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House republicans are running their party like they have all three chambers, and a huge majority. In reality, they’ve only got 4 seats that they can afford to lose in the only chamber that they control. To pass a bill means doing it with Denocratic support (from the Senate and Executive).
They’re going to need to pick someone that basically all Republicans can agree on, so it’s not going to be one of the most extreme ones.
They're not trying to pass anything...
They want the government shut down. And a handful of em can do it on their own, so they are
Yup, they want it to shut down so they can somehow blame it on the democrats.
Nope, they want to shut it all down because they don't think there should be a federal government.
They'll blame it on the Dems, but that's not why they want it shutdown
Also because shutting down the US funding for Ukraine is good for Russia.
That may be their plan, but for the first time in my life it feels like nobody is buying that bullshit right now. We have news presenters and reporters actively laughing at Republican representatives when they try to swing the blame, and I feel the public at large understands exactly what's happening.
Their base is still buying their bullshit, though, and they're brainwashed so that won't change soon.
The benefits of a cult, right?
True the base won't change anytime soon, but those aren't the people you try to convince to switch. It's the voters stuck in between.
The democrats stopped us from having more seats.