{"id":1029525,"date":"2024-02-08T20:36:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029525"},"modified":"2024-05-20T03:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:22:58","slug":"a-week-of-woes-republican-infighting-heats-up-during-yet-another-gop-string-of-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/a-week-of-woes-republican-infighting-heats-up-during-yet-another-gop-string-of-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week of Woes: Republican Infighting Heats Up During Yet Another GOP String of Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to a week of Republicans fighting with each other after they put politics ahead of the American people, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans struggled and subtweeted their way through another week of failing the American people. From pursuing an impeachment sham that fell apart on the floor to refusing to support bipartisan legislation to secure the border in order to boost Donald Trump, it\u2019s no wonder tensions are high in the GOP chaos conference. Week by week, Republicans continue to make it clear just how incapable they are of delivering for the American people \u2013 and just how beholden they are to Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Republicans in Congress lashed out at each other throughout a disastrous week of embarrassments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a>: \u201cIt was a mess, what happened here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cSen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), the lead GOP negotiator, criticized Republicans on the Senate floor Wednesday for allowing presidential politics to influence their vote. \u2018I had a popular commentator … that told me flat out, ‘If you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, I will do whatever I can to destroy you,\u2019\u2019 Lankford revealed ahead of the Senate’s failed vote to advance the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Dan Crenshaw<\/a>: “If we have a bill that, on net, significantly decreases illegal immigration, and we sabotage that \u2014 that is inconsistent with what we told our voters we would do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Igor Bobic, HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cGOP Sen. Cramer calls impeaching Mayorkas \u2018the dumbest exercise and use of time\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018What’s rich to me is the speaker says the [border] bill in the Senate is\u2026 dead on arrival. And then they proceed impeaching a cabinet secretary, which is obviously dead on arrival.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Troy Nehls<\/a>: \u201cI had many people reach out to me via text message and say, ‘What the hell are you guys doing up there?\u2019 \u2026 We’re not acting like we’re in the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Thomas Massie<\/a>: \u201cName one thing that\u2019s improved under the new Speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Neukam<\/a>: \u201cMessage from senior GOP aide: \u2018If we lose the Israel vote after losing Mayorkas impeachment: VACATE.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cRepublican Senator Loses His Mind Over What His Party Is Doing on Border Deal\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/a>: \u201cRepublican sources also told the Washington Examiner that Johnson\u2019s speakership must be up for debate after Tuesday\u2019s losses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cFollowing the votes, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie said getting rid of McCarthy \u2018has officially turned into an unmitigated disaster,\u2019 while challenging others to \u2018name one thing that’s improved under the new Speaker.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salon<\/a>: \u201c\u2018What the hell are they thinking?\u2019: Furious Republicans erupt over \u2018embarrassing\u2019 defeat\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw Story<\/a>: \u201cDoubts swirl around Speaker Johnson\u2019s abilities after \u2018embarrassing\u2019 losses: report\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpeaker Johnson, like his predecessor, Speaker McCarthy, has a razor-thin majority. But so did Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her final years as Speaker. As the Brookings Institution noted near the end of her tenure as Speaker, Pelosi \u2018never lost a leadership fight and rarely lost a legislative battle.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to a week of Republicans fighting with each other after they put politics ahead of the American people, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cRepublicans struggled and subtweeted their way through another week of failing the American people. 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