Now they are crying about getting nuked. They brought a knife to a gun fight. They were given the chance to back down and GOP did not blink. It was a game of chicken and elections have consequences. I think Dems were shocked that GOP pulled the trigger, that the GOP lacked the balls to do it. Sent a message to them.
At least in this case old RINO Mitch had more gonads thqn RINO RYAN.