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Miles Archer

(22,223 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:08 AM Jan 19

Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) GOP needs to "really regroup" before the midterms, hopes the party "won't do something stupid."

"Trying and failing — like Republicans did with their Obamacare repeal effort in 2017 ahead of Trump’s last midterm — could highlight GOP ineptitude just months before the election. And conservatives are already telegraphing they want to see significant cuts to a federal budget that moderates are struggling to defend on the campaign trail."

It does not appear to align with centrist Republican party views, though, and Johnson will have a tough battle on his hands if the likes of Nebraska's Don Bacon and New Jersey's Jeff Van Drew are to be believed. Both told CNN they would be more interested in "bipartisan wins" than anything else.

Bacon said, "I just think it creates a very polarized environment. I think it’s bad to lean on it.” Drew agreed, adding the GOP needs to "really regroup" in the time before the midterms, and that he hopes the party "don't do something stupid."

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2674907437/

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Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) GOP needs to "really regroup" before the midterms, hopes the party "won't do something stupid." (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 19 OP
Van Drew ran and won as a Democrat The Wizard Jan 19 #1
Why would a party controlled by their extremists, markodochartaigh Jan 19 #2
That ship sailed a long time ago. RandySF Jan 19 #3
Has this man been in a coma for the past 10 years? GoCubsGo Jan 19 #4

markodochartaigh

(5,230 posts)
2. Why would a party controlled by their extremists,
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:21 AM
Jan 19

and beholden to the 80% of their voters who are extremists and their donors who are extremists do something stupid?



It sounds like Van Drew's privileged rose-colored glasses have blinded him to reality.

GoCubsGo

(34,747 posts)
4. Has this man been in a coma for the past 10 years?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:41 AM
Jan 19

Everything his party has been doing has been stupid at the very minimum. And, it's been getting dumber by the minute.

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