The Absurd GOP

[Rev. Rye]

Am I allowed to be very concerned that the Republican Party seems to be operating in bad faith? As in, they would gladly let America get nukes by China or Russia or let the economy completely tank or devolve into a civil war as long as they can blame it on a democrat. McConnell the geriatric turtle is the worst of all. He set records for filibuster use and even filibustered a Supreme Court pick. They spent years complaining about how bad Obamacare was, but when they had a chance to repeal it, the only change they made is that they started calling it the affordable care act. They were all over the stimulus checks in 2020, until Trump lost the election and then it took a lot of arm twisting to get a few on board.

And I don’t doubt right wing “News” is why they’re so crazy. Either they feed the hysteria of it or they follow it’s talking points because they know they’re slaves to right wing media or they’re so crazy they’re genuine believers. Regardless of why, the insanity talk about on Fox News determines how they legislate.

How does a country deal with a political party who operates in such bad faith?

Let's face it, this has been a thing for years. David Roberts made a Twitter thread about how, back when the Supreme Court still had some legitimacy, Republicans made a challenge to Obamacare by saying that, because of a section of the law that mentions "an Exchange established by the State,” therefore the federal government can't subsidise healthcare premiums. This interpretation was pretty obviously not what was intended by the law, and this fact meant fuck-all to the conservative lawyers trying to challenge Obamacare. This happened in 2014, and now it's obvious that, for the Right, this is basically the foundation of their rhetoric at this point: