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Originally Posted by SEC_Chick
I think it would be a mistake for Schumer to mount a filibuster
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Like, what's the mistake? The GOP majority isn't going to let them use the filibuster to block him, so they change the rules and he gets confirmed. Meanwhile, they can say they did everything possible to keep an extremist out of a illegitimately open appointment.
The alternative is they let Gorsuch be confirmed because he's qualified and then attempt but ultimately fail to filibuster the next guy, if there is a next guy, because he's unqualified, if he's unqualified.
My point being they're only going to get one opportunity to make this symbolic stand. They might as well do it for the guy being appointed to a stolen seat.
Especially as there might not be a next guy, or the next guy might be just as qualified.
