Mitch McConnell Threatens To Burn Down The Senate If Democrats Take Away His 'Precious'

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7. Wait, so why is it ONLY when DEMS filibuster or remove it that it's unprescedented power grab?

“destroying the filibuster would drain comity and consent from this body to a degree that would be unparalleled in living memory.”


Really McConnell? YOU DON'T REMEMBER DOING THE SAME IN 2017? HOW IS DOING WHAT YOU DO UNPARALLELED?

OH because someone ELSE is doing the doing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/us/politics/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-senate.html


Really McConnell? YOU DON'T REMEMBER bitching about DEMS USING the filibuster and then blowing it up in 2017 to get your Supreme Court nominee through with less than 60 votes?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/01/fact-check-gop-ended-senate-filibuster-supreme-court-nominees/3573369001/




NOW yes, in 2013 Reid and Democrats lowered vote threshold on most nominees, but not for Supreme Court picks when Republicans tried to block MULTIPLE Obama nominees.

In 2013, Democrats held a majority in the Senate while President Barack Obama occupied the White House.

For four decades, a 60-vote supermajority had been required to advance all federal judicial nominees and executive-office appointments, per The Washington Post.

Then, Senate Republicans attempted to filibuster multiple Obama nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, his pick for Defense secretary, and his choices to lead the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In response, Reid orchestrated a move to lower the Senate vote threshold to 51 to confirm most presidential appointments — but not nominees to the Supreme Court.