'Stool of modern MAGAism': Dems slam Roberts and McConnell after Trump immunity ruling
Prominent Democrats slammed Chief Justice John Roberts and Sen. Mitch McConnell following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Monday on presidential immunity, with a prominent MSNBC host calling the duo two legs of a three-legged stool of "modern MAGAism."
The court found that Trump was protected from some of his moves as president surrounding the 2020 election, such as his political coordination with the Justice Department. The majority classified it as an "official act." While it doesn't save Trump from most of his cases, legal analysts agree it will make special counsel Jack Smith's life more difficult.
Former Democratic Party strategist Greg Greene posted a photo of Chief Justice John Roberts saying, "We wondered who Trump would name as his running mate, when his key handservant has stood here all along — wearing a black robe and hoisting Trump, alongside his party, as high above the law as he can."
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"The three-legged stool of modern MAGAism is Trump, Roberts and [Mitch] McConnell," said MSNBC's Chris Hayes, responding to Greene, referring to the current Republican Senate minority leader.
McConnell helped usher in three Supreme Court justices for Trump by stopping the appointment of a justice after Antonin Scalia's death. His argument was that a year after the election, it was far too close to allow a vote on justice. Then-president Barack Obama didn't fight the move.
When the same thing happened with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, McConnell pushed through the third Trump judge while early voting in the 2020 election was underway in some states.
Jen Psaki, Joe Biden's former press secretary, agreed, blaming McConnell for igniting flames that could destroy democracy.
"McConnell started the fire (or at a minimum allowed it to burn), Trump poured gasoline on it, Roberts is the firefighter pretending there isn't a big fire burning," she wrote on X.