Something I think about a lot is how in November 2016 Republican Senators John McCain, Ted Cruz, and Richard Burr all basically said they would refuse to confirm any Supreme Court justice a President Hilary Clinton might nominate in her 4 year term. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... - ThreadSky

sethcotlar.bsky.social • 19 days ago

Something I think about a lot is how in November 2016 Republican Senators John McCain, Ted Cruz, and Richard Burr all basically said they would refuse to confirm any Supreme Court justice a President Hilary Clinton might nominate in her 4 year term. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/clinton-wins-gop-say-no-9-supreme-court

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kurtweldon.bsky.social•19 days ago

Something I think about a lot is how in the run up to the 2016 election, something like 18 Republican candidates for the presidential nomination all promised to do harm to one group or another of our fellow citizens.

larrymcva.bsky.social•19 days ago

I recall this. Principle and Character is no longer a part of our political culture

lady-annabelle.bsky.social•18 days ago

Something like this current administration was probably always going to result from the political state of the US in the 2010s. What we have is probably the stupidest possible version, but an attempt by the GOP at one-party autocracy was basically inevitable.

vanessachaland.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thereby proving, again, that much of the GOP cares more about "winning" and partisan politics, then the USA or humanity.

nursegenius1019.bsky.social•19 days ago

All they did for years with great deliverance was obstruct. Dems said they would but well it’s not polite and we must move along

sherribells.bsky.social•19 days ago

I love these receipts

coastofnebraska.bsky.social•19 days ago

Something I think about a lot is how a majority of republicans believed that the 2008 election, the biggest landslide of my lifetime, was stolen. They’ve thought any form of Democratic governance is illegitimate for a long time now. https://www.newsweek.com/poll-majority-republicans-believe-acorn-stole-presidential-election-210966

gnocchidokey.bsky.social•19 days ago

not even sure you need to capitalize the d in democratic :/

raflw.bsky.social•19 days ago

Eleven years later, Democrats still talk longingly about bipartisanship. Blanket, scorched earth politics by Republicans was met with "Hey, will ya cosign my bill on blah blah?"

holdthedamnline.bsky.social•19 days ago

The recent past, though filled with red flags like this, still seems quaint.

gnocchidokey.bsky.social•19 days ago

thank you

i will now have something to link for the people who keep saying "RBG SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED EARLIER NO DOUBT MCCONNELL WOULD HAVE LET OBAMA FILL HER SEAT IN THAT HYPOTHETICAL!"

sethcotlar.bsky.social•19 days ago

Even before Donald Trump became President, the leadership of the GOP had decided that normie Democrats were simply illegitimate political actors....not their fellow citizens with whom they disagreed, but un-American threats to the nation.

byrnesms.bsky.social•19 days ago

I recall Republicans suggesting that somehow Bill Clinton wasn’t a legitimate president simply because he didn’t win 50% of the popular vote. And a New Republic in 2000 bit suggesting that George W. Bush might win the popular vote & lose the electoral college & would challenge the result if he did.

benhammerhead.bsky.social•19 days ago

That kind of focused mission across the party absolutely reeks of donor demanded policy.

sethcotlar.bsky.social•19 days ago

Another thing I think about a lot is how on earth parents whose last name is Burr could name their son Dick...but that's another matter.

jamescobo.bsky.social•19 days ago

Nominative determinism

cannon4nh.bsky.social•19 days ago

There are all sorts of unfortunate "Dicks". I was in high school when these were on every street corner...

cannon4nh.bsky.social•19 days ago

Should've gone with Aaron

larryglickman.bsky.social•19 days ago

And let's not forget what Mitch McConnell did well before Trump was elected in 2016.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/03/16/republicans-refuse-to-budge-following-garland-nomination-to-supreme-court/

diffusedwavelength.bsky.social•19 days ago

And dems still haven’t bucked up. It’s shameful all around.

bluetones.bsky.social•19 days ago

Political interference into the judicial system anyone (maggots are a given, of course)...? 🤔

daimakku.bsky.social•19 days ago

Republicans have been awful for a long time now, including supposedly "good" ones like John McCain.

There is no such thing as a good Republican. Not in the last 40 years.

kirmley.bsky.social•19 days ago

are you saying john mccain isn't a spotless hero my god

dwilco22.bsky.social•19 days ago

Hell, they were ready to impeach her on Day 1. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/msna1238311

devondevoff.bsky.social•19 days ago

Her term almost certainly would’ve ended with 2 vacancies, Scalia’s for 4 years and Ginsburg unfilled in 2020, had she not retired sooner. Unless Clinton wins reelection with coattails strong enough to flip the senate in 2020, we still end up in this 6-3 hole. The Court was lost long ago, it’s grim.

carlygoodman.bsky.social•19 days ago

That moment to democracy:

greenellsworth.bsky.social•19 days ago

Did you know it's 2025???

nickborriello.bsky.social•19 days ago

This was the moment Dems needed to realize they're in a knife fight and can't keep playing nice about bipartisanship. Alas...

daimakku.bsky.social•19 days ago

They should've realized that decades ago.

But thats the thing... they know. But many of the long-term ones are complicit in letting all of this happen. They are useless centrists that would rather see a fascist win than a real progressive.

crissakentavr.bsky.social•19 days ago

The voters have long demanded Democrats act this way.

And if your choice is to not vote, well, you gave your choice up to the Republicans who would.

There's literally no evidence of center or liberal Democrats backing out when a more Progressive voice is available.

silkscreenfiend.bsky.social•19 days ago

Including moderate John McCain.

There Are No Good Republicans, vol. 813

hdthoreauaway.bsky.social•19 days ago

The GOP has been fascist or fascism curious since NIXON.

churchlady320.bsky.social•19 days ago

Two of Reagan's appointees did not get confirmed, but at NO point did any Dems say they would NEVER confirm any of his choices. The ruination of America started with this, and I'm appalled McCain was part of it.

conspiranon.bsky.social•19 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/conspiranon.bsky.social/post/3lpabn45b622h

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