Republicans have spent the past year twisting themselves into hideous contortions in order to avoid hearings on President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, so it’s no surprise that they’re already planning to stymie Hillary Clinton by any means necessary should she win the presidency. In a new Washington Post op-ed, two former advisers to Richard Nixon—but of course!—lay out a four-point strategy for the GOP to thwart Clinton and claw its way back to power in the event of a Donald Trump loss. The crux of their scheme isn’t exactly subtle:
Trump will drag down the entire ticket, but it is vital that Republicans maintain control of the Senate, if possible, and at the very least, the House.
With a Republican House, attention-getting hearings can be held every week on the inevitable missteps in a Clinton administration. The domestic scene, from the economy to health care to trade to infrastructure, will quickly ripen for congressional oversight.
Got that? The chief reason for Republicans to strive to retain the House is not so that they might, say, forge compromises with Democrats, or even steer legislation in a more conservative direction. Who’re we kidding? It’s so that they can launch even more bogus “investigations,” spark sensationalist headlines, and grind a hypothetical Clinton administration into paralysis. Legislating? That’s for suckers.
But if the GOP keeps its strangehold on the lower chamber, we can expect nothing but Benghazi on steroids for four straight years. That’s why it’s so vitally important that we expand the playing field to capitalize on the looming Trumpocalypse and give Hillary Clinton a Democratic House next year. We’ve suffered enough Republican gridlock this decade. Let’s end it now.
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