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  The whole point of being a Republican is to keep govt small so you have lower taxes. The Republican Party no longer represents anyone except the ultra wealthy.
context: “An unprecedented tax hike on the middle class and a national abortion ban are just a glimpse of the secret, backroom deals Speaker McCarthy made with extreme MAGA members to end this month’s chaotic elections and claim the gavel,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement shared first with POLITICO. “It is well past time for Speaker McCarthy and the ultra MAGA Republican House members to come out of the dark and tell the American people, in-full, what they decided in secret.” >
  
  Anybody want to rewrite "The Room Where it Happens" to fit these secret dealings? >
  
  Can we end it with a duel? >
  
  You mean like a duel a duel? >
  
  Like the kind when Awon Bwer shot Alexander Hamilton >
  
  Is this a joke referring to that commercial with the guy with peanut butter in his mouth? I'm kind of buzzed so just ignore me if not. >
  
  I'm so relieved somebody got the reference! >
  
  It’s all I think about when Hamilton is mentioned >
  
  They are way too interested in Hunter Biden’s penis to care about serving the American people. >
  
  I know it’s not the point and irrelevant but I really hate the term ultra maga. Just use maga. They’re already the extremists. I feel like this creates two groups of magas which normalizes one when it should be clear than any maga policy is anti American. >
  
  classic shift of the overton window. >
  
  Seriously, especially when it should be clear that any Republican policy is anti American, MAGA or Tea Party or moderate or whatever bullshit branding they try to cloak themselves in
  e; OP's prediction is playing out right now, Marjorie Taylor Greene is becoming the acceptable kind of MAGA
  
  Her social media posts before she entered Congress included language suggesting support for executing top Democrats, her personal Twitter account was suspended for violating COVID misinformation policies (and was recently reinstated after Elon Musk took over the company) and she was part of a group of Republican lawmakers that objected to the certification of the 2020 election.
  But heading into the 2022 midterms, when Republicans were projected to retake control of the House, Greene's political clout began expanding beyond the fringe of the party and into more of the mainstream. When McCarthy unveiled his "Commitment to America" policy agenda last fall, Greene was behind him — literally and metaphorically — as he spoke.
  And now that Republicans only control the House by the narrowest of margins, Greene's unwavering support for McCarthy, alongside her unflinching commitment to ultraconservative policies, places her into a new nexus of power. >
  
  Democracy hates this one trick, and you won't believe how many times rebranding works. >
  
  Yep, MAGA is just recycled Tea Party is just recycled compassionate conservatism is just recycled contract with America is just recycled morning in America is just recycled silent majority. Government assistance for you and people who look like you, government punishment for everyone else (aka, "hurting the right people"). >
  
  First rule of Q Club: "Don't talk about Q Club"
  Seriously while I and many other people including McCarthy's party would like to know the details we won't hear about them until they become relevant.
  Somebody in the House will do something, or McCarthy will do something and Bobo or Gaetz will yell out 
  "You've activated my trap card!" like being Representative in real life is just some fucking game. >
  
  If Republicans keep this up they'll be voted out with a swiftness come 2024. Even my conservative loved ones are basically asking themselves what the fuck they are doing. Now they want to impeach Anthony Mayorkas and yet cry about the weaponization of the government. My own conservative father expressed interest in voting for a Democrat for Pennsylvania governor possibly four years from now. These people just aren't representing them and they feel it no matter what Fox News tells them. These people think they can act out of nothing but self interest and get away with it. They have become worse than the lying libs in some people's eyes. Now sure some people will always vote for them, but unfortunately for them not everyone is actively cultivating their confirmation bias hard enough to keep up with them. Since when is it ok to impeach someone for simply having differing policies and opinions? Never. Impeachment is meant for actually keeping people responsible for crimes and abuse of power. They also can see how Republicans have created a toxic political atmosphere. Like even if they wanted to hate Biden for the documents they are finding the Republicans have already set a precedent that we cannot charge a sitting President. They see that they messed up defending Trump and other unscrupulous Republican figures and now it's a double standard to demand accountability from Democrats who simply have different opinions. It's unconstitutional in so many ways! They used to be considered a party of logic and reason to some extent until they doubled down on their anti-woke culture wars. End of rant. >
  
  
  If Republicans keep this up they'll be voted out with a swiftness come 2024.
  
  I hope you're right... but I'm not certain about any of that anymore. >
  
  Yeah pretty sure we heard this in 2018 and again in 2020 at the least >
  
  McCarthy just put Greene and Gosar on the oversight committee. Greene also got put on the Homeland Security Committee. 
  These decisions tell me everything I need to know about what a spineless idiot McCarthy is. Neither one of them should be anywhere near a committee... or even congress for that matter.  
  The next two years are going to be frustratingly pathetic and nothing will get done. And then these scumbags will blame Biden for it. >
  
  Republicans are the real national secirity risk.
  I wonder what kinds of money and weapons the russians are gonna get from republicans? >
  
  That’s like asking a Republican to not support pedophiles…just not gonna happen. >
  
  Still blows my mind that there is proof Gaetz gave a 17 year old money, and flew her across the country, and nothing. Nothing has come of this. Like what the actual fuck. In a normal functioning country - that person would be asked to step down and everyone would keep their distance. Yet Repubs proudly claim that "he's their guy" and he is "good at owning the libs" >
  
  Because Gaetz controls the board that would investigate.... Gaetz. He's not going to allow that to happen. >
  
  What kind of deal do McCarthy and Santos have? How much Russian money is Santos kicking up to McCarthy? >
  
  The Republican Party not doing a damn thing to help the American people. >
  
  Wait minuet…..holdup…. 
  The party of less taxes want to tax the American people on every transaction they make? >
  
  No, not all the American people. Of course not. 
  Just the poor and middle class. >
  
  "no" - McCarthy >
  
  White House: okay McCarthy, we know you did some shady dealings. Come clean!
  McCarthy: No. And I'll put terrorists on the homeland safety committee.
  White House: well, okay. I guess NOTHING WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE >
  
  I'm sure Kevin will get right to that >
  
  Where the fuck is Anonymous in any of this? They used to be about fighting against this type of crap and putting corruption on blast but they’ve been sitting on their hands this whole time doing absolutely nothing. What a let down. >
  
  Never gonna happen. >
  
  McCarthy to White House (and American public): No. >
  
  So much for transparency. >
  
  They can’t spell clean. >
  
  How long till some one votes to unseat him? He has no friends and this just makes it worse >
  
  As if that would work. >
  
  Can someone just leak the money trail? Please? >
  
  Backroom deals are just another pr word for corruption