Just when you think they can’t possibly sink any lower, they prove you wrong. They screamed, yelled and threatened Democrats demanding a bill to help ease what they defined as a ‘crisis’ at the southern border. So, the Democrats in the Senate put on their bipartisan hats, worked across the aisle and hammered out just such a bill. There was give-and-take on both sides – that’s called ‘compromise’ and it’s how things get done in any group where there are various viewpoints and opinions that sometimes conflict. Okay, boys ‘n girls, dust off the hands … good job! Now to get it … what … oh wait … they forgot to get permission from private citizen Trump! So much for all those hours (and taxpayer dollars) spent on the bill’s creation …
Robert Hubbell tells the rest of the story …
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS SURRENDER
By Robert Hubbell
06 February 2024
When future historians write the obituary of the Republican Party, they will debate the contributing causes and the precise time of death. But there is no doubt that the GOP’s inability to pass a bi-partisan bill providing funds to Ukraine and Israel while reforming America’s broken immigration system will figure prominently in the obituary.
In killing the bipartisan bill they demanded in the first instance, congressional Republicans surrendered their constitutional authority under Article I to a failed insurrectionist seeking reelection to escape four criminal indictments.
To be clear, you haven’t missed anything yet. The bill is still technically alive. But we need only look at the actions of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday to see the handwriting on the wall.
Mid-day on Monday, McConnell took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to pass the bi-partisan bill. About six hours later, McConnell told his colleagues in a private meeting to filibuster the bill. Per the Associated Press,
In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote against the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting who were not authorized to talk publicly about it and spoke anonymously.
It came just hours after the Kentucky Republican had urged colleagues on the Senate floor that “it’s now time for Congress to take action.”
You will remember that Mitch McConnell made a dramatic statement from the Senate floor in 2021 after refusing to convict Trump for conspiracy to incite insurrection. He blamed the insurrection on Trump and said that Trump could later be held liable civilly and criminally for his actions on January 6. For a fleeting moment, it appeared that remnants of McConnell’s vestigial backbone were intact.
On Monday, Trump squashed McConnell like a bug. He humiliated McConnell before the world. He ordered McConnell to dance like a marionette and McConnell did so without a peep…
Source: Drowning In An Ocean Of Hypocrisy | Filosofa’s Word
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