We all watch Washington and shake our heads. We send people there to get things done, but all we see are silly political games. It’s enough to make you wonder if anything will ever change, or if the swamp will just keep winning. It’s a feeling every patriot knows well.
Look, elections are supposed to be simple. The winner gets to lead. When we elect a president, he has the right to build his team. But that’s not how the Left sees it, is it? When they lose, their goal isn’t to help the country. Their goal is to stop the winner from doing anything at all.
Well, last week, Republicans finally had enough. And boy, was their answer a good one. After months of Democrats throwing a political temper tantrum, the Senate GOP broke the gridlock. In one powerful vote, they confirmed 48 of President Trump’s nominees, putting good people in jobs that had been empty for far too long.
Here’s how Leader John Thune put it. He was exactly right.
From ‘The Post Millennial’:
The Senate voted 51-47 on Thursday to confirm 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in one fell swoop, marking the first major wave of confirmations since Republicans changed chamber rules to overcome a Democratic blockade. Last week, the GOP implemented what they called the“nuclear option,” a rules change that allows groups of lower-level nominees to be approved together instead of one at a time. The shift ended months of stalled confirmations and opened the door to Thursday’s en bloc approval…
“Republicans have fixed a broken process and restored the Senate precedent that applied to previous presidents — and that is allowing … a majority of a president’s nominees to be confirmed expeditiously. Today is the first slate of nominees. There will be more to come.”
Breaking the Democrat Logjam
You have to understand just how petty this was. For months, Democrats stopped everything. They refused to approve anyone, even people who had support from both parties. They used a silly Senate rule to waste hours and hours on nominees who were going to pass anyway.
This was never about making sure the nominees were qualified. It was about one thing: obstruction. They wanted to hurt President Trump. They wanted to stop his agenda before it even started. But Republicans refused to let them get away with it.
A Return to Common Sense
Of course, the mainstream media is crying foul. When aren’t they? They call this a “power grab.” But it’s just common sense. The government needs people in charge of our federal agencies. Leaving those jobs empty is dangerous and irresponsible.
The new rule simply lets the Senate vote on a group of nominees all at once, as long as they have already been approved by a committee. It’s an easy fix to a problem the Democrats created. And you know what? The Democrats themselves even proposed a similar idea a few years ago. They only seem to hate it when Republicans are in charge.
Democrats Wrote the Playbook
And here’s the best part. The part the Left hopes you’ll forget. The Democrats did this first!
That’s right. As even CNN had to admit, the Democrats were the ones who first used the “nuclear option” to change Senate rules when they wanted to push their own people through. They created this playbook. Now, they are crying because Republicans are using it to actually govern. Thanks to the GOP’s strong move, great conservatives like Kimberly Guilfoyle and Callista Gingrich are finally getting to work for the American people.
So don’t let anyone tell you this was some dirty trick. This was a win. A big one. This is what it looks like when politicians actually fight for the people who elected them. President Trump’s agenda is moving forward, and it’s about time.
Key Takeaways
- Senate Republicans broke a months-long Democrat blockade to confirm 48 Trump nominees.
- The GOP used a “nuclear option” rule change to fix a politically broken process.
- Democrats are hypocritically attacking a legislative tactic that they pioneered years ago.
- President Trump’s America First agenda is now moving forward with a full team in place.
Sources: The Post Millennial, CNN
