01-24-2021, 03:51 PM
So ... Trump actively puts forward nominees like John Bolton (who are not just "bad" but hideously awful) and he gets a pass, but Rand merely votes to confirm a nominee who was going to be confirmed regardless (and who was going to be "bad" no matter what) and this makes him some kind of seditious traitor. This is plainly contradictory.
Given the massively lopsided vote in favor of confirming Austin, what "horse trade" could Rand have possibly made (with Republicans or anyone else) by withholding his "yea" vote? You don't get to excuse Trump's refusal to veto bad bills on the basis that his vetoes would have been uselessly overridden, and then blame Rand when, mutatis mutandis, he does exactly the same thing.
If Trump gets a pass, then so does Rand.
If Rand doesn't get a pass, then neither does Trump.
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