No Party for Old Men
Republicans: We’re going to punch ourselves in the face.
Democrats: No. Don’t.
Republicans: <punch themselves in the face by ousting McCarthy>
Democrats: …
Republicans: Why didn’t you stop me from punching myself in the face?
And yet, for some reason, these people keep getting elected. The truth is that there’s nobody there who is capable of even remotely up to leading that party, especially with the Freedom Caucus with their thumbs on the scale. It’s messy, it’s ugly, and it’s impeding our ability to govern.
This podcast episode get’s right to the heart of the current political unrest in the House of Representatives (brought to you by the Republicans, no matter what they might say).
Note: In this podcast, we say Fox News lost $900 million in the defamation lawsuit. The correct number was closer to $800 million.