You can rationalize this cowardice all you want. The Republicans have to show that they will fight for America. Hell, the Dems impeached Trump twice and cooked up the Russia hoax. The Reps are afraid to shut down the government even over issues that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with them about.
We have a slim majority in the House for two years and failed to use its leverage. Schumer has a 51-49 advantage in the Senate and governs like he has a mandate.
The Uniparty runs DC. We are being led by fools and knaves and that could prove fatal for the Republic. We add a trillion dollars to the national debt every hundred days. We have an out of control Administrative State that is unelected and unaccountable. They now have the technology to create an all-powerful surveillance state that threatens our civil liberties. Yet Johnson caves on the renewal of FISA. It reminds me of Snowden’s description of a “ turnkey tyranny.”
Johnson’s caves have only served to further divide a divided Party. The democrats LOVE it. Not surprised at all that democrats have stopped criticizing him.