Chuck Schumer just took the Senate floor with epic message amid Kennedy retirement (WATCH)

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Amid the devastating news that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has chosen to retire now, handing another judicial pick to Trump, Democrats are beginning to speak out against allowing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to exercise his glaring hypocrisy.

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On March 16, 2016, with 237 days left in his term, Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, a move that McConnell blocked, claiming that the “American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.”

Now, amid Kennedy’s retirement announcement, which comes 132 days before this upcoming election cycle, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer expects the same decorum.

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JUST IN: Sen. Chuck Schumer: "Our Republican colleagues in the Senate should follow the rule they set in 2016: Not to consider a Supreme Court justice in an election year." https://t.co/mcq37ZJ3NU pic.twitter.com/8XinBnAB72

— ABC News (@ABC) June 27, 2018

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The likelihood that McConnell is willing to follow the precedent that he established is slim to none, putting on full display the GOP’s glaring, disgusting hypocrisy. But Democrats will not go down without a bitter fight.

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Brian Tyler Cohen is a political writer, actor, and comedy sketch director. He graduated from Lehigh University with a dual degree in English and Business. He currently lives in Los Angeles.