House GOP feud reignites as Johnson caught between warring wings

[Dulcinea]

House Republicans hoped to turn over a new leaf in the new year. But they returned to the Capitol this week confronting the same exact problems that plagued the party last year: a razor-thin majority, a rebellious right flank and looming threats of a government shutdown.

On top of that, lingering resentment over the ousting of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has continued to fuel bad blood in the ranks and contributed to the party infighting that has once again spilled out into public view.

Those tensions boiled over on Wednesday when a group of conservatives froze the business of the House by tanking a procedural vote in protest of the bipartisan spending agreement that House Speaker Mike Johnson hashed out with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. It was once rare for lawmakers to sink a procedural vote of their own party, but the hardball tactic has become more routine since Republicans took over the majority last year.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/politics/house-republican-conference-issues/index.html

[raging moderate]

1. These are NOT conservatives. They are reactionaries!

They do not want to conserve our society. They want to go back to to the rigid, racist, intolerant, feudalistic society that existed long ago, in which a few people were designated lords or ladies and the other people existed to serve and obey them.

[KPN]

2. THIS ... Exactly! F'ing media, exemplars of greed driven cowardice.

[ms liberty]

3. Please proceed, GOP

[Ray Bruns]

4. Vacate the chair! Vacate the chair! Cmon Chip Roy, just do it!

https://m.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. I hope they shred each other... politically speaking.

If they employ other methods... well... meh.