How many times have Democrats heard since November: “You lost. Trump won. Get over it.”
Here’s an answer to that indelicate taunt.
Too many times, and no, we won’t get over it. Unless by “get over it” you mean follow the Republicans’ eight-year example of obstructionism when they “got over it” after Barack Obama won. Twice.
The GOP got over it on the night of Obama’s first inauguration when top Republican lawmakers and strategists met at a posh D.C. restaurant to conjure up ways to deep-six his presidency.
Journalist and author Robert Draper wrote about the meeting in the prologue of his book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives.” According to Draper, about 15 Republicans – including our own Sen. Bob Corker, along with former lawmaker Newt Gingrich and Reps. Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, and Pete Sessions – plotted ways to not just win back political power, but to also put the brakes on Obama’s legislative platform.