Democrat presidential contender Hillary Clinton showed her support for President Obama's Supreme Court nominee in a speech Monday.
Speaking to a crowd gathered in Wisconsin, Clinton praised nominee Merrick Garland for being a "moderate" and warned that the progressive agenda would be derailed if Donald Trump won the presidency and got to nominate future Supreme Court Justices. The Washington Examiner reports:
"This election is about more than just one seat on the court," Clinton said at the University of Wisconsin. "The next president could end up nominating multiple justices. That means the president elected this fall could determine the future of the court for decades to come."
The former secretary of state called on Senator Chuck Grassley "to step up and do his job" by holding a hearing for Obama nominee Merrick Garland. She praised Garland as a moderate.
"For a long time now the ideological bend of the court has led the country in the wrong direction," Clinton said. "If we're serious about progressive causes we need to focus on who is sitting on the court."
"As scary as it may be ask yourself what kind of nominee President Trump would appoint," Clinton said.
The Democratic front-runner blamed the Republican Party's history of obstructionism for Trump's rise, claiming that the party that questioned the birthplace of the president made "extreme the new normal" and then "opened the door to even worse."
"Let's be clear about what's really going on here. Their current fight against Judge Garland is just the current fight in a long string of actions in dividing our government," Clinton said, while calling on Wisconsinites to vote keeping the court in mind.
Hillary Clinton's remarks remind us what is at stake for conservatives this election season. While many may not be happy with the GOP frontrunner, or any of the current candidates if you will, the threats posed by yet another Democrat administration are of graver concern. Indeed, it is the future of the Supreme Court that will serve as the one unifying factor for conservatives this fall.
