Ever since Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly, Senate Republicans "have made it clear that they're going to hold the Supreme Court hostage like a Mexican housekeeper locking Richard Simmons up in the crawl space," Samantha Bee said on Monday's Full Frontal. President Obama "fulfilled his constitutional duty to troll the Republicans soooo hard" by naming a moderate nominee, Merrick Garland, that many of them had just lauded, Bee said, showing a clip of Fox News pundits freaking out over Obama's "trap." But Senate Republicans were ready with some trolling of their own.
Their first gambit was repeating "the Biden Rule" ad nauseam to justify their court-blocking. "Ah, yes, the Biden Rule that totally exists," Bee said. "What is the Biden Rule again?" After showing a brief clip of Biden saying something stupid, she rolled the video of him talking about judicial appointments — but she played all the relevant parts. "Oh, so Color Me Bad–era Biden said he'd support a moderate nominee from President Bush," Bee said. "That's so great! If that's the rule, let's get on with moderate Merrick's hearing — tick tock, you don't stop."
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