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Beau says:
Congress has a week to avoid a shutdown, with Republicans divided and potential consequences for the majority in play.
Politically engaged citizens.
Insights on the specific demands and actions proposed by the Twitter faction of the Republican Party.
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today we are going to talk about Congress
and a potential shutdown
and the Republican strategy
that is just propelling us forward.
And we're gonna go through all of that
and talk about how all of this is moving along.
If you don't know what I'm talking about,
Congress basically has, well, this week
to work out a deal to avoid
partial government shutdown. If it goes on much longer than that, it turns into a
full shutdown. Okay, so what's happening? Guess. Just take a guess where the issue
is. Republicans in the House, they have no idea what they want. So the extreme
performative Twitter faction, they are kind of leaning into the idea that, hey,
A shutdown is a good thing.
Let's use that, get that leverage, get our demands and all of that stuff.
Johnson, the speaker, has to stand there and pretend like this isn't a cartoonishly bad
idea because he knows the reality.
Those people who are in support of a shutdown, they're Republicans and they're Republicans
are in very very red districts who don't really have to worry about being
re-elected in 2024. Meanwhile, Johnson is trying to safeguard
the majority, that incredibly slim majority and he's
uh watching those chances just kind of
hurled towards a cliff because if a shutdown happens
the economic devastation that goes along with it,
that discomfort, who gets blamed for it?
Republicans.
Why?
I mean, because it's them.
It's them.
Now, it doesn't actually impact those politicians
who are telling their base it's a good idea,
because they're going to win anyway.
But Republicans in more vulnerable districts,
well, they're going to have an issue,
because the entire Republican Party
going to catch the blame. So Johnson has to figure out what he wants to do. Is he
going to work out a deal with the Democrats? Is he going to try to appease
the conservatives? And the real concern, one that is now being loudly voiced,
which probably should have been voiced a lot sooner, is that if the partial
shutdown starts, that the Republican base that is easily influenced, well,
they're going to want more. And they're going to want more until they realize
it's hurting them. But by then it's too late because, like a lot of things with
the economy, it's not felt immediately. And then there's that catch-up time.
So there are a number of concerns for Republicans. I have no idea what Johnson
plans to do. There doesn't appear to be an easy way out for him because if he
does the, you know, normal thing and fulfills like the minimum job
requirements, he'll be called a rhino. If he doesn't, well, he'll probably lose the
majority. And it is going to be the fault of Republicans who are, you know, super
super Republican, super MAGA. That's whose fault it's going to be, but of course
they won't catch the blame for it. Now I would imagine that somewhere there's a
room full of Democrats just laughing because while the Democratic Party they
would love to keep the government open, they also know everything I just said. If
the Republican Party fails to come to some kind of agreement, if they can't perform the minimum
job requirements, it is going to damage them heavily in 2024. And they probably feel like they
can make up the economic loss really quickly. I'm not so certain about that, but that's where it's
at right now. The Twitter faction of the Republican Party making unreasonable
demands, posturing, tweeting, doing their thing, and it's having real-world
consequences for the budget. And it may lead to a partial shutdown, which may
lead to a full shutdown, which may lead to Republicans losing the majority. That's
That's a chain of events that has to be weighing pretty heavily on Johnson right now.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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