{"id":1025857,"date":"2023-09-21T21:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025857"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:27:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:27:03","slug":"are-house-republicans-okay-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/are-house-republicans-okay-%f0%9f%91%80\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2026 Are House Republicans Okay? \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Speaker-in-name-only Kevin McCarthy is the picture of failed leadership this week as his conference devolves into chaos. We guess that\u2019s what happens when the motivation behind your every move is trying to appease right-wing members and turning the House majority into an arm of Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaign.

So we\u2019re just checking in \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201c\ud83d\udd5b Midday: Can House Republicans govern? At this moment, House Republicans can\u2019t govern. This isn\u2019t just an opinion, at this point. It\u2019s a fact that\u2019s been borne out in the Capitol all week. House Republicans are struggling with the building blocks of governing eight months into their majority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cDeflated House Republicans leave town with no solution for government shutdown\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordain Carney, Politico<\/a>: \u201cTony Gonzales in a tele-townhall: \u2018we are on track to have a government shutdown\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Says the House isn\u2019t \u2018debating \u2026 real things\u2019 and not offering \u2018real solutions\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018None of these ideas have any chance of being taken up in the Senate and signed into law\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doesn\u2019t support CR\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we\u2019re going to go with no, they\u2019re not okay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018F\u2013king chaos\u2019 \u2026 \u2018a total sh\u2013t show\u2019 Two texts I\u2019ve gotten from inside the House Republican leadership in the last few minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Beavers, Politico<\/a>: \u201cHouse Rs telling me some members have already caught flights out of DC today\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordain Carney, Politico<\/a>:  \u201cHouse vibe check:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Do you know what your schedule is for the next few days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay Higgins: \u2018if you find out what my schedule is will you please advise me? Because I would like to know\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House GOP is in such disarray that Fox can\u2019t even spin this one. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cHouse descends into chaos as GOP rebels again sink key defense vote a second time this week\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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