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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP's John Cornyn shreds Republican Kevin McCarthy after his threat against Senate legislation
WASHINGTON GOP leaders sent a letter to the Republicans in the Senate on Monday threatening to kill every bill that comes to the House from a Republican that supports the omnibus spending bill that will keep the government funded through Sept. 2023. House Republicans had threatened to shut down the government ahead of the holidays.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Senate Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) said that their problem is that the GOP is in the minority. Even in the House, the GOP is so split that they'll likely struggle to bring conservatives together with the far right.
When Raw Story asked Cornyn about the threats from House members, he said that he didn't quite understand what they were trying to do.
"Well, I wonder what they're gonna do, uh, legislatively," he said. "They can't do anything by themselves. And they're in the they have a thin majority. They're having a hard time even gettin' a majority for the Speaker."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-s-john-cornyn-shreds-republican-kevin-mccarthy-after-his-threat-against-senate-legislation/ar-AA15v4h5
McCarthy wants the speakership so badly.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,756 posts)legislation passed. Cronyn understands the play and knows that Kev doesn't got the cards to bluff.
blogslug
(38,021 posts)Maybe they really will be so fractured they can't get anything done.
Celerity
(43,708 posts)patphil
(6,242 posts)They may have numbers in the House, but they're going to see how hard it is to get all of them to pull together.
Expect a lot of votes with Republicans spite voting against each other.
There's no question in my mind that McCarthy's not up to herding those cats.
I don't think any one of them is.
Cha
(297,975 posts)on mr tough guy scared he's not gonna be the leader of the Fascist Idiots.
babylonsister
(171,107 posts)of shredding anything, but thankfully he's right. Buncha pompous colleagues he has.
FlyingPiggy
(3,391 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,878 posts)Hostage now it's being taken from them and they're soiling themselves
Mad_Machine76
(24,452 posts)He will threaten to immolate himself if he doesnt get elected Speaker before this is all over?