Definition of scandal: "an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage."
Packing the court can hardly be considered legally wrong, as the Constitution doesn't actually specify the number of justices on the Supreme Court, AFAIK. Morally wrong? Good luck with that one. Even defining what's moral or not will create arguing for the next decade. Public outrage? The GOP would certainly be outraged, but you know that if they had the need and the opportunity, they'd do it themselves. Because they've made conservative SCOTUS appointments one of their top priorities the last 20-30 years, they haven't had to consider the tactic. Ramming the ACB nomination through a month before the elections highlights just how "moral" GOP senators are, no matter the Democratic outrage.
Biden should just keep to his plan, and not let this cloud the issues at hand. He's under no moral or legal obligation to say anything, and if it were me, I'd keep the Republicans guessing as to his intentions.
Better yet, Biden could say if Trump releases his taxes to the general public, he'd declare his intentions one way or another.
And yes, the media are ratings puppets doing their best to stir up controversy.
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