This is such a weird counterfactual. Republicans weren’t thinking about Trump noms in 2013, either.https://twitter.com/davidmdrucker/status/997219843685453826 …
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
I don't see why that makes the point a counterfactual. The way one could look at this is: 'We could be in the minority one day, might want to preserve the power of the minority so we can access it if need be.'
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker
Yes, and that’s a totally different statement.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
I figured it was implied. Had that consideration been made, the power to oppose the next R president, who turned out to be Trump, would have been preserved. (I don't say this argumentatively.)
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker
The consideration was made — but no one expected Trump. Harry Reid wasn’t thinking about Donald Trump in 2013. Nor was McConnell. They were thinking about Hillary and Marco or something. There were norms implied. They were thinking about the future — and the past.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
...It's just that in this case, it might sting more that there's nothing they can do. Altho as an aside, Trump's nominees have largely been normal, even though he often is not. Any other R might have nominated them.
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker
It’s not about “largely.” For example, I don’t think Pompeo and Haspel — the two you noted — would have been.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
You don't think they would have been nominated for their respective posts? I disagree.
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As to your larger point, I don’t buy your premise: It wasn’t about a “short sugar high during latter part of Obama tenure.” It was the first year of his second term; it was about governing and judges.
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