Democrats brought a gun to a knife fight, and they still lost

Indeed, Leonhardt’s claim that Democrats have played by “more genteel rules” is risible. The party that made “Bork” a verb and filibustered GOP appeals court nominations can hardly be called dainty. Senate Democratic leaders even tried, but failed, to filibuster Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

At least, the filibuster was their preferred approach until they regained the majority, at which point they nuked it for most presidential nominations. This is how genteel Democrats respect long-standing political norms.

When it comes to the integrity of elections, genteel Democrats are currently flooding the media with claims that the 2016 election was “hacked by Russia.” The claim is not only baseless, but nearly impossible.

Our genteel President Obama, when asked whether he had the legal and constitutional authority to unilaterally delay Obamacare’s employer mandate, replied that he did not care about those who had raised the question. We know he blew off this contentious legal question because he was asked by… the New York Times.