By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month.
But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was unable to tame. That’s disrupting the party’s agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader’s ability to govern.
The party of “government bad” can’t govern. Who would have thought?
It’s almost as if manipulating your base for decades and ensuring that they detach completely from reality has consequences in the real world. Like completely unrealistic expectations.