The Republican Party has devolved into a circular firing squad as its government shutdown enters its second week, with GOP leaders struggling to stay on message to avoid blame.
Don't watch me while I make a fool of myself!
As Democrats remain unified and steadfast in their assertion that Republicans need to negotiate with them on extending health care subsidies to prevent Americans’ from seeing massive spikes in insurance premiums, congressional Republicans are unable to get on the same page about their strategy as polling shows that voters blame them for the shutdown.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune gave conflicting answers at the same news conference (!) about whether Republicans will pass legislation to ensure that members of the military and air traffic control will still get paid while the government is shut down.
“I’m certainly open to that,” Johnson said. “We’ve done it in the past. We want to make sure that our troops are paid.” But then Thune immediately shot that down.
“You don’t need that,” Thune interjected. “The simplest way to end it is not try to exempt this group or that one or that group. It’s to get the government open.”
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