Now that got Twitter’s attention.
President Barack Obama has been trying hard to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. He chose a popular, moderate judge, Merrick Garland, but the Republican senate has vowed to block any nominee.
The serious political maneuvering was cut Friday when Obama made a move that made Twitter collectively giggle. To urge senators to do their job, Obama made the mistake of citing a statistic that 69 percent of Americans want the Senate to hold a vote on Garland. Read more…
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