Playbook: AFTER BARRETT was confirmed Monday evening, we got a sneak peek at both the stylistic and substantive rift that could come to dominate the Democratic Party in 2021 and 2022, should they win the Senate and the White House.
>@SenSchumer said this while leaving the Capitol, per the Hill pool: “I have two words for McConnell’s speech: very defensive.” … ON THE FLOOR, SCHUMER looked over to the R side of the chamber and said, “You will have forfeited the right to tell us how to run” the majority. “
SCHUMER: "The American people will never forget this blatant act of bad faith.” (FWIW: We didn’t think MCCONNELL sounded defensive at all, but rather gleeful. Also, who thought Republicans had the right to tell Democrats how to run their majority in the first place?)
COMPARE to @AOC: “Expand the court. … [Rs] do this because they don’t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they’ve been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn’t."
>@AOC cont: "There is a legal process for expansion.”
THIS KIND OF rift should not be overlooked, because it will come to dominate governance should DC turn all blue. @AOC is seen as one of SCHUMER’S top potential primary challengers.
The simplicity and bare-knuckled nature of her message could resonate among a Democratic base that’s looking for knife fights, not senatorial process arguments.
While SCHUMER and JOE BIDEN say changing the size of the court is on the table, the left is screaming that it should play by the same rules as the GOP -- which is to say Democrats should not worry about tradition and instead blow up what they consider the quaint DC processes
AND IT CANNOT BE IGNORED that it’s much easier to shout from the House than govern and lead the Senate. But there will be a hell of a lot of shouting coming from what’s expected to be a large and loud Democratic majority in 2021.
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