鬼百合
One day we will wake to his obituary :-)
Republicans Admit MAGA Civil War Is a Total ‘S***show’—and it’s Only Gonna Get Worse
The MAGA Civil War has already rendered the Republican Party ungovernable, according to former GOP lawmakers who think the ‘s---show’ is going to continue spiraling out of control. The party is already acrimoniously split between the tech billionaires like Elon Musk, who helped bankroll Trump’s...
The party is already acrimoniously split between the tech billionaires like Elon Musk, who helped bankroll Trump’s re-election, and the original MAGA grassroots who have been loyal to Trump since 2016.
To make matters worse, the tiny Republican majority in the House means there is absolutely no room for maneuver, and one or two intransigent Republicans could trigger an unprecedented constitutional crisis and even delay Trump’s inauguration next month.
The first big test of Republican power—after an apparently decisive triple victory in the November elections—will be voting for a Speaker of the House on Friday. Trump made a desperate intervention on Monday, calling for the party to rally around beleaguered Speaker Mike Johnson. However, the Louisiana congressman has totally alienated some on the right of the party, who may refuse to play ball with Trump.
Thomas Massie has already publicly stated that he will vote against Johnson. Thus, the vote is effectively tied, with only one more GOP dissenter required to bring down the whole house of cards.
A contested, multi-round Speaker vote has never been required at the start of a new Congress before, and constitutional experts are split on whether the election can be certified and Trump sworn in as president if the squabbling continues.
“When you look at people like the Chip Roys, the Tom Massies, the Andy Harrises; they drink their own bathwater. They don’t really drink Trump’s bathwater,” former GOP lawmaker Denver Riggleman explained on Bloomberg TV. “A lot of people call the Freedom Caucus a Trump protection caucus. But in reality, there are people there that are very idealistic, right? They’re ideologues, and they’re also going to do their own thing… I don’t think it guarantees Mike Johnson the speakership at all.”
Riggleman said the first day of Congress on Friday was going to be “miserable,” and he pointed out that this would be the easy part. Once they actually try to pass some laws in the deadlocked House, he said: “Legislation’s gonna be a sh--show.”
