America is Fucked
America is Fucked
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Several of the most extreme Republicans in Congress and those most closely allied with Mr. Trump have landed seats on the Oversight and Accountability Committee, the main investigative organ in the House..
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/…
Do people voting for or supporting conservatives...I know there are some of you here...have any issue with this? Even if the racism and stupidity doesn't bother you, is it smart from a PR perspective?
The same politicians who tried to overturn the election in 2020 and even people who spoke at white nationalist rallies are going to be the public faces investigating the Biden admin.
For instance Paul Gosar, with numerous ties to white nationalist groups, has been granted a position in the House leadership.
- US politics is a quagmire of bad decisions bankrolled by lobbyists. Neither Reps or Dems are free from this cancer. Shining the Yuekit spotlight on one bad...Morning_star
- ...apple in a barrel of rancid apples speaks more to your politics than anything else. Remember, at least 50% of your countrymen don't share your perspectiveMorning_star
- I don't think lobbyists were the ones pushing for white nationalists and conspiracy theorists to be appointed to leadership positions in Congress do you?yuekit
- You think that lobbyists care? They'll pay whoever will further their cause. Please don't confuse my push back as support. But this guy won his last election...Morning_star
- ...with 70% of the vote. He's held the position since 2010 regardless of his dubious politics. The issue isn't men like this, it's the majority that think...Morning_star
- ...he is the best person to represent them - the best. 'Far-right' or not he's the first choice for many.Morning_star
- I don't think I'm the only one pointing out that the GOP has become an extremist party. There's no need to draw some feelgood moral equivalence,yuekit
- sometimes one side really is worse. Other countries have normal conservative parties, these guys have gone around the bend unfortunately.yuekit
- I think you 'want' them to be far-right and extremist but 97% of the people Gosar represents in Arizona don't agree or don't care. Of course, the majority...Morning_star
- ...could be wrong, but you're doing the same thing here in Politics as you accuse others of doing with the Coronivirus. Exaggerating the decline of America...Morning_star
- ..by claiming there are Nazis in the Whitehouse and they're taking control is not a fair analysis given the reality. Polarising the debate will not work out...Morning_star
- ...well for any side.Morning_star
- I don't really get your argument here...I want them to be extremist but because people (in a right-wing leaning district) voted for them they can't be? :)yuekit
- There has to be some way of judging this other than just saying both sides are bad, and look some people voted for this guy.yuekit