The mutual cleaning of political stables

American Thinker ^ | November 8, 2018 | Gary Gindler

[WWII_Historian]

In Tuesday's congressional elections, the Republicans lost the House of Representatives and held the Senate. Of the three branches of the federal government, the Democrats regained control of half the legislative power – that is, one-sixth of official Washington. As in the 2016 elections, few people could predict the exact outcome of the 2018 midterms. The so-called "blue wave," which the Democrats were championing, did not reach the Senate. However, the "red tsunami" of the Republicans passed by the House of Representatives.

What happened?

Behind the façade of the elections in 2018, the political stables became mutually cleared. In the Senate, Republicans were able to defeat the "insufficiently left" Democrats, and in the House of Representatives, the Democrats dealt with the "insufficiently right" RINOs and anti-Trumpists.

In other words, both the Democrats and the Republicans cleared their ranks with the hands of their political opponents.

On the surface, the 2018 elections vis-à-vis the House of Representatives looks like a Democratic victory. Judging by the number of conquered seats, this is true. However, the qualitative composition of the new House of Representatives is not at all the same as before, and this applies to both Democrats and Republicans.

This year, the second wave of purges hit Republicans who sympathize with Democrats and distance themselves from Trump (the first wave was in the 2016 elections). Now there is practically no one among the Republicans in Congress who would oppose the abolition of Obamacare, the Second Amendment to the Constitution, the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, or the reduction of taxes.

In other words, from January 2019, Republicans in the House of Representatives will be virtually indistinguishable from American conservatives.

[taxcontrol]

If the GOP really had any manhood, they would QUICKLY put together several laws that align with the conservative agenda.

Border wall
Tax cuts
Universal CCW Reciprocity
Voter ID requirements
Remove ObamaCare restrictions if not remove ObamaCare itself
Required e-Verify checks to avoid a 10% tax
Cut the funding off for the Mueller prosecution
Authorize the President to appoint special prosecutors for any act of corruption, past or present.
... and several other hot button issues.

Pass all of them before Dec 31st

Force the House to try and repeal these conservative programs and use the Senate to defeat any of there attempts. Time to play hardball.

[marktwain]

As the author noted, the presence of the anti-Trumpers in the Republican party is what stopped those efforts in the first place.

They would still have to pass the Senate, which requires 60 votes to pass.

It cannot be done in the lame-duck session for those reasons.

[Phil DiBasquette]

Every Federal office election needs to be overseen by
The Feds and Voter ID mandated