THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T MAGICALLY CHANGE THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. EVEN IF RS WIN EVERY RACE THEY WOULD NOT BE SEATED UNTIL MID-JANUARY. THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN PASS ON NOVEMBER 4TH THAT HE CANNOT PASS TODAY
75% of Americans, INCLUDING A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS, want the Senate to do COVID relief before a SCOTUS confirmation, but fuck the American people i guess
"stop negotiating until after the election"
i... i've never... i don't even know how to begin tackling this one. i've never seen a president brag about holding the American people hostage before.
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LOL. Every single thing Republicans have done in the last fifty years has been in response to the Warren court recognizing that white men aren't the only ones with rights. They created an entire cottage industry of dark money orgs to fund their decades-long judicial takeover.
And they were extremely successful. Because they shattered every rule and norm along the way, and taught their constituents that nothing matters except conservative judges. There is no other Republican policy priority. They have a plan for literally nothing. Only courts.
Small government? Less spending? Strong military? Trump has given them nothing on these traditional R Issues.
But they cling to him. Because only judges matter. And on judges, he and McConnell have succeeded. Because there is no rule or norm they're not willing to blow up.