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Hidden GOP Agenda Behind Debt Blockade
Birds of a feather flock together
Gone are the days when Republicans offered an eloquent name to their mission obstruction. Finally, after years of practicing extreme measures, they are done with niceties. These days the GOP tells us like it is. No makeup whatsoever.
The party of crazies like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert is finally comfortable in its skin.
The Republican drama over the debt-ceiling has nothing to do with debt. It is not a strategic effort to negotiate the democrats-only infrastructure bill. Instead, the GOP has a simple mission— stop the democrats from passing the infrastructure bill.
Manchin and Sinema will make it difficult from the inside. The GOP will make it difficult from the outside.
Nothing is Off The Table
Since the GOP couldn't pass an infrastructure bill when they had complete control of Washington, D.C., in the first two years of Trump's term, they do not want the Democrats to score a legislative achievement on their watch.
Senator Susan Collins explained the GOP's motivation in simple terms:
