WASHINGTON — Republican divisions spread across both sides of the Capitol last week, providing a glimpse into the dynamics of a potential GOP takeover of Congress as history favors the party to turn a profit in the 2022 election.
In the House, acrimonious spat revealed that Reps. The extent to which far-right conspiracy theorists such as Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., felt empowered and expected their influence to grow when Republicans seize the majority. ,
Meanwhile, a narrow group of GOP senators put forward a major defense bill and Around In an effort to block the vaccination mandate that forced the government to shut down, it offered a look at the new governing challenges President Joe Biden would face if his party lost control.
The week revealed the limits of the Democrats’ grip on power, even if they are in charge of the White House and Congress. The wafer-thin majority has left him struggling to finalize Biden’s economic and climate bill or have the process pass smoothly.
Democrats say the Republican-led Congress will empower rioters to engage in bigotry and create a safe space for far-right House members to advance racist statements and election conspiracies.
“If Republicans take power, we will default on our debt and face multiple government shutdowns every year. They will prepare to go mainstream by overturning the Electoral College and fueling violence,” said Sen. Brian Schatz, D- Hawaii said. “Putting these guys in charge is extremely risky — they’ll make Newt Gingrich look like a moderate. The Republican base lies with Marjorie Taylor Greene.”
Right-wing rebels may be a minority in the GOP, but they are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Control in 13 Months On Thursday, both of them met privately.
Mike Rounds, R.D., said Republicans must gain control of the party or risk encouraging some in their ranks to politically create wedges that play into the hands of Democrats.
Rounds said in an interview, “We’re against deadlines. Individual members are exercising their privileged rights. And they’re getting married. And as long as you encourage people to swoon, you’re going to get married.” Going to get more of it.” “It’s very unfortunate. The leadership needs to address this.”
Earlier last week, after Rep. Nancy Mays, R.C., condemned Boebert’s comments, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Min. Compared to a terrorist, because of his Muslim faith, Greene told Mace to call”TrashThis sparked a bitter feud between the two lawmakers, with Mace using an emoji to call Green Mad,
McCarthy kept his distance, refusing to punish Boebert’s racism or condemning Greene’s attack on his colleague. Other GOP allies view Boebert and Greene as agents of anarchy in their first words, but party leaders are reluctant to criticize them as they seek to ally with former President Donald Trump and discredit their fabricated claims. Want to promote that widespread fraud decided the 2020 election. ,
Critics have accused McCarthy, who is wary of Trump’s bad side given his clout with conservative voters, of giving Republicans a safe haven of racism and dangerous conspiracy theories to become House speaker in 2023. Control must be achieved.
McCarthy on Friday dismissed the possibility that intra-caucus acrimony would compromise his ability to rule if he is speaker.
Responding to a question, he said, “No, we will be all right.”
“If we are given majority confidence, we will tackle inflation, we will secure our limits, we will bring down petrol prices, and we will focus on the economy,” he said.
Across the Capitol, a handful of right-wing GOP senators were able to work on generally non-controversial issues last week. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Its objections torpedoed a vote to reauthorize defense spending. And the crusade against vaccination mandates by Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pushed Congress to the brink of closure.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.N.Y., repeatedly blamed “Republican dysfunction” for the bottlenecks. The difficulty in passing the stopgap bill without a change in the level of government funding points to the difficulty of reaching a full-year appropriation deal by February.
“We must get out of shutdown politics completely, and that is something that a handful of people on his side insist on doing,” said Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., who is seeking re-election next fall. are facing. “We’d be much better off under the Democrats’ control.”
Adding to the high stakes, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark case and indicated that it was Roe v. Wade, the decision legalizes abortion nationwide. A Republican victory in the midterm elections could fuel a half-century-long conservative goal of banning or outlawing abortion.
Green attacked Mace as “pro-abortion” because Mace supports an exemption allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest. bludgeon replied Him on Twitter: “Who I’m not is a religious fanatic (or racist). You might want to try it out there in your little ‘league’.”