The “reopen America” message trumps generations of anti-Washington rhetoric
Kevin McCarthy’s House Republicans are too tough to let a mere pandemic get in the way of going to work. Photo: Getty Images After a couple of generations of interminable Republican demagoguing about the evils of Washington, D.C. and the free-spending liberal federal government empire it symbolizes, House Republicans are doing something remarkable: going to court to force Members to come to Washington to vote, even during a pandemic.
It seems like a common-sense approach to a very uncommon problem, and unlike votes by unanimous consent, it doesn’t necessarily put any pressure on House members to vote the party line. You’d figure Republicans would get on board right away, welcoming the opportunity to spend more time with the virtuous folk back home in the Heartland and less inside the satanic beltway, particularly now that their leader has condemned the whole place as The Swamp. But no:
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