Slouching Toward a Red Wave

 

I’ve heard it said that bad things “come in threes.” I sense that that is more likely just what’s called an “old wives’ tale” but I digress. It is my belief that “bad” things have come to the Democrats.

I note three telling events from the past week to illustrate this. When you look around, there are tons of such events to pick from. This segment of our population is quite deranged, having lost all semblance of self-control and interest in conducting themselves as civil beings. You don’t know where to begin in the sense of which events to select.

No matter. I selected three significant events from the past week to highlight. I believe each in their own way is seismic and will produce dramatic impact in our culture and that these shifts will greatly impact the voters who go to the polls this November. Can you say “backlash?” Sure you can.

The first event is the subject of the illustration to the OP. Yankee Doodle Michelle “Dandy” Wolf performed a song. My, but you have come a long way, baby Michelle. You have taken your party’s revered pledge to make abortion “safe, legal, and rare” to an “all-American salute to our national holocaust.” Man, and I thought you couldn’t outdo yourself in depravity after your remarks to Sarah Sanders at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Girl, I’m sure that your friends are high-fiving you, but the majority of America stands shocked with open mouths and sad hearts. We do not salute or love abortion. The only way that it has hung around (our necks) is because your party used to pretend that they hated it too. It was a lie but you’ve exposed that now. And science (i.e., 3D/4D images from the womb and intrauterine surgery) is not on your side. Your party will be harmed for this candor in November.

Secondly, we are still discussing in incredulous terms the testimony and body language of disgraced FBI agent (is he former yet?) Peter Strzok. He has taken “creepy” to a whole new level, to say nothing of “denial.” Peter, when you’ve lost even CNN (CNN torches FBI agent Strzok) you’ve lost. Bigly. Your party will be harmed for this in November.

To round out my three selections, last but not least, I present Scarlett Johansson. Poor Scarlett. She checks off all of the right boxes for the Left. She does all the right things and says all the right words. But she too must be sacrificed on the altar of “social justice.”

And in a two-fer, the LBGTXYZ’s also claimed an authentic (rare these days) journalist: “Writer quits after site deletes column defending Scarlett Johansson.” The author had the audacity to defend Scarlett who had the audacity to presume to play the part of a transgendered man in a movie. A movie! What a horror! What unbelievable cultural appropriationist gall! This sis better check her cis-terhood now! Of course, Scarlett succumbed to the most happy gaystapo decked out in their rainbow-colored war gear. Your party is going to be greatly harmed for this in November. #WalkAway will explode.

America is watching all of this with mouths agape. I believe that the defining down of deviancy does have its limits in our country and you Social Justice Warriors have finally crossed the line.

Do you sense the coming Red Wave? I do. Thanks to you!

America salutes you, SJW’s, for revealing the depravity of the Left. And we will send a message to the leaders of your party this November. That this is not who we are or what we find acceptable civil behavior in our great melting pot of the freest country on the face of the earth.

So, crack open a can of America and let’s toast to the Red Wave, coming to you this November!

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  1. Eustace C. Scrubb Member
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    A year ago, a red wave in 2018 just didn’t seem possible, but now… I wouldn’t put money on it, but it does seem possible.

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  2. Phil Turmel Inactive
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    I’m an optimist by nature, and this plays right into that.  It served me poorly in 2008 and 2012, so I’ll join Glenn Reynolds’ paraphrase of Han Solo: “Don’t get cocky, kid!”

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  3. Doctor Robert Member
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    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate.  They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first… 

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  4. Eridemus Coolidge
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    My own jaw dropper was when Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Judge Kavanaugh doesn’t “represent American values.”

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  5. Dr. Bastiat Member
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    Eridemus (View Comment):

    My own jaw dropper was when Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Judge Kavanaugh doesn’t “represent American values.”

    I would LOVE to hear her description of American values…

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  6. RightAngles Member
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    “Cis-terhood” haha! 

    They’re giving us Trump 2020. I, too think there will be a red wave.

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  7. PHCheese Inactive
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    I think Bud is now owned by a  Brazilian company.  Better make it a Yuengling.

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  8. Juliana Member
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    I am more pessimistic. Although the events described in the OP are mightily opposed to decency and common sense, I am afraid that decency and common sense have left the building. No amount of applause or shouts of ‘encore’ will bring them back to American society as a whole. We may be able to keep our own little sphere calm, just, and polite; but I fear for what a minority can do to dismantle civilization.

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  9. Columbo Inactive
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    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    Eridemus (View Comment):

    My own jaw dropper was when Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Judge Kavanaugh doesn’t “represent American values.”

    I would LOVE to hear her description of American values…

    Great point. Here’s my take on that …

    When the Kavanaugh hearings begin, the GOP Senator assigned to open the hearings should do a reverse-Bork of Senator Warren (or substitute Lefty if that offends Senate decorum).

    They should turn the tables and describe “Elizabeth Warren’s America”. And provide every ugly detail of their socialist dreams. And describe how they will try to slander and smear a good man because of their opposition to our own Constitution that they swore to defend.

    And then describe the American values that Justice (to be) Kavanaugh sees in the Constitution and defends as his sworn obligation. In complete contrast to the sleazy liberal Senators.

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  10. Boss Mongo Member
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    Columbo:

    So, crack open a can of America and let’s toast to this Red Wave, coming to you this November!

    This is the famous ‘Murica: we know of no social compact by any other nation that is worth so much to defend and protect.  Our exclusive Representative Republic produces a freedom, a liberty, and an acknowledgement of Rights bestowed by our Creator that you will find in no other country, at any price.

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  11. OkieSailor Member
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    May you be ever so prescient. However, based on past elections, I still think events between now and Nov. And closer to Nov than today will decide the elections .Events than cannot be foreseen at this point . So I salute your courage in predicting an unknowable outcome and hope you are proven right .

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  12. Mike LaRoche Inactive
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    Huzzah!

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  13. Boss Mongo Member
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    Mike LaRoche (View Comment):

    Huzzah!

    I love you, Mike.

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  14. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    It will depend on the deep states play in the matter.  They thought they had HRC elected and let down their guard so Trump slipped in.  That mistake will not be allowed to happen again.  I suspect more than a few leaks from the depths of DC to knock out key GOP nominees and candidates.  Mueller will hammer Trump a bit before the 2020 election, unless he thinks he can get him impeached before that.

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  15. RightAngles Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    It will depend on the deep states play in the matter. They thought they had HRC elected and let down their guard so Trump slipped in. That mistake will not be allowed to happen again. I suspect more than a few leaks from the depths of DC to knock out key GOP nominees and candidates. Mueller will hammer Trump a bit before the 2020 election, unless he thinks he can get him impeached before that.

    I agree. I expect women to come out of the woodwork suddenly recalling sexual harassment that occurred 20 years ago. I’m sure the DNC has a slush fund for this.

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  16. Richard Easton Coolidge
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    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    We at least have the consolation that Trump’s not a Republican in that he gets things done.

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  17. HeavyWater Inactive
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    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    Republican control of the Senate has allowed for conservatives (or “originalists”) to get confirmed to the federal court of appeals and to the US Supreme Court in the case of Gorsuch.  

    So, if your prediction is correct and the GOP maintains control over the US Senate, I don’t see how the other half of your prediction, that they accomplish naught, is likely.  

    The Paul Ryan led House and the Mitch McConnell led Senate passed the tax cut recently.  

    If the GOP maintained control over both the House and Senate, as you predict, are you saying that they would not extend some of the tax cuts due to expire?  

    I don’t understand how you predict GOP victories on the one hand and then predict they won’t accomplish anything even while knowing that this current GOP congress has confirmed conservative judicial nominees and cut taxes.  

    Can you elaborate?  You think a Congress with larger GOP majorities will accomplish less than the current GOP congress?

     

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  18. HeavyWater Inactive
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    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    We at least have the consolation that Trump’s not a Republican in that he gets things done.

    Sometimes the Republican propensity to not get things done is to the advantage of the country.  

    For example, in early 2016, Antonin Scalia died.  Mitch McConnell immediately announced that the US Senate would not replace Scalia until a new president was sworn in to office. 

    This was a result of the Republicans winning the US Senate in the 2014 elections.  

    This is an example of Republicans “doing nothing” that benefited the United States.  

    If Harry Reid had remained majority leader of the Senate, Merrick Garland would have been confirmed to the US Supreme Court and the court would have a Leftist majority.  

