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Democrats Prepare for Political War
Fighting Trump’s Supreme Court pick is part of a strategy to motivate party activists and donors.
Role model.
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Democrats will probably overwhelmingly oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of conservative jurist Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. That’s a reflection of the party’s growing conviction that all-out opposition to the Republican agenda is a winning political strategy.
Their role model is Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who for eight years had one objective: thwart President Barack Obama at every turn. That strategy culminated with the decision last year to reject the Supreme Court nomination of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland without even giving him a hearing.