{"id":1029696,"date":"2024-02-21T23:15:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029696"},"modified":"2024-05-20T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T02:50:56","slug":"dnc-provides-house-gop-with-vacation-playlist-as-they-tune-out-responsibilities-during-two-week-recess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-provides-house-gop-with-vacation-playlist-as-they-tune-out-responsibilities-during-two-week-recess\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Provides House GOP With Vacation Playlist As They Tune Out Responsibilities During Two-Week Recess\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to MAGA Mike and House GOP leadership\u2019s Miami vacation, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of actually doing his job, MAGA Mike Johnson was too busy moonlighting as Mr. 305 this past weekend after failing to secure the border or provide critical aid for our allies. As part of their two-week vacation, Johnson and House Republican leadership jetted off to Miami for a retreat and fundraiser at luxury waterfront hotels after leaving Washington without a single accomplishment. Since the House GOP is going to tune out their responsibilities, we hope this playlist keeps them entertained \u2014 and will remind them of better times when they all lose their majority in November.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since MAGA Mike and House Republicans want to tune out work, we made them a <\/strong>vacation playlist<\/strong><\/a> for their two-week recess. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>LISTEN HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of working to secure the border and support our allies, House Republican leadership spent the weekend\u2026 at a \u201cluxury waterside\u201d hotel? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201cThe House Republican leadership has been holed up at the luxury waterside Mandarin Oriental in Miami for its annual Elected Leadership Committee retreat. This session followed an NRCC donor event at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Fla., over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Republicans themselves, it doesn\u2019t even sound like the retreat was helpful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201cGeneral takeaway: To a person, nearly every attendee we spoke to \u2014 and we spoke to a lot of them \u2014 said that Johnson didn\u2019t present a vision, but rather lectured his colleagues. One source compared his performance to a political science professor.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House GOP is wasting time getting lectured in Miami on a two-week recess instead of working on border security or aiding our allies. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cHouse GOP leadership canceled votes for Friday, and the House will return to Washington on Feb. 28 after the President\u2019s Day recess.<\/strong> \u2026 Johnson on Friday issued a statement saying Putin was \u2018likely directly responsible\u2019 for Navalny\u2019s death, but he did not give any indication the incident had immediately changed his calculus on bringing Ukraine aid to the floor for a vote. \u2026 Now, the House GOP\u2019s inaction on Ukraine coincides with comments from Trump that he would not protect NATO allies from a Russian attack if they had not contributed enough money toward defense spending.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201cThis is the most chaotic, inefficient and ineffective majority we\u2019ve seen in decades covering Congress. It started this way under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and has gotten worse under Johnson. <\/strong>And things aren\u2019t going to get easier. The House is leaving town today by 2:30 p.m. for the 13-day Presidents Day recess. When members return on Feb. 28, there will be only three days to fund a huge swath of the federal government or face a partial shutdown. There\u2019s another full shutdown deadline a week later. \u2026 By Wednesday afternoon, with Rules in a recess, Johnson pulled the plug and the leadership announced that they were cutting the week short.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And House Republicans decided to go after Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas with a silly impeachment sham instead of supporting <\/strong>bipartisan <\/em><\/strong>border security legislation. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cHouse GOP Impeaches DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas \u2014 Just To Help Trump\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cAs Republicans accuse Mayorkas of grossly mishandling the border, Johnson is actively refusing to consider the Senate\u2019s bipartisan deal to ramp up border security.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cThe border compromise would represent a dramatic change of immigration law on lines many Republicans have long supported. \u2026 The Mayorkas impeachment effort \u2026 will have zero practical impact on the crisis at the southern border.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans Against Border Enforcement\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cBorder Patrol Supports \u2018Strong\u2019 Immigration Deal. Republicans Don\u2019t Care\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump, who is hoping to make immigration a key plank of his presidential campaign, has suggested on Truth Social that approving additional resources for the border would make Republicans \u2018look bad.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cTrump made this clear when he reportedly urged Republicans in Congress to turn against the bipartisan Senate border security bill scheduled for a vote Wednesday so that he could keep the issue alive through the presidential election.<\/strong> His supporters have largely fallen in line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cI think [Republicans] are making a terrible mistake if they vote for the bill.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cPlease blame it on me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson might be out of office, but his hypocrisy never takes a break \u2014 he used to rail against \u201csingle-party impeachment\u201d and didn\u2019t support bipartisan border security legislation despite calling it a \u201cjob for Congress.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a>: \u201cThe founders of this country warned us against a single-party impeachment because they feared that it would bitterly and perhaps irreparably divide our nation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cI hope and pray that future congresses can and will exercise greater restraint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cOur immigration system is broken. Reforming that system is a job for Congress.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cThe crisis at our southern border has deteriorated to such an extent that significant action can wait no longer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cWe must insist \u2014 must insist \u2014 that the border be the top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cI do think it\u2019s past time to secure the border.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cI have said that very clearly from day one, we have to solve the [border] problem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to MAGA Mike and House GOP leadership\u2019s Miami vacation, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cInstead of actually doing his job, MAGA Mike Johnson was too busy moonlighting as Mr. 305 this past weekend after failing to secure the border or provide critical aid for our allies. 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