'It's embarrassing': Republicans worry they have no achievements to run on in 2024

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Jan. 22, 2024, 7:00 AM EST


WASHINGTON — When Congress began the new year, Rep. Andy Biggs gave a television interview and made a startling confession: House Republicans have done nothing they can run on.

“We have nothing. In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on,” the Arizona Republican said on the conservative network Newsmax. “It’s embarrassing.”

Anchor Chris Salcedo responded with a bemused chuckle. “I know,” he said. “The Republican Party in the Congress majority has zero accomplishments.”

The exchange captured a dynamic that looms over Republican lawmakers heading into the 2024 election: They’ve passed little substantive legislation since winning the majority in 2022 and struggled to do the basics of governing with a Democratic-led Senate. Their first year was instead marked by fractiousness and chaos, complicating the party’s pitch to voters this fall. The challenge is accentuated by likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump making “retribution” against his enemies, rather than shared policy goals, the centerpiece of his comeback bid as he continues to spread fabricated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/s-embarrassing-republicans-worry-no-achievements-run-2024-rcna131902

[Lovie777]

1. Ya think?..............................

the GQPs whole purpose is to create chaos at the expense of American citizens. That's all. They are mean and hateful.

[Texin]

2. They ought to be embarrassed because it's true!

[GopherGal]

7. And here I thought "to be a Republican is to be incapable of feeling embarrassment"

The evidence of the last 8 years seems to suggest it.

[IronLionZion]

3. Remember when they made America great again and Mexico pay for the wall?

Me neither.

Biden is kicking ass on the economy as Dems generally do. Inflation is coming down. So they just have the border and 2 conflicts in Ukraine and Israel.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Don't forget

the impeachments baby!11!1!!11 Yeah, that's the ticket.

[IronLionZion]

5. Law and order!

Like on Jan 6 where nobody had any political agenda, typical tourist behavior, etc.

There was significantly less tear gas and pepper spray in my city during Biden and Obama's presidencies.

[Chainfire]

6. You mean that they find it difficult to run on book-bannings, anti-abortion legislation, and

criminal activity? Why I thought that was what they were all about. They are a party that serves shit sandwiches and can't understand why the guests aren't eating.

[RussBLib]

8. They could pass an immigration bill

...looks like several GOP Senators are close to passing a huge bill on immigration. This is a real accomplishment that the GOP could brag about come election season, but they seem to care more about denying Biden a "win" than actual solving a problem. Yeah, I know, duh!

So the GOP House won't pass anything unless there is a GOP president? What kind of fucked-up politics is that?

[BumRushDaShow]

9. They could pass the damn APPROPRIATIONS BILLS for FY24 that they put off over and over

so the government doesn't shut down, rather than instead trying to impeach Joe Biden, Hunter Biden (who isn't even in elected office anywhere), and Alejandro Mayorkas, and also keep finding ways to censure Democrats who call them out.

[twodogsbarking]

10. What you said. Maybe they don't know how to do anything. Just a thought.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. They don't.

"Legislative markups" are alien to them.

All they do is use their Committee meetings is prance around, pontificate, and rail against Democrats instead of looking at the needs of the federal government agencies under their purview so those agencies can do the jobs that the various laws demand that they carry out.

[Polybius]

14. Would Biden even sign their immigration bill?

It will have the restarting of the will in the package, and no path to citizenship.

[SWBTATTReg]

12. Oh they will just steal several of Pres. Biden's accomplishments and claim it for their own.

Scumbags will steal anything, do anything illegal to claim their so-called superiority over the democratic agenda that's been so successful by Pres. Biden and his fellow democratic legislators. Some of these democratic legislators have been kicking republican a&& in their speeches and comments in the Senate and/or House, and it's been a pleasure to watch, while the republican's mouths drop open in frustration.

They need a leader but one hasn't stepped up, tRUMP is so concerned w/ his own demise, his own a&&, and doesn't care about anybody else in the republican conference. No surprise, since it is all about donnie boy 100% of the time. Me, me, me!!!

Scumbag and spoiled brat tRUMP needs to go sit in the timeout corner for a long time.

[PortTack]

18. They already do that!

[electric_blue68]

23. Didn't someone (?group) put up a Billboard in a State where it revealed X Repuglican Candidate *didn't* support...

an issue (Biden supported) that he pretended to do so?

[SWBTATTReg]

24. Good ?, I don't know about this, I hope someone provides some more details on this billboard campaign you

mention. Sounds good, to nail them for pretending to support something and get nailed for not supporting it in fact.

[CanonRay]

13. Since they had no platform, I guess they've accomplished everything!

Well done

[republianmushroom]

15. And he thinks he's telling us.

Get real dude, you guys have not done squat for several years. But you have shown us republican values.

[FakeNoose]

16. The Repukes' "achievement" is that they've voted against everything

That's all Joe Biden needs to do is run on his record vs. every f*ing Repuke in Congress.
They are the "Party of No" and it's never been more obvious than this year.

[GreenWave]

17. They plagiarize their overlords talking points almost verbatim.

Run on that!

[jvill]

19. Wrong: that's a Repub thinking like a Dem

That’s just a Republican thinking like a Democrat.

The Republican base couldn’t give a sheet about accomplishments, they just want to make their political opponents suffer. They also don’t need, in their view, a majority in order to rule. They just need a big enough mob to overwhelm those of us not willing to figuratively AND literally fight for a free and fair democracy.

I suspect this congressman may not be long in his role. The entire GOP strategy is to rile up a base not to be more numerous, but to be more overwhelming than a majority who stands against them. In that view accomplishments me an nothing unless it is the cynical stomping of a liberals feelings. That’s all they care about, that’s all they stand for. And they want to subjugate everyone else who is not one of them.

[Novara]

20. Why be worried now? Never stopped you before.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. What else is new?? And they have only themselves to blame

Fighting among themselves and taking orders from a constituent of one, rather than those constituents who elected them, has become their 2024 "brand."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. They believe government doesn't work

Then do their darndest to prove it every time they are in power.