I'm still not over the ways in which Democrats failed to stand up to McConnell's hypocrisy beginning with the refusal to vote on Obama's nomination of Garland, followed by the approval of Trump's nomination of Barrett (March 2016 versus September 2020, with the argument that March was somehow too close to the upcoming election yet September wasn't). To be sure the cowardice of the Democrats to act is its own separate crime against the citizens but McConnell's contributions to and his embrace of undemocratic bad-actors should define his miserable legacy.
Why is it though that when the other party is violating long-standing norms there is almost zero pushback aside from noise/tweets/etc(oh and obviously requests for cash)? This is a huge part of how they lost the election. There must be some accountability or some form of shoring up the ways procedure is held to equally for everyone involved regardless of which party is in charge. To continually fail to do so is to lose the belief that we have a functioning government.
Exactly. I heard of the six Senators who won't support Hegseth, but how many 'Susan Collins' moments await us? Many.
I'm still not over the ways in which Democrats failed to stand up to McConnell's hypocrisy beginning with the refusal to vote on Obama's nomination of Garland, followed by the approval of Trump's nomination of Barrett (March 2016 versus September 2020, with the argument that March was somehow too close to the upcoming election yet September wasn't). To be sure the cowardice of the Democrats to act is its own separate crime against the citizens but McConnell's contributions to and his embrace of undemocratic bad-actors should define his miserable legacy.
I don’t think there was a lot ds could have done? They didn’t control the senate…
Why is it though that when the other party is violating long-standing norms there is almost zero pushback aside from noise/tweets/etc(oh and obviously requests for cash)? This is a huge part of how they lost the election. There must be some accountability or some form of shoring up the ways procedure is held to equally for everyone involved regardless of which party is in charge. To continually fail to do so is to lose the belief that we have a functioning government.
Excellent article