The rise of House extremists could cause the fall of these 18 GOP lawmakers from districts Biden won
Ray Hartmann
January 07, 2023
The parlor games have begun as to how long House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can survive in his post now that he’s had to give up the power of the gavel to get it.
But one group of Republicans has more to worry about than McCarthy: The 18 GOP members who were elected in 2022 in districts that were won in 2020 by President Joe Biden. If the extremist wing of the House Republican conference gains a fraction of what it seeks, these Congressmen face a two-year nightmare of horrible votes.
By definition, the so-called crossover districts are inherently centrist. In the 2022 cycle, there was a historically low number of these, as reported at Sabato’s Crystal Ball – 18 held by Republicans and five by Democrats.
But it’s only the GOP members who will face demands from their party to cast votes in the upcoming session that are decidedly not centrist. They are the ones who will be whipped, for example, into votes to destroy America’s credit – and economy – in the name of irrational rhetoric about extending the debt ceiling. Or to slash the federal budget wantonly, perhaps by attacking Social Security and Medicare.
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Interestng read. Putting pressure on these guys may be our only chance at averting disaster come September.
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