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    Manu Raju‏Verified account @mkraju May 17

    Had Dems not invoked the nuclear option in 2013 and GOP kept rules in place, neither Pompeo nor Haspel would have been confirmed by the Senate; both would have fallen short of 60.

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      2. Katie‏ @ktbobaytee May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Yep. Mitch McConnell, stanch defender of bipartisanship and maintaining norms, would never have killed it on his own. Supreme Court Justice Merrick Garland is proof of what a fair dealer McConnell is.

        11 replies 57 retweets 817 likes
      3. Effie Trinket  🎃 Scared? #VOTE‏ @EffieResists May 17
        Replying to @ktbobaytee @mkraju

        I've comes across some tweets dripping with sarcasm in my day, but yours takes the cake. Well done, you!pic.twitter.com/3vfm58V1yM

        2 replies 0 retweets 49 likes
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      2. Ray Thompson‏ @rathompson01 May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Your assumption is that McConnell wouldn't have gone Nuclear. It's not like he blocked a SCOTUS seat, or did away with a century-old 'Blue Slip' understanding. You are attributing a sense of decorum to people that have repeatedly proven that they are craven opportunists; Why?

        5 replies 23 retweets 132 likes
      3. John‏ @johnlk1980 May 17
        Replying to @rathompson01 @mkraju

        More than that, McConnell *literally also went nuclear to abolish the filibuster on SCOTUS appointments as soon as he had a Republican nominee to confirm*.

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
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      1. Donna Gravehowls‏ @DonnaDiva May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Maybe find another culprit besides "the Democrats" for everything. Maybe look in the mirror for why we're here now, CNN dude.

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      1. Reji Nath‏ @RejinathR May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        This is how the GOP play mainstream media into playing up their talking points. The people who smoked the SCOTUS filibuster, Blue slip, and every other senate rule, would've definitively stuck to 60 vote for cabinet... Yeah, sure!

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      2. Ben King‏ @BenKing216 May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        This is a bad tweet

        1 reply 2 retweets 117 likes
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      1. Kyle‏ @Kentroyals5 May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        The problem with your tweet is "and GOP kept rules in place"

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      2. Maybe, Not Probably‏ @fireater02 May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Oh yes, this is definitely a Most True And Accurate Tweet. Certainly McConnell, who was in no way responsible for the sandbagging during Obama's Admin, and who absolutely did not act in bad faith to get a Supreme Court Justice, would surely respect Senate norms and rules.

        1 reply 1 retweet 18 likes
      3. Maybe, Not Probably‏ @fireater02 May 17
        Replying to @fireater02 @mkraju

        This is simply a case of both sides being at fault. Please convene a panel to discuss how, if only the Dems were reasonable, really this all could have been avoided.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Adam‏ @APotrzebowski May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Uh, have you slept through the entirety of Mitch McConnell's tenure in Congress?

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      1. Gaseous Clay‏ @dailyrefuge May 17
        Replying to @mkraju @RamCNN

        Lol they didn’t even meet garland, there’s no chance GOP would keep rules in place...

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      2. Dudeguyy23‏ @Dudeguyy May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Have you met Mitch McConnell?

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      1. Shady Mitt‏ @Shady_Mitt May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        Stop using nuclear option to name a congressional process. It's degrading to all the nuclear options. Also if the world stop spinning neither Pompeo not Haspel would have been confirmed. You are a journalist, right?

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      2. Hilts, CAPTAIN Hilts‏ @geokelley May 17
        Replying to @mkraju

        "IF" Trump had not won, and the Russian collusion and compromise with the entire GOP been exposed earlier, a great many things would be different.

        1 reply 2 retweets 15 likes
      3. nik‏ @nikitos1979hmm May 17
        Replying to @geokelley @mkraju

        Lol that Russian collusion sure is evasive

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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