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Roy Rolling

(6,911 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2019, 01:14 PM Apr 2019

The Delay Weapon

It was once useful to not rush, but spend time on an issue to get it right.

No more.

Delay has been weaponized.

Wrapping up Benghazi probe-------DELAY
Merritt Garland nomination---------DELAY
Implementing Russian sanctions---DELAY
Deficit impact of 2017 tax law------DELAY
Releasing Mueller report------------BIG FUCKING DELAY
Trump Tax Returns------------------CRIMINAL DELAY

But no more, too. For 10 years Republicans have used delay as a tactic, now they legally can't because they no longer hold both the House of Representatives and Senate.

And all the shit tactics they used on Obama and codified into law to restrain an Executive Branch will now be used on them.

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