McConnell and Trump are rationally pursuing their interests in the zero-sum world of American politics. If you aren't winning, you are losing. They seek to cement the conservative majority for the next 30 years. Democrats can either recognize the war for what it is or lose.
There's actually nothing horrifying or wrong about McConnell ramming through judges. He's a right-wing ideologue doing what his party wants of him. It's up to Democrats to elect people who care this much about relentlessly helping the poor and everyone else.
The reality for Democrats is the only rational move to make, if they have a majority, is pack the court. Expand it relentlessly, rush through judges, stamp out Republicans as Republicans have chosen to stamp out Democrats
Fwiw if a Democratic president was on the verge of losing a re-election bid and the Democrats held the Senate majority and a conservative justice had died, MSNBC and every Times op-ed columnist would be begging them to fill the seat pronto
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