One-Way Bipartisanship

Not a day goes by that citizens and pundits alike don’t decry how partisanship in Washington is worse than ever. This week, as the Senate trial over a completely partisan impeachment gets underway, they’re half right. If “bipartisanship” can be defined as an ability to compromise, work or vote with the opposing political party, then there certainly is a lack of it on Capitol Hill. However, on the most serious matters before Congress in recent days and decades -- the remaking of healthcare, a Supreme Court appointee, and impeachment of a president -- the inability to compromise exists exclusively on the Democratic side of the political divide. For all their talk about a “fair process” Democrats on Capitol Hill have demonstrated by their votes that they’re interested in anything but. The internet has a long memory. Footage from 1998 of those leading the 2020 impeachment charge, claiming that an impeachment should never be completely...(Read Full Article)
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