Filibustering is nothing new. If it wasn’t a key element of our democracy, it never would have been allowed in the first place.

Not holding a hearing for a SCOTUS nominee is underhand of and spits in the face of our democracy. Yet another example of how the GOP will stop at literally nothing to gain power.

There’s no doubt Dems opened a can of worms when they changed confirmations to a simple majority in 09. But that shouldn’t stop them from fighting about plainly obviously horrendous cabinet picks. The issue isn’t just that Trump is worse than Obama because he’s Republican, it’s that Trump is worse than everyone. The GOP had no reason to rally against Obama with the force they did. But Trump has proven in every waking moment since he announced his candidacy that he is simply (all politics aside) not suited for office, and his choices since being elected have only further proven that to be true. The worst cases of people playing politics in Congress right now aren’t on the Dems side, it’s the Republicans who are too afraid to stand up against Trump.