To hear Rachel Maddow tell it, we’re watching a slow-motion car wreck. There’s an air of inevitability. The Republicans, unless they develop a spine, are going to appease their supreme leader and let him get all his WTF appointments while Congress is on an unscheduled, i.e. suspiciously timed—forced—recess.
Maddow views this as a test—Trump will demand that the House and Senate scoot out of town, first and foremost just to see if they’ll do it. Then he’ll know a bit more about any resistance to the Project 2025 plan, and he can make numerous recess appointments.
This is being said out loud. Everyone is familiar with the script. It’s merely now a matter of whether or not everyone follows it.
One has to hope that they won’t. The Dems still have time to do what they can to Trump-proof things—or is it more Heritage Foundation-proof—before January 20. We’ll see how much they can get to, and if it even matters.
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