PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Lucifer on September 21, 2023, 08:39:59 AM
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She gets it.
And she is 100% right. The feckless spineless republicans need to start focusing on winning, and stop giving concessions.
Gracious fucking losers.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/victoria-spartz-mccarthy-house-gop-fail
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for failing Republicans twice in legislative battles, saying if he failed House Republicans a third time, she would be "done."
House Republicans remain stalled over passing a stopgap funding measure needed to fund the government past the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown.
AS GOP WRESTLES WITH SPENDING DEAL, WILL HOUSE DEMOCRATS COME TO THEIR AID?
Spartz, one of the Republicans who pledged to vote "no" on the original stopgap funding measure that was released over the weekend, said McCarthy is going to fail the GOP if he is not willing to fight for its concerns.
“If he is not willing to fight — fight and win — then he is going to fail Republicans,” Spartz told Politico. “He is going to be tested one more time. From my perspective, he’s already failed us twice. The third time, I’m done. … I judge people not on what they say, but the results. We need to win something.”
McCarthy unveiled an updated proposal on Wednesday for the stopgap spending measure that swayed some of the holdouts' opinions. The updated proposal includes an agreed-upon top-line number for the budget, something that hard-line House Republicans have pushed for to support the measure.
However, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) claimed at least seven Republicans planned to vote against the measure.
When opposing the original stopgap spending measure, which was issued on Sunday, Spartz blamed the Republican-controlled House for "failing the American people again" and blasted McCarthy’s “lack of real leadership.”
The second-term congresswoman did not confirm if she would vote "yes" on the updated proposal, sending a message to the House speaker that Republicans need a win.
McCarthy has suffered a series of setbacks in his leadership, from struggling to pass the debt ceiling deal to the latest continuing resolution negotiations, leading to a rise in talks about forcing a vote to oust him. While House Republican leadership continues to debate over the short-term spending plan, a procedural vote on the defense appropriations bill is expected on Thursday.
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Glad I am no longer a Republican. >:(