The House speaker's right flank is threatening to sink a bill that would help avert catastrophe unless the DOJ backs off of Donald Trump. Will McCarthy balk or buckle?
on social media last week. “The DOJ has very rapidly become the enemy of the American people, and if nothing is done soon, our rights will be GONE.”It goes without saying that these demands are not just non-starters on a divided Capitol Hill; they are, in their vagueness and extremity, also impossible to meet by design. Roy, a ringleader of the Freedom Caucus, tried Monday to put the onus on Democrats and McCarthy.
But, of course, this is just another example of MAGA extremists seeking to hold their speaker—and, by extension, the country—hostage. “House Republicans are determined to shutdown the government and crash our economy,” Minority LeaderThe big question is what McCarthy will do. When Republican obstructionists nearly pushed the country into an unprecedented debt default, he ultimatelyand struck an agreement with Biden and the Democrats.
of their Biden impeachment push. Will he disobey them again, potentially putting his job at risk? Or will he appease them—even if it means a government shutdown this fall? Only time will tell.
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