So, let’s check in with all the unity that’s happening in D.C. this week, shall we?
Oh. . .
Executive Orders signed in first few weeks of presidency:
Trump: 4
Obama: 8
Bush: 2
Clinton: 2Biden: 17 (and still going)
Can't call yourself bipartisan & unifying when you govern via Executive Order…
— Chuck Fleischmann (@RepChuck) January 22, 2021
But if we point this out, it means we’re “weaponizing” President Biden’s “unity” message against him. From Obama White House staffer Dan Pfeifer:
Joe Biden ran on a message of unity. Less than 72 hours into his presidency, the unity message is being weaponized against him with bad faith arguments from Republicans and others. Here's whats happening and what we need to push back on. https://t.co/krRTPLZRCL
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 22, 2021
You see, all of these things are “not divisive” according to Pfeiffer and the GOP should just sit back and let it happen in the name of “unity” . . . or something:
To be clear,
– Biden pursuing his agenda is not divisive.
– Biden undoing Trump's policies is not divisive
– Biden rooting out Trump hacks burrowed into the govt is not divisiveNo one that makes these arguments should be taken seriously https://t.co/krRTPLZRCL
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 22, 2021
Oh, and now it’s a “coup” because Mitch McConnell wants to use the same parliamentary tool in the Senate that Dems used under President Trump when they were in the minority?
Not to mention the fact that Mitch McConnell is currently engaged in a slow motion coup of sorts by preventing the Democrats from taking the majority. The proper response any of the Republican that complains about a lack of unity is to laugh in their face https://t.co/krRTPLZRCL
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 22, 2021
Here’s a “refresher” for all those interested and why that’s total BS. THREAD ==>
MCCONNELL has consistently defended the legislative filibuster in both the majority and the minority.
REFRESHER ?
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
MCCONNELL (2019): “America needs the Senate to be the Senate. … In this country, radical changes face a high bar by design. It is telling that today’s left-wing activists would rather lower that bar than produce ideas that can meet it.” https://t.co/djrO3FFhTZ
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
MCCONNELL (2019): “I recognize it may seem odd that a Senate Majority Leader opposes a proposal to increase his own power…. But my Republican colleagues and I have not and will not vandalize this core tradition for short-term gain." https://t.co/djrO3FFhTZ
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
MCCONNELL (2018): "I don’t think the filibuster … is a problem. And it does … generate on many occasions … a bipartisan solution. We do have some big differences about a number of things, but there are a lot of things we do together." https://t.co/Szhy36p4q4
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
MCCONNELL (2017): Eliminating the legislative filibuster "would fundamentally change the way the Senate has worked for a very long time. We’re not going to do that.” pic.twitter.com/mxZD0UsrFE
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
MCCONNELL (2012): "The Senate has functioned for quite a number of decades without a simple majority threshold for everything we do. It has a good effect because it brings people together. To do anything in the Senate, you have to have some bipartisan buy-in." pic.twitter.com/Prqp0XtVRj
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
MCCONNELL (2011): Eliminating the filibuster "would unalterably change the Senate itself. It will no longer be the place where the whole country is heard and has the ability to have its say, a place that encourages consensus and broad agreement.” pic.twitter.com/6tQMd7QEdP
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 22, 2021
But if Dems *really* want to go there, enjoy what comes next:
Nuking the filibuster is the kind of short term thinking that Democrats are experts at, and the GOP is too fast to play defense on.
I mean, do it, and then say hello to a 20 week abortion ban in 2 years. Have fun!
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 22, 2021
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