Hypocrites…
Via Free Beacon:
Senate Democrats on Thursday may be reflecting on the phrase “what goes around, comes around” after their Republican colleagues went nuclear with Senate filibuster rules.
Three and a half years after Democrats eliminated filibusters for most presidential nominations to push through former President Barack Obama’s judicial picks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) used their own tool against them: invoking the so-called “nuclear option” to advance Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination.
Democrats attempted to obstruct Gorsuch’s nomination by using the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to bypass. By applying the “nuclear option,” Supreme Court nominees would only need a simple, 51-vote majority to be confirmed.
The move is similar to what Senate Democrats did in 2013, when then-Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) used the nuclear option for judicial nominations. Although many Democrats were hesitant at the time, they deemed it necessary, citing Republican filibuster efforts.
Only three Democrats opposed the nuclear option in 2013.
Now, however, most Democrats are opposing the nuclear option.