{"id":57497,"date":"2023-07-25T12:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57497"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:41:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:41:43","slug":"gop-wants-a-government-shutdown-because-most-of-what-we-do-is-bad-hurts-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57497","title":{"rendered":"GOP Wants a Government Shutdown Because ‘Most of What We Do is Bad, Hurts the American People’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mission of the Republican Party to eviscerate the economy has been evident for months. Their intention is to cause the American people to suffer painful hardships in order to boost GOP electoral prospects in 2024. It\u2019s an immoral and insensitive tactic that exposes their commitment to cruelty as a political weapon.<\/p>\n

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Just two months ago, Republicans tried to hold the nation hostage with threats of defaulting on the national debt<\/a><\/strong>, which would have thrown the country – and the world – into a severe recession or worse. President Biden masterfully guided them into a negotiated compromise that avoided the devastating default. In the process he also got an agreement to fast-track the spending bills that would shortly be coming up for votes in the House.<\/p>\n

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All of that has apparently now been abandoned by Republicans. In a press conference on Tuesday, GOP House leaders appeared to be reneging on their prior agreements in order to squeeze Democrats for concessions on contentious, non-financial issues such as abortion, immigration, and equality.<\/p>\n

Setting aside the GOP’s flagrantly bad faith in breaking previous promises, they also admitted to the sort of heinous intentions that would ordinarily never be mentioned out loud. Rep. Bob Good is a member of the ultra-MAGA House Freedom Caucus and chairman of the Health, Environment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee. He came to the podium to discuss the prospect of a government shutdown, and to let the nation know precisely what Republicans think of the work they are doing allegedly on behalf of the American people…<\/p>\n

“We should not fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway. Most of what we do up here hurts the American people, when we do stuff to the American people while promising to do things for the American people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Rep. Bob Good: "We should not fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway." pic.twitter.com\/Y5p1YhqIIf<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n