Step one in bypassing your constitution. It won't end here.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/trump-senate-administration-hearings
Donald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administration without confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, as a future Republican government began to take shape the week after his election victory.
@NorthernInvader getting ready & paving the way for how he plans to handle scotus appts. all appts really. no oversight, no due diligence, just he wants who he wants.
no one should be surprised.
they all will continue to be surprised b/c they could not imagine anyone doing this.
but fuck, i could see it coming from a mile away. & i'm fucking cdn. 🙄
@singlemaltgirl Same - a week or so ago I wrote on this - people can't understand or even acknowledge that people like the GOP (and CPC here) don't believe social norms, and laws, apply to them. Their opponents think it's a Marquess of Queensbury fight whereas the cons go bare knuckle no holds barred no quarter given, and everyone is shocked and surprised.
@NorthernInvader 💯