiting which is the leaders in Washington don’t fight, they’re out of touch’

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SCARBOROUGH: "Let’s bring in the moderator of “Meet the press” and host of “Mtp daily” Chuck Todd. Chuck, how do you think Republicans are handling this?"
TODD: "I think they put themselves in a box by drawing this line in the sand because if Mcdonnel somehow caves I think the base will go bonkers. I think it only would feed the notion that Donald Trump has been exploiting which is the leaders in Washington don’t fight, they’re out of touch, all of that. At the same time, this has put Kelly Ayotte, pat Toomey, mark Kirk, rob portman, all of these swing state Republican senators running for reelection in an awkward spot because they have to sit here and, look, you have to give the White House credit. I think a lot of people didn’t think they would do Garland because Garland isn’t fighting up the democratic base. Garland isn’t an identity politics pick that will galvanize a specific group or be used as a way to get out the vote or something like that. He went purely for the pick that would make Republicans most uncomfortable."

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