According to the Daily Beast [1], Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gleefully signed a T-shirt joking about the death of former Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, according to photos tweeted Monday.
The T-shirt features Garland’s face surrounded by clouds and the dates 3/16/16 and 1/3/17, with the cursive phrase “gone but not forgotten.”
McConnell played an instrumental role in keeping Garland, who was nominated by then-President Barack Obama, from filling the seat vacated by Antonin Scalia. Within hours of Scalia’s death, McConnell declared a moratorium on any of Obama’s appointees, arguing that the nomination should be the responsibility of the next president. He refused to hold hearings on Garland, rendering Obama’s appointment meaningless and successfully holding the seat for Trump’s eventual pick, Neil Gorsuch.
Hey @ComfortablySmug [2] the @senatemajldr [3] loved the shirt #gonebutnotforgotten [4] pic.twitter.com/CRp3b1TQRw [5]
— Malcomb (@_therealcomb) April 29, 2019 [6]
This isn’t the first time McConnell’s publicly gloated—soon after the court upheld Trump’s travel ban and sided with anti-abortion pregnancy clinics, McConnell spiked the football by tweeting a picture of himself with Gorsuch.
Twitter was sickened:
What a disgusting man. And shame on that kid who is also so proud of this stunt.
The Republicans are sick, and getting sicker.
— Rhys (@Rhys604) April 29, 2019 [7]
What are you assholes finding so funny about this dumb tee shirt? What a knee-slapper…Mitch McConnell took away a Supreme Court appointment from a duly elected US president. Oh right…I forgot, THAT president was black 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
— SeavernsGuy (@SeavernsGuy) April 29, 2019 [8]
No bottom for you folks, is there?
— Sally Dillon (@8fuld) April 29, 2019 [9]
*such* pricks. just the worst people in the world. https://t.co/AYcqIyiKUs [10]
— 𝕁𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕜𝕚 (@Jimski) April 29, 2019 [11]
Gleeful over an unprecedented, brazen power grab.
Shameful. https://t.co/YoaMlnm4pO [12]
— Josh Douglas (@JoshuaADouglas) April 29, 2019 [13]
Must feel great to hate America this much.
— Andreas Trolf (@AndreasTrolf) April 29, 2019 [14]
Both you and Mitch are a couple of smug assholes that would be CRYING if Democrats did just a 1/5 of what he's done to this nation.
— ChupacabroJG (@ChupacabroJG) April 29, 2019 [15]