By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month.
But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was unable to tame. That’s disrupting the party’s agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader’s ability to govern.
Dysfunction is a feature of the Republican Party. Their entire political platform is to prove that government doesn’t work, so they do their darndest to flush it down the toilet every time they get the chance.
Nah, they have other goals too, like harming minorities and enriching the wealthy.