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  19. Susan Quinn Contributor
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    Two additional points to show the backlash in one way or another: Chris Coons called out to his party to pull it back from the brink regarding excessive Leftism (socialism) and anyone who supported him was silent. Second, I just heard that in spite of getting the most votes in CA from the primary, Dianne Feinstein was pushed aside by the CA Democrat party for some guy named DeLeon. You can judge that as you will . . .

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    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    We at least have the consolation that Trump’s not a Republican in that he gets things done.

    RightAngles (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    It will depend on the deep states play in the matter. They thought they had HRC elected and let down their guard so Trump slipped in. That mistake will not be allowed to happen again. I suspect more than a few leaks from the depths of DC to knock out key GOP nominees and candidates. Mueller will hammer Trump a bit before the 2020 election, unless he thinks he can get him impeached before that.

    I agree. I expect women to come out of the woodwork suddenly recalling sexual harassment that occurred 20 years ago. I’m sure the DNC has a slush fund for this.

    Yes, I’m afraid the Left will double down.  Look what they did in 2016, when they really didn’t even think Trump could win, it was just “insurance”!  So what will they NOT stoop to now, when they know they really could lose?  It is very very frightening.

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  21. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    Bingo!

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  22. HeavyWater Inactive
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    Bingo!

    Can someone explain how it is that the GOP will end up a larger majority in the Senate but will not continue confirming Trump’s conservative nominees to the federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court?

    Is confirming conservative nominees to federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court an example of “accomplishing naught?”  

    This prediction doesn’t make any sense.  

    It seems as if he is predicting that the Democrats will take control over the Senate and they will block Trump’s nominees to the federal courts, thus preventing Trump from accomplishing what he would like to accomplish.  

    The two parts of this prediction do not seem reconcilable.  

     

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  23. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    Bingo!

    Can someone explain how it is that the GOP will end up a larger majority in the Senate but will not continue confirming Trump’s conservative nominees to the federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court?

    Is confirming conservative nominees to federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court an example of “accomplishing naught?”

    This prediction doesn’t make any sense.

    It seems as if he is predicting that the Democrats will take control over the Senate and they will block Trump’s nominees to the federal courts, thus preventing Trump from accomplishing what he would like to accomplish.

    The two parts of this prediction do not seem reconcilable.

     

    Because they are Republicans

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  24. HeavyWater Inactive
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    Bingo!

    Can someone explain how it is that the GOP will end up a larger majority in the Senate but will not continue confirming Trump’s conservative nominees to the federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court?

    Is confirming conservative nominees to federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court an example of “accomplishing naught?”

    This prediction doesn’t make any sense.

    It seems as if he is predicting that the Democrats will take control over the Senate and they will block Trump’s nominees to the federal courts, thus preventing Trump from accomplishing what he would like to accomplish.

    The two parts of this prediction do not seem reconcilable.

     

    Because they are Republicans

    The Republicans currently control the Senate and they are approving Trump’s nominees to the federal courts at a rapid rate.  

    So, with a larger majority in the Senate after this fall’s election, how is it that the Senate will “accomplish naught?”

    Please explain.

     

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  25. Susan Quinn Contributor
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    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    The Republicans currently control the Senate and they are approving Trump’s nominees to the federal courts at a rapid rate.

    So, with a larger majority in the Senate after this fall’s election, how is it that the Senate will “accomplish naught?”

    Please explain.

    I suspect they are saying that they will find reasons to disagree with a particular law or policy and refuse to support Trump. Just as Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have threatened not to support Kavanaugh if he appears to be pro-life (and therefore not pro-choice). There are Republicans who use particular disagreements to proposals to stop Trump when they can. Remember the immigration and Obamacare proposals that died?

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  26. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    The republicans will gain 5 seats in the house and two in the senate. They will then squander these increased majorities and accomplish naught.

    Mr Trump will be re-elected with 40 states in 2020 and the republicans will hold the Congress and accomplish naught.

    Remember, you read it here first…

    Bingo!

    Can someone explain how it is that the GOP will end up a larger majority in the Senate but will not continue confirming Trump’s conservative nominees to the federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court?

