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McConnell is unpleasant, but I find it weird that people call him a hypocrite for “shamelessly” flip-flopping on nomination principles. He sees himself as a general leading a legislative war in the battlefield of the senate, not as a collegial member of an institution at piece.
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Like it would be honorable for a general to have troops lay down arms and toss flowers at the enemy 🙄 “...I argued that if she died, McConnell should do the consistent and honorable thing — and refuse to act on Trump’s nominee as a way to right the grievous wrong he did in 2016
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Honorable is not the word--prudent is. If you keep using scorched-earth tactics, you'd best make sure you win forever. Why nations generally follow Geneva Convention. Proposals to increase Supes to 11-15, bring in four new blue states, etc., become thinkable in such an env't.
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