McConnell says he would enact conservative policies with “zero input” from Dems. Lists defunding planned parenthood, sanctuary cities and nationwide right to work, concealed carried reciprocity in D.C. and 50 states
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 16, 2021
Don’t threaten me with a good time, just fucking do it already.
I have heard that this is America but I have seen little evidence lately. The moves he is threatening, if carried out would at least make it seem like America, land of the free again.
Where was this McConnell four years ago, when the Republicans actually had majorities in the house and senate, with a Republican President? Once again evidence that “establishment” Republicans are the Democrat Lite party, not the conservative party.
Where was this McConnel 4 months ago when he still had control of the Senate?
Being polite to the Dems
McConnell’s not going to do anything. He’s just blowing smoke to sound good to his constituents.
Fat chance. Bite me.
Require quorum? So he’s admitting he has not done that before. Which makes him a felon — falsely swearing to obey the Constitution, in which the quorum rule is stated in black and white plain English.
I call “BUULLSHIT”
Mitch would never do that
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/393210.php
A succinct summation of what’s going on here.
He’s come to love his role as leader of the Loyal Opposition- but actually being a leader scares him to death, as it does most GOPe RINos.
He needs to just do it. The Dems wouldn’t hesitate or announce their intentions; they’d just do it.
Here in Oregon, that’s exactly what they’re doing. They’ve explicitly stated that they are enacting Democrat wish-list policies with no Republican input. The only move Republicans have is to walk out and deny quorum (which won’t happen; they’ve already provided quorum to enact rules that would allow them to be fined $500 per day for not showing up to provide quorum, and quorum only requires two from each party).
Hell, even in Congress and the White House, the current Dem agenda is to undo everything Trump accomplished over the past four years — every law, every EO, every regulation and policy — no matter how beneficial it was for America, for their constituents, or even for themselves.
IOW, TDS-afflicted Congressional Dems are already going Scorched Earth.
Mitch McConnell wouldn’t be initiating Scorched Earth tactics and provoking a like-kind response. He would be the like-kind response.
Which is why I expect him to roll over and fail to follow through. It’s an empty threat, just like every other one he’s made.
If it is true that a bunch of stuff has been passed without quorum — and I suspect that is the case — the obvious answer is for anyone inflicted by one of those laws to sue to have it ruled invalid, on the grounds that it was not legally passed by Congress. If there is any record of the votes, and that number is less than 218 in the House or 51 in the Senate, then by the plain English of the Constitution that vote was not valid.
Even your typical modern so-called judge should be able to grok that.