Josh Huder calls the movement to punish the 13 House Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill “legitimately insane. These kinds of punishments are normally reserved for gross misconduct or extreme betrayals of party.”
“Voting for an infrastructure bill is neither of those things. I’d be very surprised if this develops further. But the fact it is being discussed at all is bananas. Try to overthrow your speaker? Assignments might be in jeopardy. Blatant corruption? Assignments might be in jeopardy. Drunk drive your car into the Potomac with an adult entertainer? Assignments might be in jeopardy.”
“Vote for an infrastructure bill? That’s a Tuesday.”
Jonathan Bernstein: “The dynamic that tends to govern these tantrums is simple. Republican radicals are constantly looking for ways to differentiate themselves from the party’s mainstream. They can’t do it on policy because the party is already extremely conservative, so they wind up looking for procedural maneuvers — shutting down the government, for example — even if there’s no point to it.”
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