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Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House.

A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as its fights Russia is stubbornly stalled.

The broken US. Congress failed in stunning fashion this week as Republicans in both the House and the Senate revolted in new and unimaginable ways against their own agenda. Lawmakers will try to do it all over again — as soon as next week.

“This is the mob rule right now in Congress — and I’m ready for mob rule. ... But it’s not a way to govern,” said Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana.

Just 48 hours put on display a spectacular level of dysfunction even for a Congress that has already set new standards for infighting, disruption and chaos after last year’s historic election, then ouster, of the Republican House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

It shows how deeply the Republican Party, under Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, is by choice or by force, turning away from its traditional role as a working partner in the U.S.'s two-party system to a new one that is rooted in Donald Trump’s vision of the GOP.

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[–] Coach@lemmy.world 75 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They can't lead. They should not hold office. And many should be in jail. People need to just quit the shit and vote them out. Let's go!

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They might as well take our tax dollars put it all in a heap and light it ablaze.

These leeches deserve ZERO pay for their continued lack of accomplishing anything.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

For pretty much my entire lifetime:

Name a more iconic duo:

Republican Controlled Congress

AND

The US Federal Government Being Unable To Do Anything productive.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Richard Nixon

AND

A shockingly high amount of current Trump related political allies/staffers

[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 40 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They're not a political party. There's no actionable platform, no leadership, no direction. It's not possible to band together around things that they're against and still get things done. Cry all day about it, but any adult knows you can't turn back the clock.

To lead you have to have a way forward. Republicans haven't been able to figure this out for decades because they aren't a cohesive group. They're a backwards coalition of bastards and need to be divided into their corners under dunce caps until they can coalesce into separate parties under actionable terms.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 points 9 months ago

Oh there's a platform alright: Project 2025.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

but they can prevent anything from getting fixed while screaming that Biden is to blame!

Mission Accomplished!

[–] MadBabs@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

"I'm ready for mob rule" is her quote? Really? Girrrllllll.