I feel like the only thing the freedom caucus is actually achieving is tanking Americans credit rating by holding America's budget hostage. Is there more than that? What is actually a long term goal they are hoping to achieve, or is this just another " we are not going to let the left get away with this" moment. Such a fucking joke.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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Long-term goal is a return to gilded age policy, where the rich can do whatever the fuck they want and nobody complains about their child working 14 hour days in the factory
So... Arkansas. When I think of great, flourishing states, I always think of Arkansas first
I read their statement. I don't want to live on clown world anymore. We are fucking terraforming Earth into hell and the only thing these fucken mouth breathers can screech is "woke".
Hell's not gonna build itself
McCarthy can do a CR with Dem votes. He just has to decide if has the guts. They'll stamp their feet, but they have no replacement Speaker.
Mccarthy was neutered on the second vote for speaker. It'd be nice to be proven wrong however.
He definitely, definitely will not appeal to Dem votes. He's a conservative. They are incapable of intelligent behavior. Whatever the worst decision is will be what he chooses.
So just like terrorists making their ransom demands for the release of hostages.
They just need to call their bluff again. The shutdown ruined them with voters last time. Just let them do it. People see through their bullshit.
The last shutdown was under a GOP president