Staring down a fast-approaching government shutdown that threatens to disrupt life for millions of Americans, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that so far has preserved his tenuous hold on House leadership but also marked it by chaos: giving hard-right lawmakers what they want.
In his eight months running the House, McCarthy has lived by the upbeat personal mantra of “never give up” as he dodges threats to his speakership and tries to portray Republicans as capable stewards of the U.S. government. He has long chided Washington for underestimating him.
But with the House GOP majority in turmoil, all but certain to hurl the country into a shutdown, McCarthy has set aside the more traditional tools of the gavel to keep rebels in line. Instead, he has acceded to a small band led by those instigating his ouster, even if that means closing federal offices.
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Some Republicans want to govern (badly mind you) But the MAGA terrorists just want anarchy or fascism
Name a single republican plan for governance that isn’t just tearing down existing systems.
No republican or conservative wants to govern, they want to destroy the government to protect the wealthy elite. Conservatism is about preserving power for the wealthy so they can govern.
The GOP is / are fucking terrorists and need to be treated as such ~ if only the “media” gave a shit about more than clicks and impressions ~ I hate this timeline!
Lmao overdramatic much?
I can see their point. The shutdown of the US government over their ideology would be a goal of the likes of Al-Quieda or ISIS. It should never be the goal of elected officials.
I think he’s probably right that people underestimate him. I think he’s underestimating the difficulty of his job too though. He probably thinks its nigh-impossible to basically herd cats, but it’s actually fully impossible, which is why so few people wanted that job.
I think people overestimate him. He rode Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor as the Lepidus of the group and was the last one standing.
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Good. I’m all for keeping a federal shutdown instead of just conceding everything.
Yeah, I bet you would, since the consequences would be devastating for all the agencies tasked with oversight of corporations and their activities while taking food out of the mouths of poor people, just like the Freedumb Caucus likes it!
Of course people dying is worth it to keep up the fraudulent “Trump is innocent and they’re just letting Mexican Muslim terrorists in with no vetting” talking points 🙄
Good. Like 90% of federal functions should be shelved permanently.
Fan of social murder confirmed. You can fuck off now.
I’m not. It’s for such stupid reasons and it has real consequences for the regular folk that get their paychecks from the government.
I get my paycheck from the government lmao. My whole office is hoping it happens because you know how it usually goes? We come in, sign some paperwork about the shutdown, lay around at home until it resolves, and then they just backpay for the shutdown time. Free vacation basically.
