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Thursday, March 17, 2016

GOPDD: Obama Rebukes McConnell On SCOTUS: ‘The American People Did Decide’

By Jen - Mar 17, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, during a meeting with members of Congress on foreign policy in Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 31, 2014. The U.S. might move to limit derivatives trading and short-term loans with Russian companies if sanctions already imposed fail to sway President Vladimir Putin to end support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

(The Hill) President Obama on Thursday rebuked Senate Republicans for insisting they won’t consider his Supreme Court nominee.

“One of the most puzzling arguments that I’ve heard from [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and some other Republicans is this notion that the American people should decide,” Obama said in an interview with NPR.

“Well, in fact the American people did decide — back in 2012 when they elected me president of the United States with sufficient electoral votes.”