They rejected their own funding bill. That's leadership at its finest.
This will be great when the credit standing of the U.S. is downgraded yet again.
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Why? Why don't these shutdowns sink political careers? If Ted Cruz had been properly tarred and feathered after his shutdown in 2013, maybe other Republicans would have gotten the memo that government shutdowns are not acceptable.
It's about to sink McCarthy's career. He gave too much ground to the Freedom Caucus when he was elected to Speaker. Now he's absolutely accountable to a minority of House Republicans that decide their own policy behind closed doors. The GOP can't even lead a functioning government amongst their own party. They're a laughing stock made tragic by the millions affected by a government shutdown.
He was damned either way.
Standing up to them would've also sunk his career because the freedom caucus was too powerful in a divided house regardless. He either could've failed to get the nomination for speaker on their terms or he could be speaker on their terms -- either way, a dead end. It would've been more ethical to stand up to them but was a bad political move either way.
His mistake was being a Republican, frankly.
Because of the voters.
We have only ourselves to blame.
I accept zero blame for whatever the Republicans do because I vote against them
Because of the voters.
We have only ourselves to blame.
Let's be a little more specific. We have only the people who keep voting these asshats in to blame. And by that I mean anyone who votes Republican.
Partially the system, too. One round of voting of first past the post (50% + 1) has know flaws of concentrating power into two masses. Once power is concentrated those in charge come up with ideas to entrench their position and stop governing.
Switch to rank choice voting is a no brainer to start at all levels of election.
Mostly it is because of gerrymandered districts. If you come from a safe district you can be as crazy as you want to be and you don't have to compromise.
Gerrymandering is a "both sides" thing for sure but I will in no way excuse the Republican need to systematically dismantle our democracy by undermining institutions and fomenting divisive culture war wedge issues to the point of violence. Democracy works best when everyone is involved so the Rs can choke on a bag of dicks when they start gargling about voter suppression under the guise of "election integrity."
Because this is all Biden's fault, which is what they will say and what the idiots who vote for them will believe.