Posted on 10/19/2022 5:54:07 AM PDT by cotton1706
When this incoming class of conservative hardliners joins those already on Capitol Hill, a potential Speaker McCarthy could have dramatically more headaches to deal with than he did before.
That’s not only because these lawmakers’ controversial antics and views could distract from the House GOP’s messaging, just as Greene and others have routinely done over the last two years. But under a Republican majority, these lawmakers could form a boisterous bloc willing to leverage their influence with the party base to pick fights on everything from funding the federal government to investigating the Biden administration.
Republicans, said former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), are in a “hold-my-beer moment.”
“If you believe your position is one where you’re fighting against evil… your desire to fight at that level absolutely overwhelms someone trying to come in as a sane policymaker,” said Riggleman, who left the GOP after losing reelection in 2020 to a far-right challenger.
Brendan Buck, a former top aide to former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), said that no one should expect the new arrivals to begin causing trouble from day one. He noted some might end up abandoning their anti-establishment rhetoric and become team players once arriving in Washington.
“Only so many of them can gather the kind of following and attention you need to really become relevant,” Buck told The Daily Beast. “There will certainly be some people who become famous. The question is to what end, and is this a group that can work together toward anything in particular—or are they happy just being famous on Fox News?”
What the group does have in common is that, right now, all are so far to the right that they could make the past iterations of the Freedom Caucus look like a Jeb Bush fan club by comparison.
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The deep state RINOs are panicking
I couldn’t get past MSN.
I hope they do exactly as outlined in the article.
The go along to get along RINOs need to be pushed out ASAP.
“ He noted some might end up abandoning their anti-establishment rhetoric and become team players once arriving in Washington.”
Methinks those days are over.
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““ He noted some might end up abandoning their anti-establishment rhetoric and become team players once arriving in Washington.””
That’s ALWAYS their plan. See below story from years ago.
https://www.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/12/former_sen_trent_lott_urges_go.html
Sounds to me like great news.
I sure hope so.
I guess MSN thinks it OK when AOC and her gang do the same...
“I guess MSN thinks it OK when AOC and her gang do the same...”
That’s because radical leftism is middle-of-the-road to them.
Yep. New breed of GOP is taking over.
Hopefully the new breed are not invertebrates, like the current breed.
Sam is really a Dick.
McCarthy may have one foot out the door too.
Yes, it is going to happen. I would appreciate it if you went somewhere to whine and cry so I DON”T HAVE TO HEAR YOUR S^^T!
Dead and buried.
The New Republican Party has arrived!
I’m working on a new logo so we can replace the dead elephant.
The new crop needs to give him a good push.
China Mitch is deeply troubled.
I’ll take our Squad against your Squad any day.
Compare and contrast the tone of this article with the ones celebrating the coming and arrival of ‘The Squad’.
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