{"id":1025992,"date":"2023-10-05T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025992"},"modified":"2024-06-04T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:10:43","slug":"dnc-statement-on-house-gop-being-beholden-to-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-house-gop-being-beholden-to-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on House GOP Being Beholden to Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid new <\/em>reporting<\/em><\/a> that \u201cDonald Trump is considering a visit to the Capitol next week where he is open to pitching himself as a speaker candidate,\u201d <\/em>DNC spokesperson Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMAGA House Republicans may be in complete chaos, but at least one thing is clear: Donald Trump not only owns the House GOP circus, but remains its proud ringleader. The fact that MAGA House Republicans are spending their time fighting over who can best do Trump\u2019s bidding instead of delivering for the American people tells you everything you need to know about their party\u2019s priorities.\u201d
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This is just the latest example of the House GOP being completely beholden to Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian:<\/a> \u201cTroy Nehls, from Texas, calls Trump \u2018the greatest president of my lifetime\u2019 and says he will nominate him to replace Kevin McCarthy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump looking for Speaker who will help him\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cBut in today\u2019s Republican Party, doing the right thing is considered a transgression, not a virtue \u2014 a sign of unforgivable allegiance to the political establishment. \u2026 House Republicans, beholden to a base that reveres former President Donald J. Trump and detests compromise, have become ungovernable.<\/strong> And it is doubtful that his precipitous downfall will break the fever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cOne other factor has brought the House Republicans to this point. That is the person and example of Donald Trump, the former president. <\/strong>Trump put governing by chaos on steroids (if one can call what he did governing) and in doing so produced a group of Mini-Mes, symbolized most by the politician who brought down McCarthy on Tuesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.). This is the kind of leadership the party now offers the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Republicans nearly shut down the government at Trump\u2019s bidding.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sahil Kapur, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s new instruction to congressional Republicans on government funding: \u2018UNLESS YOU GET EVERYTHING, SHUT IT DOWN!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Worth remembering, Trump forced a 35-day shutdown over wall money as president but ultimately caved and reopened gov\u2019t after getting nothing.)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matt Gaetz<\/a>: \u201cTrump agrees with me <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not @SpeakerMcCarthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Continuing Resolution <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Break the Fever<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hold the Line\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andy Ogles<\/a>: \u201cTHANK YOU @realDonaldTrump for your support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO CR \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Pass the 12 Appropriations Bills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Secure Border<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Debt Commission to Cut Spending <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Release J6 Tapes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Defund DA Jack Smith & Sec Mayorkas\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of focusing on getting things done for the American people, House Republicans are moving forward with a baseless impeachment at Trump\u2019s bidding for his own political retribution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump has been weighing in behind the scenes in support of the House GOP push to impeach President Joe Biden<\/strong>, including talking with a member of leadership in the lead up to Tuesday\u2019s announcement authorizing a formal impeachment inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independent<\/a>: \u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene has admitted that the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry is a nakedly political scheme to ensure Democrats \u2018lose big\u2019 at the next presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMs Greene this week told The New York Times she had briefed Mr Trump on her strategy of making the inquiry \u2018long and excruciatingly painful\u2019 for Mr Biden.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need we say more? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

@RepMTG<\/a>: \u201cIf Trump becomes Speaker of the House, the House chamber will be like a Trump rally everyday!! It would be the House of MAGA!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@RepGregSteube<\/a>: \u201cWe need a MAGA Speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@RepTroyNehls<\/a>: \u201cAmerica misses President Trump\u2019s leadership. He would make Congress great again as Speaker of the House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@RepTroyNehls<\/a>: \u201cAre you ready?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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