    Is confirming conservative nominees to federal court of appeals and the US Supreme Court an example of “accomplishing naught?”

    This prediction doesn’t make any sense.

    It seems as if he is predicting that the Democrats will take control over the Senate and they will block Trump’s nominees to the federal courts, thus preventing Trump from accomplishing what he would like to accomplish.

    The two parts of this prediction do not seem reconcilable.

     

    Because they are Republicans

    The Republicans currently control the Senate and they are approving Trump’s nominees to the federal courts at a rapid rate.

    So, with a larger majority in the Senate after this fall’s election, how is it that the Senate will “accomplish naught?”

    Please explain.

     

    OH dear lord, it was a form of hyperbole. The GOP has made major promises and failed to deliver for 20 years, and that is a fact. So the expectation is that no matter how big their numbers, they won’t follow though the way the Democrats do for them.

    So yes, of course, there will be some things that get done, and it won’t be 100% nothing.  You managed to get a man on the internet to take back something he said. You proved I was not 100% accurate and carefully parsed and phrased. Does that make you happy? 

    I was told that “never” really did not mean “not ever” and that “never” died when Trump won, and that I should not hold the use of the word “never” against people who used said word. So I suppose, hyperbole is only OK with being anti-Trump, but not OK when being anti-GOP. This site is so balanced. 

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  27. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    The Republicans currently control the Senate and they are approving Trump’s nominees to the federal courts at a rapid rate.

    So, with a larger majority in the Senate after this fall’s election, how is it that the Senate will “accomplish naught?”

    Please explain.

    I suspect they are saying that they will find reasons to disagree with a particular law or policy and refuse to support Trump. Just as Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have threatened not to support Kavanaugh if he appears to be pro-life (and therefore not pro-choice). There are Republicans who use particular disagreements to proposals to stop Trump when they can. Remember the immigration and Obamacare proposals that died?

    Yes this is true, and it was use of hyperbole, which, I understand, is a no-no to anyone who supports the GOPe. Also, you said this nicer than I did, but I have little patience this morning for pendants and scolds. 

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  28. Susan Quinn Contributor
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):
    Yes this is true, and it was use of hyperbole, which, I understand, is a no-no to anyone who supports the GOPe. Also, you said this nicer than I did, but I have little patience this morning for pendants and scolds. 

    I hope you’re taking notes, Bryan!  ;-)

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  29. HeavyWater Inactive
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    So yes, of course, there will be some things that get done, and it won’t be 100% nothing. You managed to get a man on the internet to take back something he said. You proved I was not 100% accurate and carefully parsed and phrased. Does that make you happy?

    One of the main arguments for voting for Trump in the 2016 election was that we can’t allow the US Supreme Court and the federal court of appeals to fall into Leftist hands.

    Senator Mitch McConnell kept the Scalia seat open for a year, preventing Obama from filling the Scalia seat with a Leftist judge.  

    So, quite often the argument for electing Republicans to the US Senate is to make it easier, or perhaps even possible, for conservatives to be confirmed to the federal courts.  

    This isn’t some minor detail, given the huge role the federal courts play in our lives.

    To say that the GOP Senate will “accomplish naught” without mentioning the issue of the federal courts, when the federal courts held up Trump’s immigration restrictions from Islamic nations, is more than just a careless typo.  

     

     

     

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  30. HeavyWater Inactive
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    HeavyWater (View Comment):

    The Republicans currently control the Senate and they are approving Trump’s nominees to the federal courts at a rapid rate.

    So, with a larger majority in the Senate after this fall’s election, how is it that the Senate will “accomplish naught?”

    Please explain.

    I suspect they are saying that they will find reasons to disagree with a particular law or policy and refuse to support Trump. Just as Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have threatened not to support Kavanaugh if he appears to be pro-life (and therefore not pro-choice). There are Republicans who use particular disagreements to proposals to stop Trump when they can. Remember the immigration and Obamacare proposals that died?

    Yes this is true, and it was use of hyperbole, which, I understand, is a no-no to anyone who supports the GOPe. Also, you said this nicer than I did, but I have little patience this morning for pendants and scolds.

    When was the last time a GOP majority Senate rejected a US Supreme Court candidate nominate by a Republican president?  

    Answer: Never.

     

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