Thune Left Town and Made Sure Trump Can’t Fill Vacancies While He’s Gone — The Enemy Is Inside the Gates

The only thing you can count on with this iteration of Senate Republicans is that when given the opportunity, they will choose to wait. There’s always time to wait, to postpone, to hope it goes away, until time runs out — which is the game we are witnessing.

Democrats are coming for the filibuster. Coming for the courts. Coming for the election system. And John Thune is at the pool making sure they get a head start.