Thread by @ElieNYC

Sigh. @alfranken just said that Dems should "sit with" a 6-3 court and *wait for* the court to do something bad AND THEN, maybe, the Dems would have the political will to expand the court.

Since this is my part of the store, I will quickly say that this is dumb and bad.

* Expanding the court upon victory is going to be the HEIGHT of the Dems political power to do this. The illegitimate process to install ACB will be fresh.

Also, it's the height of the reform argument. Trump broke the court just like he broke everything else. LET'S FIX IT.

* There is the sense, from Dems, that they have "other priorities." But, people (include Dems) don't seem to understand that the POINT of a 6-3 Republican court is to THWART those priorities. THAT'S WHY THE GOP STOLE IT.

There's NOTHING that Dems want that survives a 6-3 court.

* Waiting for the court to strike down any particular priority will take a while. At least a couple of years.

If Dems think that they're going to pack the court after the 22 election they are INSANE. Even if Dems win the Senate now, they'll likely lose it in 22. Look at the map.

Those losses will be ASSURED if they let the Court GUT VOTING RIGHTS. Which they've already done. And poised to do some more, RIGHT NOW.

This is the critical point, you CAN'T win at the polls if you let a 6-3 PREVENT BLACK PEOPLE FROM VOTING.

I know Franken is just thinking about the politics of it all, and the politics are tough. But he (and his former colleagues) MUST be made to understand that the alternative is UNTENABLE.

WE CANNOT "sit" with a 6-3 court to cut VOTING RIGHTS AGAIN, and then fix it later.

You expand the court NOW and you concede minority white rule for a generation. THOSE ARE THE STAKES.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.