House Republicans have skipped town for Easter recess with their base enraged, their majority in tatters -- and their speaker facing the prospect of a humiliating ouster at the hands of his own MAGA allies.
Well, the House Republicans, by their own apparent admission, seemed to have earned it...
Chip Roy Furiously Tears Into Fellow Republicans (November 2023)
www.newsweek.com
... Chip Roy attacked his fellow Republicans in a surprising speech on Wednesday.
Speaking on the House floor, the Texas Republican and Freedom Caucus member accused his own party of having done "nothing" with their majority in the House of Representatives. They have 221 seats to the Democrats' 213.
He said: "You know, we have had a tumultuous year of sorts, but in the eyes of the American people, they've been watching from afar wondering when this body, the people's House, will stand up in defense of the people who send us here."
"When are we going to do what we said we would do?" he continued. ...
... House Republicans have skipped town for Easter recess with their base enraged, their majority in tatters -- and their speaker facing the prospect of a humiliating ouster at the hands of his own MAGA allies. ...
... and who do you think the GOP will blame?
Themselves, for not governing? Hardly.
But then there is this...
It's embarrassing': Republicans worry they have no achievements to run on in 2024 (January 2024)
www.nbcdfw.com
... Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has openly questioned whether the GOP deserves to keep the House majority, lamenting the lack of accomplishments this Congress. He's not alone.
When Congress began the new year, Rep. Andy Biggs gave a television interview and made a startling confession: House Republicans have done nothing they can run on.
"We have nothing. In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on," the Arizona Republican said on the conservative network Newsmax. "It's embarrassing."
Anchor Chris Salcedo responded with a bemused chuckle. "I know," he said. "The Republican Party in the Congress majority has zero accomplishments." ...
The frustration over the lack of achievements boiled over for Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, around Thanksgiving when he went to the floor to deliver a fiery speech that gained national attention.
"I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing -- one! -- that I can go campaign on and say we did. One!" Roy yelled.
"Anybody sitting in the complex, you want to come down to the floor and come explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done besides, Well, I guess it's not as bad as the Democrats.'" ...
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