On Thursday, for the second time in just three days, a group far-right House Republicans blew up a plan to fund government. They also set fire to efforts to prevent a shutdown at the end of the month. “This is a new concept of individuals who just want to burn down the whole place,” House
Once more, these we go. Lenin Nolly / Sipa / AP
Fight misinformation by subscribing to Mother Jones Daily’s completely newsletter and keeping up with important news. A group of far-right House Republicans detonated a short-term funding plan to the government on Thursday for the next time in three days, putting an end to efforts to prevent the end of the month’s government shutdown.
After failing to advance a spending bill once more, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said to reporters,” People who just want to burn the entire place over are the new kind of people.” That is ineffective.
It is doubtful that anyone who has even the slightest understanding of McCarthy’s leadership, which just came about after a string of historical humiliations and deals with the worst offenders of the Big Lie, will feel sympathy. The top Republican has now given in to these very people on numerous occasions, so he actually knows much more about extremists looking to overthrow the government than the public realizes. The pinnacle of for self-serving capitulation occurred earlier this month when McCarthy, under pressure from these staunch Republicans, launched an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden despite blatantly lacking the necessary evidence.
But if McCarthy thought that ordering an impeachment investigation would appease the party’s Matt Gaetz, they immediately dispelled that enchantment. Rep. Bob Good( R-Virginia) told NBC News that the impeachment investigation was appropriate. One of many Republicans who has threatened that they wouldn’t be satisfied by an ineffective impeachment investigation is Nice. He declared,” That has nothing to do with the spending conflict.” ” We can simultaneously do both.”
Several lawmakers, including McCarthy, stayed in Washington, D.C., this weekend to work on a temporary solution. Six days before a potential government shutdown, as of this Sunday writing, no progress has been made. The speaker could read my colleague Tim Murphy, who describes how a career of immoral behavior and brazen groveling made him one of the least effective leaders in recent memory, as if that were an exercise that would be more fruitful.
A group of far-right House Republicans detonated a short-term funding plan to the government on Thursday for the next time in three days, putting an end to efforts to prevent the end of the month’s government shutdown. ” People who just want to burn down the entire place are a completely new concept ,” said House.
On Thursday, for the second time in just three days, a group far-right House Republicans blew up a plan to fund government. They also set fire to efforts to prevent a shutdown at the end of the month. “This is a new concept of individuals who just want to burn down the whole place,” House
Here we go once more. A photograph of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin was taken by Nolly/Sipa/AP. Join Mother Jones’ free daily newsletter to stay informed and combat misinformation– yesterday, House Republicans considered a short-term expenditure plan to depreciate the chance of a government shutdown at the close of the month. Unfortunately, Speaker Kevin McCarthy reported that the resulting chaotic efforts may lead to the complete destruction of the agreement– effectively “burning down the whole place.” “That doesn’t work.”. Anyone not sympathetic towards McCarthy following the sequence of defeats and agreements with dishonest, powerful figures that allowed him to take control is highly unlikely. The leader of the Republican party is well-versed in working with those who wish to overthrow the government, having acquiesced to their desires in countless cases. The apex of such self-interest yielding was demonstrated earlier this month when McCarthy, confronted by these conservative Republicans, began browsing around for an impeachment of Joe Biden even though there was certainly not enough proof to. To McCarthy’s dismay, the Matt Gaetz’s of the party failed to put faith in the notion that an impeachment request would subdue them. Adam Schiff said.
Rep. Adam Schiff stated that the impeachment inquiry is justified.
