February 7, 2021
The Problem for Republicans Isn’t Unity, It’s Reality
By P.F. Kelly, Jr.
What does the recent vote keeping Liz Cheney in her leadership role among House Republicans mean? It means that the Republican Party may try to claim unity around establishment ideas, but it also means they are not serious about representing the interests of Republican voters.
Despite reports of a possible loss, Cheney retained her leadership role among Republicans in the House of Representatives. But what does Cheney “represent� What issues have she and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who backed her in the vote, led on? What issues are they passionate about? Every establishment Republican has this same problem. What do they stand for? What are they fighting for in Congress? Unlike President Trump, who ran on a number of important issues in 2016 and then delivered on them for four years, like middle class tax cuts, reducing illegal immigration, confronting China on trade issues, and challenging China’s rising military power, establishment Republicans offer mostly lip service.
Supporting job-creating entrepreneurs and the middle class should be the primary goal of the Republican Party. Not through government-run programs that support them, but by getting out of the way, which is exactly what President Trump did. He fought for the American people by lowering their taxes, cutting regulations to make it easier for small businesses to make a profit, and working to return good-paying jobs in manufacturing to the U.S., which had been lost through misbegotten trade deals like NAFTA.
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