Good riddance, though a plane crash seems like a relatively easy way to “kill” someone while they go into hiding.

Sure, as long as we also have a competency test for retirees as well.

I wonder who scores better?

What procedural step is being abused here to allow one Senator to have this much influence? Or is this another case of one Senator being the face while backed by the rest of their party?

Of course, it’s just his “get out of jail free” card to save face publicly when he starts rejecting requests.

He qualified it by specifying it’s if you were “unfairly” facing repercussions, which of course means he can deny or accept anyone he wants for any reason that he wants and still claim he’s upholding his pledge.