He's absolutely right; it's a fundamentally Republican feature to allow an extremist minority to control everyone else. The electoral college gives republicans a huge advantage in presidential elections, for example, and now we see that the Freedom Caucus, a very small cadre of right wing extremists, can exert it's will over the entire 435-member Congress. Instead of compromise, a handful of wackos elected a guy who swore to "fight vigorously with the Democrats."
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I would've been content to see some more infighting followed by a moderate R elected, but the route they're currently taking will lead to long term devastation to the party and I'm here for it.
I keep hearing about these 'consequences' of which people speak, but I have yet to directly observe any.
Well, we did get a red premature-ejaculation instead of the red wave that historical trends and polling at the time expected us to receive in the last mid-terms.
But yeah, despite a completely obvious and open moral bankruptcy folks keep voting for them.
Even pre-Covid they have been dying faster though, so there's that.... https://scitechdaily.com/a-mortality-gap-republicans-are-dying-at-a-higher-rate-than-democrats/
Based on historical trends, they should have outperformed democrats in the last midterms. They did not. The fact that the freedom caucus exists is a consequence of trump becoming the republican party. They never actually want to govern (they usually complain that government doesn't work and then slash government funding and power to make it a self fulfilling prophecy) but now they are actually incapable of governing because of how poisoned the party is.
I just hope we survive the short term devastation they do to the country in the mean time.
Yep, it's one of the first things I've seen him say that I agree with. It's just that he thinks it's a good thing and I think it's a horrific thing.
Pedophile
Do you have any update on this?
“We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice and they have determined not to bring any charges against him,” Gaetz’s lawyers, Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner, said in a statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department/index.html
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told Real America’s Voice that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was sent on a mission from God to make Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Speaker.
Said Burchett: “If you can’t see the hand of God in this, then you’re just not looking.”
Yes, people in office are religious.
That's fine, but do they all think a man in the sky controls all things?
Religion tends to have that effect on people, be it their god(s) or text.
Do you want an imaginary man in the sky running your government?