In the first example, late on Wednesday night (reportedly, at midnight), Trump closed a deal with Senate Democrats that nobody even knew was happening. The Democrats unbelievably agreed to give Trump four key federal judicial nominations. A few hours later, yesterday morning, Matt Gaetz withdrew. Since there’s so much dealmaking happening out of sight, the two events could easily be unrelated, but it makes you think.
So what did Trump trade for four incredibly valuable judicial nominations? Fox ran the story yesterday headlined, “Senate showdown: GOP secures deal with Schumer to save coveted appellate judges for Trump.” The sub-headline added more: “Senate Democrats, Republicans struck a midnight deal that would secure 4 crucial appellate court judge nominations for the president-elect.”
Fox described how the deal went down. Republicans have been working hard to slow or stop all judicial nominations until after Trump’s inauguration. At the same time, the Democrats have been trying to ram their woke judges through in a last-minute rush. In a very Trumplike haggle, Republicans “traded” four district court nominations to Democrats in exchange for four Circuit Court of Appeals judges reserved for Republicans.
It’s bipartisanship! Already. As I’ve said before, let the man work.
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