The Republicans Actually Want a Border Crisis
Dan Pfeiffer: “To summarize, Johnson demands a border bill in exchange for passing Ukraine aid; the White House and Senate work on a border bill; Johnson opposes the bill without even seeing it, despite repeatedly declaring that the ‘crisis at the border’ is the House GOP’s top priority.”
“Some commentary suggests that Johnson keeps moving the goalpost to prevent his caucus from having to vote on Ukraine aid, which is vehemently opposed by MAGA Republicans but enthusiastically supported by the Republican establishment and more moderate GOPers. With Johnson in perpetual danger of being McCarthy-ed, I am sure avoiding a tough vote is a factor. However, I think Johnson and the Republicans have another more nefarious reason — they want a crisis at the border to help them in the election.”
Let’s draw two columns on the board. You write a manufactured issue (where politicians of the party boasting being FOR fixing the issue yet voted against it) on the left side for Democrats, and I’ll write one on the right side for Republicans. The first to run out of crisis loses.
The two party system is broken, but it’s not because both parties are equal.