I swear, the "no criticism during an election year", someone graphed it out, and when you take into account the campaign before the actual election, the primaries before that, midterms, off year local and municipal elections, special elections etc etc, there's never any time you're allowed to criticize. Which is the point but I felt like explaining it.
Like all good Democrats, he is strongly committed to the idea that the only acceptable time to apply pressure is after surrendering any and all power or bargaining chips.
There is a five-minute window every four years in which you are allowed to silently think critical thoughts about Democrats. No, we're not telling you when it is