obstructionist

During the last two years, Shakib said fair and county officials have engaged in “obstructionist discovery tactics” to avoid answering key questions about happened to the goat, and what role officials played in seizing and destroying the animal.

Maybe Johnson is recognizing that his responsibilities as the head of the people’s house go beyond serving his trolliest, most obstructionist members.

But it likely won’t persist after the election because either the more unified Democrats will win a majority, or more hard-line Republicans will be elected — and perhaps Trump, too — and the party will revert to obstructionist form.

The 79-to-18 vote provided Mr. Biden another legislative accomplishment to point to, even in the face of an obstructionist House.

And this constant legal obstructionist strategy, while understandable to some degree, when constantly applied to any unfavorable scenario, will continue to produce these unintended consequences from which it will be hard for Trump and his campaign to recover.