"House Republicans are on a path to force a government shutdown this fall. If you talk to senior GOP leadership figures privately, they’ll admit this. At some point between now and the end of 2023, the rift inside the House Republican Conference will be so deep and profound that there’s little chance that they can avert a 'llapse in appropriations,' aka a government shutdown."

~ Punchbowl

#Republicans #ShutDown #KevinMcCarthy #MAGA #ClownShow #PoliticsofDistraction

https://punchbowl.news/archive/72623-punchbowl-news-am/

"Mayor Rudy admitted that he lied about Georgia election workers; and the GOP is trying mightily not to notice that its front-runner is losing his mind as he awaits the next tranche of indictments. Meanwhile, a funnel cloud appeared over the Capitol, and the seas may be setting new temperature records."

#Republicans #Elon #Twitter #Barbie #Florida #slavery #KevinMcCarthy #Giuliani #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #PoliticsofDistraction #ClownShow
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Will Bunch says that, though Republican Congresscritters are wearing AR-15 lapel pins to trigger the "libs," they're really giving away what the GOP has made of itself: "a death cult":

"A GOP celebration of a mass-killing machine on the House floor is on-brand for a nihilistic party that prides deadly individualism over problem-solving."

#Republicans #violence #guns #PoliticsofDistraction

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/republicans-ar-15-lapel-pin-clyde-santos-20230205.html