'If Republicans were in a similar spot as the Democrats now, Durbin and Schumer would be at the head of the charge to prevent Republicans from making a swap, boasting about how they were stopping 'extreme conservative judges' along the way.' -ZacharyFaria
According to Durbin, Feinstein is “in a delicate part of her life and her Senate service” and Republicans “should stand by her and give her a dignified departure” by allowing Democrats to replace her on the committee. Durbin is asking this not out of sympathy but out of selfishness, as Senate Democrats are now unable to push through President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees.“Tomorrow this could happen to the Republicans…she’s in a delicate part of her life and her Senate service.
Democrats have lost the ability to claim “kindness” as an excuse for anything when it comes to the Senate and judicial nominees. The smearing of then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a rapist, with no evidence whatsoever, made sure of that. Feinstein is the one who kicked that debacle off, and Durbin partook in it as well.
Then there is Durbin’s attempt at trying to invoke empathy among Republicans or tacitly threaten them. “Tomorrow this could happen to the Republicans,” Durbin said. That is true. But does anyone really think that, had this happened to Republicans in, say, 2018, Durbin and the Democratic Party would help Republicans facilitate a swap so they could continue confirming judges?
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