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Originally Posted by baddog
You remember the Democrats did it a few years ago, right?
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There was a very big difference between the two.. When Democrats did it, it was after several years of Republicans blocking everything. Obama was elected in 2009 & Democrats didn't do it until 2013..
Republicans were blocking all lower judge appointments and other executive appointments for several years..
Now fast forward to now, we have a Republican majority who has "some" democratic support, meaning it's not a case of Democrats just blocking things in spite. Added to this it's only 2 months into the new administration and rather than "try" to work with Democrats they just jump to nuclear option over the very first attempt to appoint a judge.
Honestly, baddog, you don't see the difference? On the Democrats side it was used only after several years once every other option had failed. Yet on the Republican side, it was the 1st option used with nothing else attempted on the very 1st vote..
You have to see the difference don't you?