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Offline rangerrebew

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The Capitol Hill GOP is – As Usual – the Weakest Link
« on: November 30, 2024, 01:36:49 pm »
The Capitol Hill GOP is – As Usual – the Weakest Link
Why the Hill is Trump 2.0’s Achilles heel.
November 29, 2024 by Kurt Schlichter 
 

Too bad Trump can’t be the dictator on Day One that the commies claimed he would be because the Republicans in Congress seem committed to making things much more difficult than they have to be. They need to get on board or get out of the way. We’ve lost one nominee already, and they are showing that familiar wobbliness that they always get about Pete Hegseth and several others. They have announced no clear plans for the first hundred days, and when someone does not tell you the plan, you can assume that there is no plan. Plus, they seem to be going back to their old habits of selecting congressional leadership not based on core attributes like merit, loyalty and lib owning. Trump 2.0 is focused and eager to keep his promises and make America great again. The GOP Congress seems far too focused on business as usual.

This will not do. The old-school GOP types are failing to read the big America-shaped room. There’s a new sheriff in town and you better not leave him to face the bad guys all alone at high noon. An election is coming in just two short years; 2026 should be, if history is any guide, a bloodbath for the president’s party. But it does not have to be. Trump has shown that the old rules do not apply to him. This could be a triumph, but the Republicans in the House and the Senate need to get on board. It’s either the Trump dance or the usual failure Kabuki dance.

I say let’s go with YMCA.

 https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-capitol-hill-gop-is-as-usual-the-weakest-link/
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Re: The Capitol Hill GOP is – As Usual – the Weakest Link
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2024, 02:13:33 pm »
The President is the weakest link.  He alone is in charge of spending the money.  He can't make Congress appropriate money.  And Congress can't make him spend it.  Since it is the combination of 'appropriating AND spending' that empowers Democrats, he is in a perfect position to block that.
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Re: The Capitol Hill GOP is – As Usual – the Weakest Link
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2024, 03:00:30 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on November 30, 2024, 02:13:33 pm
The President is the weakest link.  He alone is in charge of spending the money.  He can't make Congress appropriate money.  And Congress can't make him spend it.  Since it is the combination of 'appropriating AND spending' that empowers Democrats, he is in a perfect position to block that.


Nope.  If Congress mandates the expenditure of funds, the President has no authority to refuse to make such an expenditure. The President only has authority where Congress has given him discretion as to spending.
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Re: The Capitol Hill GOP is – As Usual – the Weakest Link
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2024, 03:17:25 pm »
Does it matter? Alot of what needs done right now doesn't require Congress, it's mostly at the Executive and State level.
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