“Many of us loved this strategy when McConnell was using it to block Obama’s recess appointments.”
Why would Republican Senators block the Republican President?
Unless they are really just democrats.
Power. The amount of power aggrandizement is staggering. Even at the local level I see it. Most are very comfortable with it. They believe that the more personal power they have the better off the world is.
Certainly in my little corner of the world inappropriate as much power as I can. I am convinced I do it for good too.