Who to Blame?

Congressional scholar Norm Ornstein told First Read the blame for invoking the “nuclear option” in the Senate was squarely on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Said Ornstein: “This was an in-your-face, go-ahead-I-dare-you equivalent of a bully saying, ‘Go ahead and hit me,’ When the other kid says, ‘No,’ you spit in his face, kick him in the groin and force him to go ahead and do it.”