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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has openly questioned whether the GOP deserves to keep the House majority, lamenting the lack of accomplishments this Congress. He’s not alone.

When Congress began the new year, Rep. Andy Biggs gave a television interview and made a startling confession: House Republicans have done nothing they can run on.

“We have nothing. In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on,” the Arizona Republican said on the conservative network Newsmax. “It’s embarrassing.”

Anchor Chris Salcedo responded with a bemused chuckle. “I know,” he said. “The Republican Party in the Congress majority has zero accomplishments.”

The exchange captured a dynamic that looms over Republican lawmakers heading into the 2024 election: They’ve passed little substantive legislation since winning the majority in 2022 and struggled to do the basics of governing with a Democratic-led Senate. Their first year was instead marked by fractiousness and chaos, complicating the party’s pitch to voters this fall. The challenge is accentuated by likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump making “retribution” against his enemies, rather than shared policy goals, the centerpiece of his comeback bid as he continues to spread fabricated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 99 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Are they actually capable of embarrassment?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

sure.

Just ask them to hold up their hand and compare sizes.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They don't see reality, so every hand would be the biggest and the best hand.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

yes, but they think you're saying they have a small dick. (even though there's no correlation between hand or foot size and dick size.)

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Only when they get caught having a gay hookup in a gray hound bathroom... Which has happened several times unsurprisingly

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I find that hard to believe... Is Greyhound really still chugging along?

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

As long as anti gay activists, pastors, and GOP politicians keep buying bus tickets so they have an excuse to why they were found chugging cock in the public restroom, Greyhound will stay in business.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Don't forget the restrooms in parks and other places. Also don't forget the underage pages that were all the rage decades ago.

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I was assuming the article said, "the GOP is embarrassing." It's embarrassing, Republicans - seems self evident. I mean, it's not like 10 minutes when by and they didn't get anything done. Weeks, months, years have gone by with GOP demonstrating no interest in governing; of course they haven't accomplished anything.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Which is complete bullshit, they've wreaked havoc on civil rights and eroded the fabric of society to the point of implosion, what the fuck they talking about "we done nothing", they did a LOT, and they should face trial and execution in the damned International Court once their fascist aspirations crumble.