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Sunday, February 28, 2016

FREE BEACON: Pelosi Angered By Mention of Democratic Double Standard for Supreme Court Nominations

BY: David Rutz
February 25, 2016 12:59 pm

'Your point isn't well taken'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) grew angry Thursday when a reporter mentioned a double standard for Democrats using congressional rules to block Supreme Court nominations in the past, saying, “Your point isn’t well taken.”
Pelosi briefly eulogized the late Supreme Court justice and fellow Italian-American Antonin Scalia at the outset of her briefing, and she then castigated Republicans for saying they would not act on President Obama’s nomination for Scalia’s replacement.
A reporter then brought up prior instances of Democrats going full-tilt against Republican nominations in the past, such as the blocking of Robert Bork, who was strongly attacked by Democrats when nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1987.