Dissident Republicans must leave the GOP unless they want to enable it

[Zorro]

News reports suggest that House Republicans might strip 13 Republicans who voted for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill of their committee assignments. Shocking? Not so much.

Meanwhile, in criticizing the legislative redistricting plan from Illinois Democrats that leaves him out in the cold, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told Rolling Stone: “I blame Democrats for drawing that map. And I think that what it says to people is that you want Republican allies in the defense of democracy until it’s politically advantageous to not.”

There appears to be widespread confusion about what it means to be a Republican these days. Remaining in a party dominated by anti-democratic demagogues that seeks to rationalize a violent overthrow of the government, spread vaccine disinformation and incite white resentment comes with a price. Those who do not realize this are falling for a fantasy that the GOP is a normal political party, not a cult of personality complete with anti-truth hymnal.

No one should be the least bit surprised that the party that stripped Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of her leadership post wants to bring 13 members to heel for voting for a wildly popular infrastructure bill. The 13, who all opposed the American Rescue Plan, seem to have forgotten that the one thing Republicans must not do is improve America if Democrats get the credit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/09/dissident-republicans-must-leave-gop-unless-they-want-enable-it/

[Haggard Celine]

1. I didn't get to read the whole article because of the paywall,

but what you posted here is spot on. The main reason Republicans are opposing these bills is because they will improve people's lives, and they can't have happy people when it's election time again, or the GOP won't have any room to complain about the Democrats.

I was shocked that McConnell and so many others in the Senate voted for the infrastructure bill, but I think they got assurances from Manchin that the other bill would be killed, so that gave them a chance to get some pork for their states.

The BBB bill would do a lot for this country, but most in Congress think it's too generous to the common people. Gotta keep them hungry and desperate or they won't do the shitty jobs they're given.