The mainstream media were all for the “nuclear option” when it was Democrats doing the nuking. The press showered praise upon the Senate for removing the filibuster for lower-court judicial nominees and executive appointments in 2013 in the effort spearheaded by then-Majority Leader Harry Reid. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow assured her viewers at the time that “judges…
FLASHBACK: Media Praised Senate Leader Harry Reid’s ‘Nuclear Option’ in 2013
