It’s another wag-the-dog example of a minority of the GOP using their leverage to control the majority, and conspiracist Perry was front and center in that hot mess.
It’s said that a person is known by the company they keep. In the case of our U.S. Rep. Scott Perry that would include Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, and Andy Biggs, were all riding in that ultimate clown car of the 19 Republicans who were holding the US House of Representatives hostage by blocking the election of the House Speaker.
Gosh, even Marjorie Taylor Greene and Louie Gohmert were better citizens than this group, and that’s saying something. Kevin McCarthy who had over 90% of the GOP votes he needed to become Speaker had been negotiating with this group for months and had already caved to virtually all of their demands. This small group says that they wanted changes to the way the House operates, but it seems more likely what they wanted was attention as well as committee seats and chairs, the very swampy stuff they were railing against.
It’s another wag-the-dog example of a minority of the GOP using their leverage to control the majority, a very anti-democratic practice. And conspiracist Perry was front and center in that hot mess.The chickens came home to roost for the GOP and its media propagandists. The party drifted farther and farther to the right and had increasingly embraced the crazies. The clowns were trying to drive the party bus. We were watching the wreck happen in slow motion.
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