Fail! O’Donnell Incorrectly Says Scalia Would Want Obama to Replace Him

[See NewsBusters for more.] Liberal MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday played mind reader and asserted that the late Antonin Scalia would want Barack Obama to appoint his replacement. The fact that this is false is beyond dispute. One would only have to ask... Antonin Scalia. On his Last Word show, O’Donnell cited an exchange David Axelrod claimed to have with Scalia back in 2009. Allegedly, the conservative said, “Send us Elena Kagan.” From this, O’Donnell spun, “What we learned from that, certainly if that's the only evidence we have, private evidence of Justice Scalia's thinking, is he would want the president to act in this situation and choose who the president wanted.” However, on July 29, 2012, Scalia stated flatly: "I would not like to be replaced by someone who immediately sets about undoing everything that I've tried to do for 25 years, 26 years."