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OhhhJa posted...

How is this any different from the numerous whatabout responses in reference to bringing up Obama's massive deportation that the left turned a blind eye to while blasting trump for the same thing?

Pointing out hypocrisy or blindness on an issue - including the one you're referencing - is not whataboutism/ Saying "the Republicans are using a totally different standard in 2018 now that they're in power than the one they used in 2016 when they're out of power and that's horrible" is not whataboutism.

If he had said "it's OK for the Democrats to be obstructionist; after all, Republicans did it in 2018", that's whataboutism, because it's using previous bad behaviour by an opposed party to justify current bad behaviour.

Personally, as I've said several times, I acknowledge that the Democrats are engaging in pure partisan gamesmanship and that is absolutely a negative; I also don't care, because the Republicans are just as guilty of it, so seeing it used against them brings me satisfaction on a purely personal level, and hopefully after this shitshow both groups will take a step back and try and restore some sense of sanity to judicial nominations (note: this won't happen, but I like to pretend it will).
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