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@donmoyn.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy 2 hours ago

This is an ongoing pattern, where people seeking extraordinarily important jobs that require judgement and independence can't pass the most basic litmus test for supporting American democracy
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

KING: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: I've answered that question. I'm going to get into that KING: You have not answered that question. Could you answer it? C: Joe Biden was certified KING: No. That's not an answer. You told us you'd tell truth to power, and you won't answer a very simple Q

Every recent Trump judicial nominee before the Senate who was asked about the 2020 election came up with formulaic dodges, like saying not that Biden won, but was “certified” or “served.” They said it was a political issue they could not comment on — when the outcome was actually decided by courts via dozens of lawsuits. How will they judge future lawsuits from their patron?

Kevin Warsh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve was similarly unwilling to acknowledge that Trump lost. How much backbone will the nominally independent Federal Reserve have when Trump tells it what to do?

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