On: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died

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That is revisionist history at best Harry Reid (D) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid changed the rules and Congress have been fucked ever since.

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Why is this downvoted? Harry Reid literally eliminated the ability of the minority party to filibuster a presidential nominee.[1]

So the Democrats are basically complaining that they can't stop a Trump nomination, but only because they changed the rules themselves.

[1]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/21/harry-reid-sen...

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You can’t possibly argue in good faith that the republicans would not have changed it anyway.

[manquer → evan_]

Perhaps not, however democrats should not complain when they set precedent knowing full well they will end up regretting it later.

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OF course not. It's just ironic the Democrats themselves eliminated a rule that could have helped them now.

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It would not have helped them now because it would be gone