“Secret Votes in Congress.
Sure. That would play well with the public.”
The last two decades have proven the players in Washington don’t care what the public thinks. The public wants a wall on the southern border — Congress will not fund it. The public wants to end subsides for Planned Parenthood — the subsidies persist. The public does not want impeachment of the President — impeachment is underway. The public does not want males going into female bathrooms — courts rule otherwise and Congress does nothing to reign in the courts. The people did not want homosexual marriage — it is the law of the land. The majority of the people believe the 2nd Amendment is absolute — state legislatures, governors, and Congress are working to limit it further than it has already been.
The GOP base at election time consistently demonstrates to the power brokers it will vote for the GOP slate no matter how many times GOP Congresscritters, or a GOP president, acts against their interests and wishes. Consistently GOP voters vote for the “lesser of two evils.” As a result, the GOP continues to slap its voters in the face.
If Senators behind closed doors decided a secret vote is warranted, McConnell will have a floor vote to move to secret ballot and the GOP Senators will team with Democrat Senators in a “bipartisan” alliance to put secret votes in place. On election day the GOP voters will vote for the lesser of two evils, and the Democrat voters will vote for the greater of two evils. Plus, the impeached president will be removed from office.
Until GOP voters demonstrate they will stay home or vote Democrat to teach the party a lesson, the establishment will continue to take them for granted.
“Consistently GOP voters vote for the “lesser of two evils.””