 Well, well, well, it turns out Mitt Romney isn't actually a loyal member of the resistance after all Shocker Now listen, he announced that he will in fact be siding with Republicans to move forward with Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee and You know if you are heartbroken by this because you thought maybe he'd do the right thing after voting to impeach Donald Trump after being The only Republican senator to vote to impeach Donald Trump I mean you should never expect Anything good to come from the Republican Party Republicans are gonna Republican. Okay? Anytime there's an open question about whether or not they will do the right thing You should always be cynical You should never be optimistic because this party is a terrible party and Mitt Romney is a horrible human being who is a political Opportunist so he's not voting with Democrats unless it's going to benefit him Now I don't actually blame liberals for thinking that maybe there was a chance that Mitt Romney might side with them because there were reports coming out That Mitt Romney might actually be chosen by Joe Biden To be part of the administration a secretary of state or something like that now That's disgusting the fact that maybe Joe Biden is considering that should make everyone Outraged however, if that were true, which maybe now I'm assuming it's not true It's not unreasonable to think, you know, maybe Mitt Romney out of self-interest not wanting to piss off his boss next year Might vote with the Democratic Party just because it's the right thing to do Since Republicans are the ones who set that precedent in 2016 saying we're not gonna approve a Supreme Court nominee During an election year, but I mean Mitt Romney didn't come through So look if you are hoping that this is going to be stopped because enough Republicans are going to you know Have the courage to do the right thing It's not gonna happen Democrats now have to fight they can't rely on Republicans to do the right thing even Republicans in You know vulnerable seats in swing states So that means Democrats if they actually are serious about this will use every single procedural Tool that they have at their disposal to block this to obstruct this to do everything that they can to raise hell To make sure that this does not Happen we cannot allow Donald Trump to get a third Supreme Court nominee because that means that the conservative majority on that court will be six three That means everything is on the table. It's already the case that collective bargaining rights workers rights That's already going to be gutted the ACA Will officially be gutted if we have another Supreme Court nominee because Roberts isn't going to be the swing votes Decide with the liberals on the court now. They'll have a cushion They'll have a six three solid majority and that means they could even repeal the ACA which is a garbage program to begin with But if they repeal that that's a disaster That means that protections for patients with pre-existing conditions vanished like that that means that Anyone who has insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges loses that we're talking about tens 20 million people potentially It's a disaster so Democrats have to fight with everything that they've got because democracy is at stake here even social issues Abortion marriage equality. These are all on the table if they have a six three majority They can do anything they want for decades reshape this country for a generation or two so they have to stop this and I'm not seeing many signs of life from the Democratic Party admittedly I'm not very optimistic. It seems as if Donald Trump will in fact get his way now To his credit Chuck Schumer did try to implement a legislative tool to limit hearings to two hours other Democrats such as Maggie Hassan were complaining about this. I mean, it's it's a sign that maybe he's willing to try something But I just I'm not feeling very optimistic It's up to Democrats, but thankfully there are some Democrats who want to fight but I don't think enough are now Ed Markey came out swinging Expectedly saying Mitch McConnell set the precedent No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year if he violates it when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress We must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court And this is exactly what I want to hear because it seems like now like I'm not saying they should give up It seems like Trump's gonna get his way Mitch McConnell is going to make this happen So if this is going to happen then I hope that what Chuck Schumer means by saying nothing is off the table next year Is that he's open to this? He's open to abolishing the filibuster and stacking the court Democracies at stake you can't allow a Lochner era on steroids to take place at a time when we are facing Climate catastrophe when Americans could lose their health insurance I mean if you allow this then you don't deserve to be in power You should resign in shame. So what Ed Markey is saying here? This is what I want to hear Nothing is going to be ruled out if this happens because we have to save our democracy We can't let this happen. We can't let them steal two Supreme Court seats It's unacceptable now this idea is something that was Mold over by the media and one Democrat in particular who is horrible Diane Feinstein responded and as NBC News reporters to Hill Kapoor explains Feinstein on ending the filibuster and expanding scotis quote I don't believe in doing that. I think the filibuster serves a purpose. It is not often used It's often less used now than when I first came and I think it's part of the Senate that differentiates itself now This um is outrageous So what Diane Feinstein is doing is effectively siding with Republicans. She's saying you know what still One two Supreme Court seats from us and we are going to just let you have it because we have to uphold these Senate norms. We're not going to do