Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.
Technically, this results from a no-votes-to-spare Republican majority (ahead by only four) that has given functional veto power to a minority band of Right-wingers full of performative swagger, media savvy and an opportunistic mind meld with Donald Trump. But even this decided, if noxious, direction has now been countered by the quite unexpected and uncharacteristic refusenik fury of the milquetoast majority. It’s open revenge and payback and blood hatred. It’s a complete breakdown.
