"We are going to force a shutdown unless you increase hardship for the poorest Americans" is incredible messaging. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The House speaker embraced major spending reductions to win conservative support for a government funding bill.
did we cross back into the timeline where bad messaging costs the GOP political points?
GOP a month ago: “we need to rebrand from pro-life to pro-baby for the upcoming election” GOP today: Forcing more than 1 million women and children onto the waitlist of a nutritional assistance program for poor mothers with young children
What is even more incredible is a lot of the folks voting for them consistently are the ones they insist on hurting ? WTH?
Consistent with who the GQP is.
He's still in denial that his speakership is over. The only way this ends is either with Dems bailing him out or a discharge petition. Either way, he's cooked.
The part where there's a bigger slice of the pie of this country than you'd imagine willing to get up out of their recliners and fist-pump towards the TV in celebration of this policy is pretty gross to have to live amongst, too.
The Republican credo.
The surest way to help the budget is to rescind the trump tax cut, so if they really want anyone to take them as sincere, they need to act like they are serious about the budget. But it's all an act.
Two points. 1. It is impossible to significantly reduce spending just based on cutting discretionary domestic spending (27% of budget) w/o huge cuts to those programs 2. House GOP has walked away from what it agreed just a few months ago during debt ceiling crisis. Not a credible negotiating partner
Who would Jesus increase hardship for?