Republicans know they fucked up. They are already crowing about it on Fox. Sotomayor’s dissent was a call to arms. My guess that the delay in ruling was an attempt to rein her in. @chrislhayes.bsky.social@gtconway.bsky.social
The fact these percentages won't be reflected in the next presidential poll (i.e. Biden at 70%) will show the profound and bizarre disconnect about 20% of the population has between knowing what is good for the country, and voting for it.
So, basically, the ~30% who want unrestricted guns, and abortion banned in every circumstance, and who think the election was stolen, and who won't get vaccinated, and who want the ten commandments in schools, and who think the president is above the law, well, those ~30% run the country now.
Biden should have expanded the court on day one of his presidency. After Mitch rigged the court, expansion was the legitimate response. But Biden plays by the “norms”, while the Republicans discard them. He got played by McConnell because of his racist white male bias. US “democracy” died under him.
