Posted on 12/02/2022 11:48:31 AM PST by george76
Fresh off winning back the House of Representatives, Republican leaders have a great idea on how to capitalize on the power voters have given them: Give Democrats exactly what they want.
We’ve already seen that play out with the passage of the Orwellian-named “Respect for Marriage Act,” which enshrined gay marriage at the federal level. A dozen Republican senators chose to not stand up and force the passage of Sen. Mike Lee’s amendment that would have protected religious liberty, and naturally, the next betrayal is already being prepared.
Sen. Mitch McConnell has been meeting with the White House and is pushing to pass another omnibus spending bill that would fund Joe Biden’s agenda for the next 10 months. You might ask why Republicans would want to do that when they are just a month away from having the power of the purse. That’s a good question, and one Ted Cruz is sounding the alarm on.
He appeared on Newsmax on Thursday evening in an attempt to talk some sense into his colleagues.
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Why on earth would a lame duck Congress pass Nancy Pelosi’s appropriation bills?
In just a few weeks, we're gonna have a Republican House.
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To pass an omnibus appropriations bill at this point would be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The entire point of taking back the House was to be able to rein in the Democrat agenda going forward. To sign another blank check covering nearly half of what’s left of Biden’s presidency would be nuts. And guess what happens when we get to late 2023, just before the presidential primaries begin? The argument by McConnell will then be that Republicans must fold again because a shutdown would cost them the 2024 election.
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that I’m sick and tired of these games. If there is never a time to stand up and say enough, then what is the point of even attaining power? Besides, the idea that Republicans are going to be rewarded by voters if they fold and don’t force Democrats to own a government shutdown is not backed by any evidence. Remember, McConnell refused to engage in this fight last year, and the GOP still underperformed in the last election. Contrast that with the fact that Ted Cruz helped lead a government shutdown in 2013 that was followed by a GOP wave in 2014, and there’s just no correlation.
So what is the point of giving in here? What is the point of ceding the power voters just gave you? And why would those voters want to hand you more power if you can’t even be counted on to do something as simple as stand firm on demanding a shorter continuing resolution? Those are questions the Republican leadership needs to answer because they’ve lost all credibility at this point.
Unfortunately, Cruz might as well be talking to a wall. McConnell has already met with Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer, and the details are probably already hammered out. Will enough Republicans grow a spine and refuse to vote for what is ultimately proposed? I wouldn’t count on it.
Ted needs to beg medical science to perfect testicular and spinal transplants for Republicans.
Ted’s right here.
Mitch has pulled into his shell, from the rear entrance.
He’s not in the House, so I don’t get why he has anything
to say about it.
The House controls the purse strings, and outside of him
supporting or not after the fact, he should shut the hell
up and tend to his own Senate business.
Then why does he support the MSM media bill?
The guy is all hat, no cattle.
I thought this was from the Bee.
Why not beg a leopard to change its spots?
There are no republicans in the Democrat party. But there are Democrats in the Republican party.
Dan bongino
You can beg a coward to not be spineless, but you can’t make him stand.
Too late; well, maybe for a few but mostly Mittens led group.
There’s a huge (invisible) glass dome of immense size that the entire area ringed by I-495 is under. They all only party among themselves, drink, eat, and work among themselves, read all the same printed Krappe, and listen to the same radio and TeeVee. It’s a closed shop of like-minded, well-paid off (bought) individuals who do EXACTLY as they like and are essentially EXEMPT from review, supervision, or job loss.
It’s a very snug puzzle, and very self-protective.
Only a total collapse will ever crack this monopoly.
...and that’s simply not in the cards anytime soon.
HA! Good luck Ted. Maybe tape a popsicle stick to their spine. 😉
Republicans need new leadership, ergo, they must replace the Mc’s; McConnell, McCarthy and McDaniel.
Back hand to Boehner? Heard John was not happy about his visit to DC earlier this week.
One of many examples…
https://youtu.be/S3o7X3aGt7g
skip to 6:35
Spineless cowards gonna spineless coward. Pretty much sums up the majority of the GOP. Assistant dummycrats.
That’s a lot like telling them to be taller. If you have no spine, you aren’t getting one from Amazon.
If you aren’t for saving the country from the current decline and return it to it’s glory, they need to step down or get tossed out.
Bkmk
I remember when Cruz refused to say he supported Trump even though the crowd was roaring at him to say so. Can’t admit to being wrong is cowardice.
I looked up Spineless Coward in the dictionary and there was Ted Cancun Cruz. Carnival Cruz let another politician openly insult his wife and did nothing but gush praise on the guy.
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