It is problematic to have a 2 party system when one of the major political parties is not serious at all on real issues, but all about trolling and rage politics. The U.S. House will have the malcontent wing with extraordinary pull, while state legislatures in particular work hard to bring back the 1950’s for some reason. Here are some prime examples of how unserious this party is at this point:
Wyoming Republicans want to ban electric cars - An attempt to troll the California government in an effort to protect their oil and gas political donations business interests.
Smoking ban has ended in Congress - Freedom for lung cancer for all!
We have a whole list of Ron DeSantis political red meat for the far right in order to run in 2024 for POTUS and his desire to continue to destroy Florida’s educational system in K-12 and post-secondary promote his conservative agenda through legislative and executive fiat orders. This includes:
Still taking on Disney for their choice to exercise their free speech
Continued attack on free speech at public universities with his anti 1st Amendment Stop Woke Act. - By the way, can I get a Republican to explain what they think “woke” means and why they are against it?
I guess using Florida taxpayer funds to transports migrants from Texas elsewhere flopped badly in the public’s eyes.
While not truly legislative, we still have to award the Oxymoron award to Moms for Liberty, which is strongly Republican. They want to extend the “Don’t say gay” law into puberty, past the time when most children go through puberty and well past the time when most students get sex ed in public schools. Let’s not forget that they want to ban books and keep children from being exposed to the real world.
Back to legislative actions, Missouri is worried about bare arms in its legislature, GOP legislatures are for conversion therapy, blocking what adults can see, and block books that have trans or gay people depicted in it. We cannot forget the race to the bottom with regards to Women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, voting rights, and 1st Amendment attacks.
What are the odds of default as the GOP House plays a game of chicken with the debt ceiling? They must be forgetting the words in the Constitution in Article IV Section I, something about full faith and credit….