If McConnell insists, the Dem response should be to go nuclear on the organizing resolution, which under current rules needs 60 to pass. Dems extended a reasonable deal, McConnell spit on it. So reform the filibuster now, organize the Senate as Dems want, and pass Biden's agenda. https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1351673552693583873
McConnell is denying Dems' legitimacy. Dems won control of the Senate fair and square. Now McConnell is attaching conditions to the resolution that organizes the basic business of the chamber. It's an overreach. But he's daring Dems to stop him because he doesn't think they will.
That, plus a good old-fashioned arm wrestling contest. There is no downside to this for McConnell - unless Democrats call his bluff and take away his power. https://twitter.com/JoshuaMZeitz/status/1351682353782009858?s=20
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