You might be on to something. Hakeem looks like he's calling the shots anyway.
BookmarQed.
SERKIT's Theorem #3: "Always In Charge": When Democrats are in charge, Republicans cave to the Democrats. When Republicans are in charge, they continue to cave to Democrats. Democrats always act like they are in charge and Republicans go along with the act.
Trump needs to keep purging RINOs, installing spines and guts in the party, changing leadership in the Senate, and shutting down the "untouchable" DS bureaucratic monarchies in the Federal Agencies. The "all of government " approaches to persecuting conservatives, weaponizing of the intel agencies against Americans, and the registration of voter rolls by foreign actors need to stop.