If Republicans are actually right, many Americans will have to live with the shame of knowing they were intellectually bested by the likes of Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene. (via The ReidOutBlog)
Keeping in mind that today’s conservatives aren’t exactly known for their brilliance, their public ponderings that a debt default could serve them politically are remarkable in that they show a tremendous lack of respect for Americans’ intelligence.
Fellow Americans, Republican lawmakers think y’all are ignoramuses. Or at least they’re hoping that’s the case. Fellow Americans, Republican lawmakers think y’all are ignoramuses. Or at least they’re hoping that’s the case. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., did a great job explaining this during an exchange with a reporter during a Wednesday news conference hosted by the Progressive Caucus. In the clip below, you’ll hear Jayapal explain news outlets’ tendency to frame the debt discussion, which centers on paying for programs that have already been written into law, as a “both sides” issue.
I think Jayapal’s point is a strong one for lawmakers to make, as well as an important factual point for members of the press to make. What we’re seeing now is, in a way, election denialism to the umpteenth degree. Conservatives
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