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In less than a year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has filed two motions to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Her latest motion came after she and other staunch conservative U.S. representatives expressed outrage with Johnson’s management of a $95 billion international defense bill and a $1.2 trillion federal funding bill, which were both ultimately passed by Congress. However, as of Tuesday, April 30, Democrats have decided to support House Speaker Johnson in order to prevent another speaker from being ousted, intensifying tensions within the Republican Party.
Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette is surprised by the level of infighting within the GOP and attributes much of the blame to a certain former U.S. president.
I’m a Democrat. The Democratic Party has chaos and nasty infighting baked right into its brand. On the Left, they’re always throwing punches inside the tent. Recently, Israel’s military operation in Gaza, which intends to do the world a favor by eliminating Hamas, has split Democratic lawmakers based on whether they are more sympathetic to Israelis or Palestinians.
But when chaos and infighting begins to afflict the Republican Party, well, it’s big news. It’s supposed to be that Republicans fall in line while Democrats fall apart. You see, the GOP is supposed to be an orderly and discreet bunch that doesn’t go around airing its dirty laundry in public. Well, that’s over with.
Much of the blame goes to, surprise, Donald Trump. And you thought that Trump only destroyed the media, civility and race relations. No, the first thing he tore apart was the Republican Party.
Trump has loyalists in the House of Representatives that take their orders from him. Though it’s not clear at this point that even Trump can control these renegades. They seem to be running wild at times.
