The second they try to use it, the republicans will nuke it, citing the precedent that the democrats did it first with lower court judicial nominees when they refused to let a single one pass, same way they did with scotus nominees when democrats dared to use it one time in protest against the stunt they pulled with Garland.
Force Dems to reign in minority power the tiniest bit and use that as an excuse to remove minority powers entirely the second they’re in the majority is pretty standard Rep SOP now.
Filibust everything.
Democrats kept the filibuster around for this reason, right? They didn’t just keep it around to prevent progressive policy from passing, right?
The second they try to use it, the republicans will nuke it, citing the precedent that the democrats did it first with lower court judicial nominees when they refused to let a single one pass, same way they did with scotus nominees when democrats dared to use it one time in protest against the stunt they pulled with Garland.
Force Dems to reign in minority power the tiniest bit and use that as an excuse to remove minority powers entirely the second they’re in the majority is pretty standard Rep SOP now.