[RandFan]

I actually find it amazing he’s on the Rules committee considering some of his votes

He’s probably the most conservative member in the inner workings of the House and Congress.

That should be celebrated if not admired!

[AnthonySoprano]

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The guy walks around with a Debt Clock pin lecturing and pontificating on the Debt, then he has a chance to stop it in its tracks - and he Votes for Biden’s crazy Woke Spending.

Then you say he made a political calculation.

It’s just silly to sell this guy as a principled person.

[Alberta's Child]

You can’t have it both ways, RandFan. On the one hand you call him a “principled conservative” for publicly opposing President Trump’s COVID spending measure, and then you turn around and fall all over yourself making excuses to rationalize his decision to cave on the exact same issue of fiscal irresponsibility when it comes to protecting his House committee assignment.

Which is it? Is he a principled conservative or not? And what’s the purpose of even protecting your seat on a committee in the first place if you are willing to sell out on your signature issue when your moment in history arrives?

I think he’s exactly what I’ve said he is: a bloviating, sanctimonious, self-aggrandizing dope.

It’s easy to call yourself “principled” when you’re on either side of a 420-5 vote in Congress.

It’s what you do in the 7-6 committee vote that really matters.