Mitch McConnell did so much to destroy our democracy that it’s hard to pick just one thing. But Josh Marshall says this is the worst:
"These days you often hear reporters and commentators saying matter of factly that legislation requires 60 votes in the Senate. This is truly McConnell’s greatest accomplishment. People say this like it’s in the Constitution, like the two-thirds requirement for conviction at impeachment or to approve a treaty. (1/2)
But it is a novel development and it has radically altered U.S. politics. It transforms the federal Senate into a genuinely Calhounian body in which minority factions exercise a de facto and permanent veto over the majority.
"It’s what creates gridlock, the breeding ground of political disaffection and extremism."
May this cluck spend eternity in perpetual purgatory.
@SpaceLifeForm @JamesGleick Much like the Republicans impeaching Clinton knowing they could not remove him, lead to the Democrats impeaching Trump, knowing they could not remove him, just as COVID was getting a foothold in the USA.
And that lead to the modern-day Cadaver Synod of impeaching an ex-president.
Once you throw out the rules of fair play in any game, bringing them back is much harder.
"And in that last moment, just before our eyes close for the last time, we are all one.
No matter which side we thought we were on."
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@virtualinanity You mean when Democrats try to raise the minimum wage and Republicans manage to block them, you still find a way to blame Democrats?
That puts a smile on McConnell’s face.
@JamesGleick @virtualinanity oh I forgot the parlimentarian said they couldn’t so they could either ignore this role that doesn’t matter or push it through. I wonder which one the dems decided!
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/970637190/senate-cant-vote-on-15-minimum-wage-parliamentarian-rules
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