The bias is strong with Politifact. Politifact tried to claim that Senator Ted Cruz was lying when he said that the GOP did not abuse their power like the Dems are now when it comes to the Supreme Court. Senator Cruz saw this and called them out for their blatant bias as anyone who is paying attention knows that the Dems are abusing the heck out of their power right now. Dems are filing to pack the Supreme Court in order to give it a liberal lean. How is that not abusing their power?
Politifact’s biased tweet:
“NEW: Ted Cruz said, “You didn’t see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game” in Supreme Court nominations. The GOP had the power to do what it did, but it doesn’t mean they weren’t rigging the game.”
NEW: Ted Cruz said, "You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game" in Supreme Court nominations. The GOP had the power to do what it did, but it doesn't mean they weren’t rigging the game. https://t.co/jDlZuRodvu pic.twitter.com/eszlysipp8
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) April 27, 2021
Cruz responded to the tweet:
“Lying liars lie & that’s what Politi”fact” does every day. To “pack” the Supreme Court is to ADD seats for political advantage. Republicans did NOT do so when we had control-nobody even suggested it. Now, Dems have filed legislation to EXPAND SCOTUS from 9 to 13 Justices. FACT.”
“PolitiFact concluded that Cruz’s claim was “false” because Republicans blocked former President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in 2016 following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “raced” to get Amy Coney Barrett confirmed before the 2020 election. Thus, PolitiFact says that Republicans “were able to exercise their power in ways that benefited their party’s goals.”
In fact, no one has added seats to the Supreme Court of the United States for over 150 years. Both parties understood that adding seats to the Supreme Court was a petty maneuver that was going to lead to a very unstable Supreme Court. But Dems are upset the GOP stopped Obama from appointing a replacement for Justice Scalia. But really they should be angry at Justice Ginsberg for not stepping down while Obama was in Office. If she had the court would be more balanced. But she wanted to wait until Hillary was president… Dems want to add four seats to The Supreme Court so that it will have a Liberal lean, if that is not an abuse of power I don’t know what is. PolitiFact is just full of it.
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