When a government is legitimately elected, you oppose it. You are the loyal opposition. When a government is illegitimately elected, you resist it. Today, we are the resistance. And that means standing in the way of everything that illegitimate government does.
Let’s go back to this before the election:
Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate here, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said that there was “precedent” for a Supreme Court with fewer than nine justices — appearing to suggest that the blockade on nominee Merrick Garland could last past the election.
Thanks Ted, for paving the way to what should be the Democrats’ position on any Trump nominee to the Supreme Court. OBSTRUCT, until either of these happens:
1) We have a president elected by at least a plurality of the American people,
2) Republicans win a filibuster-proof majority in 2018, or
3) Republicans eliminate the filibuster.
Unless those apply, Democrats should stand in the way of everything Trump does, and especially his Supreme Court pick. As Republicans have taught us over the past few years, with hundreds of President Barack Obama’s judicial picks languishing unconfirmed, there is no penalty for such obstruction. So now, it’s our turn.