Thread by @ggreeneva

Bear in mind, as you consider the following: McConnell railed, this afternoon, that Trump was guilty as hell of what the House had accused.

Yet he *still* voted to acquit.

Republicans can’t be counted on to do the right thing even when they say what the right thing is. Enough.

https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/1360693594928029697

People of the age of most senators should no more wait expectantly for bipartisanship, at this juncture in time, than believe in the Tooth Fairy. Talk of good-faith working across the aisle sounds desperate and ridiculous.

This should be obvious — that the threat to obstruct now merely stands in for the certainty of obstruction later. Yet here we are, saying it again.

https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/1360766849223393287

At some point, more Democratic senators need to stop begging Republicans for what voters have already given them: permission to govern.

On this note about what Republicans warn they _might_ do: After watching Jan. 6 and Republicans’ acquittal of Trump, choosing to ignore right-wing threats in response to policies they abhor seems — in principle, at least — much easier.

https://twitter.com/ronmarz/status/1361336310812848129

Fulmination about expanding background checks or limiting military-grade weapons, for instance, as “taking our guns”: well, or what? Extremists will take up arms and try to overthrow the government?

They already did that, on a bulls–– pretext. We already know they’re seditious.

In other words — to build on the point below — Republicans will issue threats against anything that matters. They also will never deliver votes on anything that matters. The only bipartisanship or unity available with them is one whose ambition, at its core, is doing nothing.

https://twitter.com/ejdionne/status/1361308749328179201