anything that might upset the status quo. I Mean Diane Feinstein, I don't know how she sleeps at night This is a terrible human being who doesn't care about anyone but herself How could you literally just admit I'm siding with Republicans? I might not vote for Donald Trump's nominee But um if it comes time to actually fight and stop that damage from a third Donald Trump nominee from being caused I'm not gonna do jack fucking shit. I'm not gonna end the filibuster. We're not gonna pack the court It's just it's exhausting because you know the minute that we learned about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death I just thought this is uh This is not gonna go well for Democrats. They just they don't know how to fight They're fully incapable of trying to even know how to outmaneuver Republicans in the slightest Mitch McConnell knows exactly what he needs to do to get this through and that's anything He doesn't give a shit if it makes him look like a hypocrite He's gonna ram this nominee through get it confirmed as soon as possible and Democrats are just sitting idly by and they're wagging their fingers. In fact, that's exactly what Diane Feinstein Decided to do because she doesn't want to end the filibuster or pack the court But I'm sure that you know this strongly worded tweet to Donald Trump in Mitch McConnell It's going to change things for the Democrats She tweeted out leader McConnell set the standard for Supreme Court nominations in an election year in 2016 Let the next president nominate a replacement under no circumstances Should the Senate consider a nominee for Justice Ginsburg seat until after the presidential inauguration? I mean that's just That's brilliant Diane Feinstein I'm sure that Mitch McConnell is going to see that and he's going to be trembling He's gonna think oh my god Diane Feinstein put out this strongly worded tweet so I can't go forward with this It's exhausting and just reading the news about this It's hard to not like feel completely overwhelmed and demoralized because these are our fighters Our best chance at stopping this from happening is a bunch of incompetent clowns who are too afraid to fight or don't care Now someone who actually Thankfully has been fighting who's saying what I'm saying that Democrats have to use every single procedural tool Under their belt is AOC and she actually thankfully blasted Diane Feinstein for refusing to Actually fight fire with fire So she responded to Diane Feinstein's initial statement about not wanting to pack the quarter and the filibuster and she said Senator Feinstein's protection of the filibuster is unjust and unacceptable the filibuster wasn't made with purpose It's the result of an accident in rule book revision and bloomed as a cherished tool of Segregationists now it empowers minority rule. That's not special It's unjust and I'm so thankful that she actually had the courage to call out a fellow Democrat But what she's saying here is so true like we don't say enough how outrageous it is that a minority party the Republican Party is In control of a majority of government and they are absolutely Steering this country in a direction where a majority of its people don't want to go Most Americans Want Roe v. Wade they want legal abortions even if personally they wouldn't get an abortion Themselves because they're at least you know logical enough to acknowledge that if you get rid of abortions That's not going to stop abortions It'll just increase the number of unsafe and illegal abortions that take place and if you're worried about death Then maybe you should start being concerned with all the wars that our lawmakers keep sending us to right all the drone Strikes that Donald Trump is approving So, you know for this party to continue to be in control and keep getting their way and You have this opposition party just sit back and do fuck all about it It's just it's infuriating but at the same time I get fired up because I'm angry But then I just feel exhausted a moment later. I mean this we shouldn't have to keep fighting for our lives every fucking time anything happens It's like whenever something happens Someone resigns from the Supreme Court Something politically happens some big event We always have to worry will Democrats fight for us there should never be a question They should just do it because we elect them to fight for us and yet they don't do that If they're not sitting on their asses, then they are actively discouraging fighting fire with fire You have Diane Feinstein's dumbass saying no, we're not gonna get rid of the filibuster. No, we're not gonna pack the Supreme Court Well, why don't you just switch sides become a Republican because you're more useful to them than you are to us at this point, Diane So as you can see I'm a little bit irritated Because this should be something that should come naturally to Democrats if they genuinely Cared if they had a buy-in to democracy then they would know what's at stake But the fact that we have to scream at the top of our lungs to get them to do anything It's just it's infuriating and I'm so fucking sick of it Fight that's why you're there Diane Feinstein is a hundred and sixty-seven years old You chose to run for another term if you didn't want to fight any longer than you shouldn't have ran You shouldn't have sought re-election if you were just gonna sit on your ass the entire fucking time But you're there now you got elected so fight. What are you doing? But I'll leave that there because I feel like if I keep ranting I'm just gonna get meaner and meaner and end up insulting them more So we'll leave that there at least some Democrats like Ed Markey and AOC are willing to fight But most of them I just don't think that they've got it in them and if this Happens if Trump actually gets his way then they should absolutely Pay for not fighting hard enough. They should face the repercussions of their inaction They should be primaried and lose their elections