Why The Trumpified GOP Feels So Hapless At Governing

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[link:https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-trumpified-gop-feels-hapless-221021102.html|



As Senate Democrats were getting ready for the final votes on their big health care and climate legislation late last week, their Republican counterparts seemed prepared to make one last, desperate stand: They were going to force votes on an array of controversial amendments, pull out every available procedural delay and rouse their supporters at the grassroots level, all in the hopes of breaking Democratic unanimity or, absent that, making the final vote on the legislation as politically painful as possible.

It was going to be a familiar ritual; there had been similar spectacles in the past. On Capitol Hill, staff, advocates and journalists hunkered down and checked supplies ― my indefatigable colleague Igor Bobic said he was stocking up on Red Bull and Girl Scout Cookies ― and the only question was whether it would last until Monday or Tuesday, or maybe even longer if one of the wavering Democratic senators had second thoughts or new demands.

But by Saturday evening, it was clear the Republicans’ hearts weren’t in it.

[emulatorloo]

1. They have no clue how to govern, just how to campaign using lies and toxic rhetoric

[J_William_Ryan]

2. They have no clue as to sound, responsible governance.

Unfortunately, they’re quite capable of governing pursuant to neo-fascist, authoritarian rightwing dogma.

[neoconn]

3. How can they govern....

When there is no agenda? Fighting the inevitable culture creep is not governing (in America standards).