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Garland was actually an unserious centre to centre-right nominee with links to originalist and federalist constitutional philosophies nominated by Obama to see if the Republican party would confirm him in good faith or not. It already seemed unlikely as McConnell has been obsessed with the courts for all his life. Furthermore, McConnell also needed the open Supreme court seats to be the proverbial carrot for evangelicals, who then had reservations with Trump, to suck it up and vote. Hillary had already promised to junk his nomination and instead nominate liberals and progressives who believed in a living constitution. One only wonders why we felt indebted to him. There was also no precedent for the charges brought against Hunter.

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