
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
@McCormackJohn @brianrdhamm This sort of gets back to the original point re escalation. Democrats could’ve used that power in 87 to deny Bork a hearing. Or to refuse to confirm Kennedy. Didn’t happen. Post-2016 there’s no longer a presumption that the party in control permits a vote if they dislike the prez — PolitiTweet.org