Reich writes: "When Mitch McConnell says a president is entitled to have his Cabinet appointments considered, you know we're beyond hypocrisy."
Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
01 February 17
enate Democrats continue to stall several Trump nominees. Good. They should do more: They should reject them – especially Steve Mnuchin for Treasury and Tom Price for Health and Human Service (both of whom have lied to the oversight committee), Jeff Sessions (who doesn’t believe in the Voting Rights Act), Betsy DeVos (who doesn’t believe in public education, and whose written responses to hundreds of questions include passages from mysterious sources), and Andrew Puzner (who doesn’t believe in labor laws).
Republicans are furious. “It is time to get over the fact that they lost the election,” says Mitch McConnell. “The president is entitled to have his Cabinet appointments considered. None of this is going to lead to a different outcome.” When Mitch McConnell says a president is entitled to have his Cabinet appointments considered, you know we’re beyond hypocrisy. Someone should shadow McConnell with a sign “Merrick Garland” so that it’s impossible for McConnell to talk to the press without the sign showing up in the background.
What do you think?
