Republicans will be forced to govern under difficult, narrow margins in just over a month from now, but Americans are already seeing how dysfunctional and chaotic the GOP caucus is. Over the past week, we’ve seen:
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Kevin McCarthy make bargains with the most extreme flanks of the Republican party to scrape together enough support in his run for House speaker,
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Multiple House Republicans already come out strongly against McCarthy’s speakership bid with “solid” nos,
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Dozens of Republicans avoid condemning Donald Trump for dining with known white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who has already met with Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene,
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A GOP plan to prioritize politically motivated investigations and impeachment instead of growing and strengthening the economy,
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And McCarthy’s ally and GOP powerbroker Marjorie Taylor Greene attack a sitting state senator with a homophobic and violence-inciting tweet less than two days after the mass shooting hate crime in Colorado Springs.
DCCC spokesperson Tommy Garcia:
“If the last few weeks are any indication, Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA Majority will be a dangerous, dysfunctional, and disastrous mess that threatens progress and the livelihoods of the American people.”
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