We literally have a phrase for "rush things through before the next folks take over." It's called "lame duck." You can argue that those periods are misused, but the "norm" is to get done what you can done before things change.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner @imillhiser
So what you're saying is Democrats are suckers
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Replying to @JulianNotaro1 @imillhiser
No, I just think Ian is claiming a norm that is not — or, rather, he stated an obvious norm, that we respect electoral results, and applies it in a way that it has not generally been applied.
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