Politics, Government
Speaker McCarthy's Freak Show
Gaetz, Jordan, MTG, Gosar, and Boebert are the party's new leaders
A lot is going on these days on Capitol Hill, and some of it is funny. A video of Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) strutting down the halls of an office building dressed in white while carrying a large white balloon made me smile. Congresswoman Boebert (R-CO) got my attention by bombarding tech executives with questions about why her Twitter account was suspended. And, of course, there is the image of George Santos smiling and lying. I watched his exchange with Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) before the State of the Union address. Romney told Santos he should resign.
The saga of the Long Island Liar is just a small part of the multi-ringed circus brought to us by the Republican party. Other featured players have almost household names: Gaetz, Gosar, Biggs, and Jordan. As a group, they have delivered "news" every day since Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House. The news consists of outrageous stunts, tweets, and subpoenas in the case of the newly empowered Judiciary Committee Chairman Jordan. None of the news involves working with Democrats, solving problems, or trying to make life better for their constituents.
