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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Oct 12, 2023, 12:25 AM Oct 2023

Failure: Republicans unable to meet challenge of difficult days as Israel crisis intensifies



More than a week after the collapse of Kevin McCarthy as speaker, House Republicans have managed to resolve a showdown between Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan without actually producing a replacement speaker of the House and remain nowhere close to dealing with the actual job of governing and performing the roles they were sent to Washington to fulfill.

Former Senator Clair McCaskill and political analyst David Plouffe discuss the Republican disarray with Alex Wagner. - Alex Wagner - MSNBC - Aired on 10/11/2023.



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Failure: Republicans unable to meet challenge of difficult days as Israel crisis intensifies (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 OP
They are, at best, an opposition Party. Incapable of governing. They can't even govern themselves. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #1
That's the thing, we're facing more than one emergency now, a possible shutdown, aid for Ukraine Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #2

Rhiannon12866

(221,228 posts)
2. That's the thing, we're facing more than one emergency now, a possible shutdown, aid for Ukraine
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 12:37 AM
Oct 2023

And now there's a war breaking out in the Middle East and President Biden has promised to stand by Israel and help, if necessary. So what are the Republicans doing? Arguing among themselves about choosing a Speaker and these essential actions of the U.S. government are on hold until they manage to agree.

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