Washington Monthly writer Bill Scher said conservatives used to despise Democrats when they “picked winners and losers.” But now their U.S. president is doing it. I’ll say it,” President Donald Trump announced at a Monday press conference (perhaps unwittingly courting a lawsuit), according to Scher. “Don’t take Tylenol.”“When Democrats made arguments for environmental or health regulations based on rigorous science, Republicans went to enormous lengths to challenge the science and resist government action,” said Scher. “Republicans of the past — the very recent past — routinely slammed Democrats for ‘picking winners and losers’ when pursuing government subsidies, tax incentives, or regulations designed to promote renewable energy,” said Scher. “If there are any principled conservative Republicans left, here’s your chance to prove it,” wrote Scher.