Then go nuclear in the Senate. When in hell will repubs ever fight like... (this tastes bitter to even say it...) DEMOCRATS?
“Then go nuclear in the Senate.”
At this point it doesn’t matter on legislation, with the having the House now locked down by the Democrats.
But yea, if the Republicans weren’t TOTAL IDIOTS for the first 2 years of Trump, they would have realized just who the Democrats are and the VERY SIMPLE FACT that once given power, the Dems will take all steps possible to consolidate that power and ELIMINATE Republicans from ever again having any power, even something this minor - as we are seeing now.
The bottom line is that the Democrats are TOTALLY DONE with debating Republicans and allowing Republican voices to be heard...that’s OVER, game over - and most of us will not see that change, at least in our lifetimes. And if we’re really lucky, people like Ted Cruz will begin to understand this...but so far, he seems to have the same, nostalgic, view of Democrats, as, say, Lamar Alexander and most other elected Republicans (by opposing Trump’s emergency declaration). The Democrats no longer give a crap, nor will they even bother to remember, what we do to try to be nice to them. If they want an emergency declaration on gun control, and have that power, they will do so, regardless of what Ted thinks today.
Message to Republicans: This is a NEW Democrat Party, and they are out for blood (literally, once they can get away with it) - either you (elected) guys accept that FACT, or your blood will likely be drawn first, not by me or others here, but by those Democrats across the aisle who you still think you can play nice with.