It’s really rich, and the height of political theater, for John Thune and Mike Johnson and other Republicans to vomit Broadway caliber drama and over-the-top outrage over Democrats not yielding on the health insurance premium increases that will result from this latest CR, as government operations are held hostage yet again in another shutdown.
Thune and Johnson stand before colleagues and press and enemies across the aisle, lambasting Democrats for holding their ground in the midst of excessively harsh and severe (i.e. draconian) legislation that begs for revision or removal. It has me wondering if all of this isn’t just more tactical stonewalling to keep the media off the scent of the Epstein files. Could it all be in service of yet another distraction?
What a filthy, sad lot the Republicans have become—protecting a criminal, endangering public safety, letting the economy crater, offering up legislation that has the patina of some sort of fiscal conservatism but in reality is just a cudgel to be wielded with no regard for the millions left foundering in its wake.
This is ugly politics, calculated villainy, and just more evidence for the many who feel like they’re watching America implode. There’s money for a useless ballroom from equally useless billionaires, but it’s time to scrounge when it comes to lending a hand to fellow citizens.
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