Who Chose the New House Speaker: Republicans or Trump?
The House GOP is only an embarrassment if you are under the mistaken
impression that it's there to serve the national interest.
Emphatically, it is not.
The chaos of October has brought the House GOP back to where it began:
Some guy is once again Speaker of the House. His name is, for now, Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, not that it matters. If
Donald Trump tells him to change it, as when Trump ordered Republican
Party chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel to drop the "Romney" from her
moniker, Mike Johnson will become Speaker Sammy Skeever or Mike
Maloney.
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What ultimately matters is that Trump has an obedient Speaker who
supported Trump's attempted coup after he lost the 2020 election by
seven million votes. Johnson, or his replacement if Johnson doesn't
last, must be poised to perform a similar duty if Trump fails again in
2024. Anyone unwilling to overthrow the republic and keep Trump out of
jail is a MAGA enemy. They must be purged.
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Under Republican leadership, the House of Representatives has been a reactionary backwater that periodically shuts down in fits of rage.
The Speaker's contest has been another giant step into political
degeneracy. Still, the party is not technically dysfunctional. The GOP
House is only an embarrassment if you are under the mistaken
impression that House Republicans are there to serve the national
interest. Emphatically, they are not. They are there to serve the MAGA
lord, whose personal goals are dependent on the success of his
authoritarian goals. And, truly, by that measure, House Republicans
are not doing such a bad job.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-25/who-chose-the-new-house-speaker-republicans-or-trump?leadSource=uverify%20wall
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