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Cass Sunstein: GOP’s toasts to Kavanaugh are unspeakably cruel

It's graceless and ugly, and rarely a good idea, to kick people when they're down.

The word "triumphalism" captures that kind of kicking. In a polarized political environment, triumphalism is dangerous.

Many Republicans are joyfully celebrating the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Texas Sen. John Cornyn tweeted a photograph of what was apparently Champagne, with the words, "Not quite #Beers4Brett but #Bubbly4Brett instead."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says that he wants to “thank” Kavanaugh’s opponents — whom he called “the mob” — because “they’ve done the one thing we were having trouble doing, which was energizing our base.