Trump’s calls to eliminate the filibuster and also to do away with blue slips, which allow Senators to hold judicial appointments in their own states, have so far not found much support
Grift is also a valid word as you implied and I considered it’s use here, but I felt that graft was more directly appropriate. Grift is more of a confidence trickster implication (see: Conman in Chief), but graft is a more common word for general leveraging of office or position to steal, so more of a classic politician move.
No, graft is intended. As in:
graft
: the acquisition of gain (such as money) in dishonest or questionable ways also : illegal or unfair gain
From: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graft
Grift is also a valid word as you implied and I considered it’s use here, but I felt that graft was more directly appropriate. Grift is more of a confidence trickster implication (see: Conman in Chief), but graft is a more common word for general leveraging of office or position to steal, so more of a classic politician move.