Harry Reid's Gambit

[Major Hogwash]

5. They have an obligation to the American people to conduct official federal business.

So, when the Rethuglicans blocked 45 executive nominees, people who are nominated to run the federal departments of government, it was obvious that the Rethuglicans were strangling the federal government, acting like a lynch mob.

The Rethuglicans were shutting down the government from within by using the filibuster, but they overreached.