Almost every Democrat in America recognizes the dire GOP threat to democracy and the common-sense reforms needed to save it--except a handful of fellow liberal obstructionists in key positions advancing myopic arguments that are prima facie ridiculous.
There's Manchin and Sinema's arguments against scrapping the filibuster, which are not only ahistorical but so obviously illogical that one struggles to understand how they possibly believe themselves. nym.ag/2TAB2g5
Then there's Stephen Breyer, who not only refuses to retire, who not only proposes the absurd argument that the Court is *not*, in fact, partisan, and who not only thinks *Dems* are the real threat to the rule of law by proposing Court reforms, but... bit.ly/3ic9tEc
...who *also* happens to believe that, to restore the hallowed tradition of bipartisanship, Dems need only "get [Republicans] talking and they'll eventually say something you agree with." OMG why didn't anyone else think of that? bit.ly/3ic9tEc
There's Ron Bloom, a Democrat on the USPS governing board who refuses to replace the guy who tried to sabotage the 2020 election on the belief that DeJoy is "the proper man for the job." abcn.ws/3vOlPGz
And, finally, there's Merrick Garland, who is fighting to prevent release of a crucial memo that will reveal Barr to be a serial liar on the grounds that protecting liars will somehow restore the Justice Department's credibility. thenation.com/article/politi…
Republicans, in their attempt to destroy American democracy, are depending on the Democrats' long-demonstrated aversion to wielding power when they hold it.
@threadreaderapp unroll please
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