Paul GilsdorfJan 8, 2023
L O L G O P

It would just be nice if the press pointed out the GOP's plan is to destroy the global economy if they don't get the horribly unpopular things they want.

RT @[email protected]

Here's the story that the press & even Dems are missing about the GOP chaos on Capitol Hill:

These 20 Trump Republicans want the same thing Trump wants -- the power to destroy the country if they don't get what they want.

That's what this is all about.

https://www.editorialboard.com/obstruction-in-the-house-picks-up-where-j6-left-off/

Obstruction in the House picks up where J6 left off

The 20 can’t quite trust Kevin McCarthy to blow up democracy.

The Editorial Board.
Jan 8, 2023 at 1:42pmMastodon Twitter Crossposter
Show threadmoliverJan 8, 2023
@lolgop
Those 20 Republicans only have power so long as every other Republican sides against the Democrats. Every one of them is complicit if they toe the party line.
Show threadJDJan 8, 2023
@lolgop anyone who goes against them knows they will be set upon on Musk’s twitter (he is in step with the 20) and get death threats from their cult for them and their families. Threats which they know very well could be real because they know what the base has become.
Show threadBrett Glass - WY7BGJan 8, 2023
@lolgop PW;CR. (Paywall; Can’t read.)
Show threadGurtbeef RobeJan 8, 2023
@lolgop dems need to stop saying that the gop has no agenda or plan for governing. This is their agenda right here. They are trying to do everything they can to get and stay in power and destroy everything beneficial to everyone except the 1%. Dems try for legislative changes while gop tries to change everything in govt
Show threadAnna ShottJan 8, 2023
@twitterreject @lolgop Exactly. There's nothing funny or incompetent about it. It's terrifying. They seem to have no real opposition from any group in power.
Show threadMessagingMattersJan 8, 2023
@lolgop Didn't the #Republicans run on #GasPrices?
Show threadPatricia KaydenJan 8, 2023
@lolgop Democrats need to be saying exactly this every day on the House floor. This should be their mantra.
Show threadMusklessJan 8, 2023
@lolgop Eye chart for GOP!
Show threadAlexander RutholJan 8, 2023

@lolgop
You got it a little bit backwards: they're asking for the horribly unpopular thing because they know the Democrats won't give it to them.

What they really want is a debt default.

And they want a debt default because it'll lead to a recession, which will make Biden unpopular, which will make the republican candidate win in 2024.

Show threadTim OkasaJan 8, 2023
@Je5usaurus_rex @lolgop and also tank the stock market so the mega rich can scoop up stocks on the cheap and when the economy eventually recovers… become extra super mega rich.
Show threadmarkJan 8, 2023
@lolgop they aren't conservatives. They aren't even reasonable adults
Show threadNasty NanaJan 8, 2023
@lolgop There are no House Republicans with the nerve and integrity to push back against Trump and his evil minions since Cheney and Kinzinger left. We are in big trouble.
Show threadmarkJan 8, 2023
@lolgop would be nice, but remember "Maggie Haberman is friendly with us". Nobody raised hell with nyt after her assistance was laid bare. People wanted to bark about a contrived Greta thunberg victory instead of fix the world. We watched the press actively participate in elevating and defending bad behavior for years, and when it was proven, nobody blinked
Show threadKansascityfishJan 8, 2023
@lolgop yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes. I wish I could boost this issue hundreds of times a day. We all need to pound it into the consciousness of the press so they can’t avoid it.
Show threadBathsheba BlueJan 8, 2023
@lolgop
Once again the MSM is failing us by covering this purely as a political horserace issue (the radical caucus vs less radical GOP + Dems), and not as POLICY: that could have truly disastrous effects on the country.
Show threadxs4me2Jan 8, 2023

@lolgop

Democracy should not let them and hold them accountable.

Show threadnadin brzezinskiJan 8, 2023
@lolgop @xs4me2 our major media is paid to ignore these things
Show threadxs4me2Jan 8, 2023

@Nadinabbott @lolgop

That is why I am here and explore other options ;)

Show threadSadieJan 8, 2023
@lolgop I'm pretty sure that what they want is to destroy the country.