Sen. JD Vance just won a promotion to vice president.
The Ohio Republican lawmaker and his incoming boss—once-and-future President Donald Trump—did so in mandate-producing fashion.
Beyond just their trouncing of Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, Trump and Vance also outperformed just about all down-ballot Republicans.
That makes the Senate Republicans’ choice as their leader—K Street darling Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.—extraordinarily nauseating.
Trump supporters had rapidly rallied en masse behind Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. Republican senators voted him third out of three—via secret ballots. Because transparency and responsiveness to the electorate. Not.
And just recently we had the addled outgoing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky reportedly saying: “There will be no recess appointments” of Trump Cabinet nominees.
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