Mitch McConnell Detonates the Nuclear Option
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cares about little else besides installing reactionary court justices on federal benches for the next generation. So it’s not surprising that he finally made good on threats to pull the lever on one of the so-called “nuclear options,” changing the rules of the Senate to cut the time between ending debate on nominees to the final vote from 30 hours to two, according to the New York Times.
McConnell has spent the last week moaning about “obstructionism” from Democrats in the Senate over Trump cabinet nominees and federal court nominees. Even Sen. Chuck Schumer called McConnell a hypocrite for this move, given his own role in exploding Congressional norms by preventing hearings on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
“There’s no other word but ‘hypocrisy,’” Schumer said, according to the Times.
McConnell, in response to these accusations, managed to pin the blame on Democrats by saying they would have done the same thing to a Republican president’s nominee, had they been in the majority.
If only!