Lord of the Flies in the House Republican Conference
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Nov 15, 2022 • 11M
Lord of the Flies in the House Republican Conference
Attack the extremists now
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Steve Schmidt
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Lord of the Flies in the House Republican Conference
This is ridiculous. Steve will never be anything but a conservative and refuses to see that the Dems haven’t become a far left party. The bills they have passed and want to pass aren’t radical and extremist. He didn’t say this explicitly but it’s what he implied. Imagine allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies to control costs. Imagine better health care like Medicare and Veterans.’ Dealing with the health care system recently, it’s even more broken than I realized. Something must be done! And what about efforts to combat climate change? Tell me how many of those “moderate” GOP members voted or will vote for any of these things? And I didn’t even start on the “cultural” issues like gay marriage or women’s right to choose.
Steve also completely ignores gerrymandering and what has caused half of the nation to see the Dems as evil: RW propaganda media. He also neglects to add that a growing number on the right want a strongman to control everything; they actually want an authoritarian system as long as it squashes those they do not like.
Polls have consistently show that Americans want the things Dems are working for and which Joe Biden has delivered so far. Just how would this “moderate” leader work with the president and the majority of the House? About the best we could hope for would be raising the debt ceiling, keeping the extremists off committees, and curbing the sham “investigations.” However, McConnell is already under attack for allowing some of his memebers in the Senate to vote with the Dems on bills. You really think this won’t happen to this “moderate GOP Speaker”?
Steve is his own fantasy world--the one he accuses Dems of living in.
What a bunch of hooey.
I totally agree with what you so clearly articulated is happening and what we should do. I do not, however agree that all Democrats see this election as simply a Democrat partisan victory. For example, President Biden tweeted after the election::
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Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
In this year’s midterm elections, we saw the strength and resilience of American democracy in action.
There was a strong rejection of political violence, voter intimidation, and election deniers at every level.
The American people proved—once again—democracy is who we are.
11/14/22, 5:45 PM
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https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1592287518405189633?s=12&t=J_Im0dcJQtXxIUOGCebrRg
https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1592287518405189633?s=12&t=J_Im0dcJQtXxIUOGCebrRg
He rightfully called it a victory for democracy which you also do. So I’m puzzled why you are so reluctant to give credit where it is due instead of seemingly painting a broad negative brushstroke on Democrats. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.