- To avoid the pitch forks, go nuclear
- Just do it Mitch
Ted Cruz warns: If Republicans Can’t Deliver “We’ll Be Looking At Pitch Forks And Torches In The Street” Via Fox News and Real Clear Politics (excerpt)
CRUZ: We need to do whatever is necessary to get the job done. That was a lot of the topic of the discussion when I was in Trump Tower, was how we deliver. I think if Republicans go to Washington and we don’t deliver on what we promised, I think we’ll be looking at pitch forks and torches in the street and quite rightly and that can’t happen. . . .
I hope some saner heads prevail in the Democratic Party I hope there’s some Democratic Senators who actually want to come and do the job we’ve been given but I think on the Republican side we need to demonstrate resolve we need to demonstrate the seriousness to deliver on these promises. I can tell you this we are going to repeal, I believe repeal Obamacare. And we are going to confirm strong conservative Supreme Court justices to protect the constitution and bill of rights and if Democrats think they can stand in the way on that I think they are sorely mistake.
Do what the Democrats would do
From Americans: for Limited Government
Senate GOP must be prepared to go nuclear to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning in a statement called upon McConnell to act now to ensure a filibuster cannot occur. Manning noted, “It is absurd for Senate Republicans and Trump to have to get the vote of 8 liberal Democrats to put a replacement on the Supreme Court for the late Antonin Scalia. Trump and Republicans won the election largely the Supreme Court upholding the rule of law by replacing Scalia with a strict constitutionalist. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cannot allow the Democrat minority to dictate who replaces Scalia.”
Do not let eight liberal Democrats determine appointments and SCOTUS
Guy Benson writing at Townhall: Obstruction Ahead: Senate Dems Plot Course to Delay or Derail Trump Cabinet Picks
What goes around comes around? Let’s recall that Merrick Garland was nominated by a lame duck president in an election year. The Senate GOP — elected to the majority on an anti-Obama platform by the American people in 2014 — chose not to move on the nomination, based on the standard of action urged by Vice President Joe Biden when he was a member of the upper chamber. Feinstein’s formulation would make more sense if Mitch McConnell weren’t merely following the Biden Rule. As for “past is present,” remember this nihilistic GOP obstructionism when President Obama first took office?
Eight years ago, when the roles were reversed, with Barack Obama taking office and an all-Democratic Congress, Republicans were mostly deferential to the incoming president. On Obama’s first day in office, the Senate confirmed seven of Obama’s Cabinet nominees. By the end of that week, it had cleared more than a dozen senior-level positions, all without dissent except for Hillary Clinton’s nomination to be secretary of state, for which the GOP demanded a roll call. Trump almost certainly won’t be receiving similar treatment…“It is always the intention, at the start of a new administration, to have a smooth transition. That’s something President Obama recently called for and that Democrats always say they want,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for McConnell. “When the shoe was on the other foot, Republicans worked with Democrats to confirm the president’s Cabinet in a very, very timely manner.”
Benson’s article provides additional insights. Read it here.
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