Posted on 10/04/2023 4:52:39 AM PDT by MtnClimber
When Democrats are in the majority, they get their way. And when Republicans are in the majority, the Democrats also get their way. Most recently, after the stopgap spending bill was passed, Rep Jamie Raskin took to MSNBC to boast that the Democrats “got the vast majority of what we wanted” from it. And for some Republicans that was the last straw.
Eight House Republicans allied with Democrats on a vote to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy. And for the first time in over a century, a House Speaker was successfully booted from office.
A civil war among Republicans came down to threats from both sides of collaborating with Democrats in a House of Representatives with a narrow majority. And collaborating with Democrats seems to be the only thing that House Republicans know how to do anymore.
What are the legislative achievements of a House GOP majority, today, yesterday and the day before? They invariably involve collaborating with Democrats for personal political gain.
It’s been over a generation since a House Republican majority delivered for conservatives. Congressional Republicans are too terrified to fight Democrats and instead go after safe targets like each other. It’s not even worth counting how many times a Democrat White House made a House Republican majority cower in fear over the threat of being blamed for a government shutdown. Or how often that same majority compensated for surrendering to Democrats with meaningless virtue signaling votes that everyone knew were never going to pass the Senate.
Why are Democrats able to effectively wield their House majority while Republicans couldn’t? The Democrats are not afraid of what Republicans think of them. They develop a plan, implement it and dismiss Republican efforts to stop them. Republicans however care a great deal about what Democrats, in the House, in the media and the culture, think of them.
When Republicans threaten to blame Democrats for something, they laugh it off. Democrats backed the mobs that burned cities to the ground and opened the border to an unprecedented mass invasion without worrying what the Republicans would say. But Republicans live in fear of being blamed for a government shutdown. Rather than risk being blamed for shutting down the country, they shut down their own agenda, and then formed circular firing squads.
House Republican majorities do very little because they want to avoid taking responsibility for anything. When there is a Republican Senate majority or a Republican White House, they defer to them. And when there isn’t, they defer to the Democrats. The pattern is that the House Republican leadership wants someone else to take on their responsibilities....
Only eight Republicans voted to oust McCarthy. That puts a spotlight on the problem.
Daniel Greenfield ping
McCarthy’s problem is McCarthy.
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Of just go jump in a lake Daniel. This is exactly what their voters voted for.
This is a lot of nonsense concern. People don’t want to fund Ukraine. They want spending cuts not rolling over to the dems every time
Bingo.
The current House is a RINO zoo and smells like one.
Above commentary sounds like a VDH lecture at Hillsdale.
The RINO-cratic minority in the former Republican label is now a majority. They no longer squirm to hear this kind of truth-lashing. They chuckle and know that while despised by true Americans, they’ll still get rich(er).
What mission? After a term or two, most House members lose their reformist zeal and stay for the swag: stock tips, sweetheart deals, jobs for family, and so on.
Nominate a conservative Speaker and the RINOcrats will vote against him.
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Only eight Conservatives voted to oust the Republican Speaker, McCarthy. That puts a spotlight on the problem.
To me the spotlight is squarely on the Republican Party’s lack of convictions. Conservative? Liberal? Both? American? Globalist? Federalist? Washington Power? Multi Party System? Uniparty?
Each and every question mark adds up to the big question, what is the relevancy & viability of the current Republican Party.
So, Mr. Greenfield, stop caring what the ‘Rats think.
BTTT
That title should read “Broken Government”.... from the White House to Congress to the Federal Bureaucracy.... its ALL broken... none of those scumbags give a shit about America or its people.... they are fat hogs taking their turn at the trough at the taxpayer expense and they’ve sold out the next 3 generations. They should all be on trial for treason.
Should have been 208.
Daniel, you horn is showing....
:: This is exactly what their voters voted for. ::
Until you realize that “the voters” didn’t vote.
The “election” was pre-printed by Runbeck.
What I really hate is the attitude that all the R speakers seem to have of “I am doing you all a favor by being the speaker, you are lucky to have me”. I hate that sh!t.
What is needed in Congress... New blood!
The old guard still wants to deal with the democrats. The democrats are past dealing with. McCarthy right away, making deals with the dems giving Biden more money. It has to stop! Can’t make deals with cheaters, corruption, and liars.
At this point, we need someone who can stand and do what is right..unashamedly conservative.
IF you have errands accurate then none will f this would have occurred. But that’s ok believe your delusion and don’t vote. The dems count on that
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