It was made official earlier this week that Republicans limped to a majority in the U.S. House after an underwhelming 2022 midterm election. Regardless, it is a majority, and it was earned due in large part to their....uh....."pouncing" on issues deeply affecting most Americans, specifically economic hardships.
So before they even officially take control of the House in January, what did some newly elected Republicans declare as their top priority?
House Republicans fresh off securing a majority immediately turned their attention to probes into the foreign business dealings of President Biden’s son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden.
The ultimate goal of of the probes is to question whether the president is “compromised” by foreign governments as the GOP shifts its focus from a disappointing midterm to oversight — and the 2024 presidential race.
“We will evaluate the status of Joe Biden’s relationship with his family’s foreign partners and whether he is a president who is compromised or swayed by foreign dollars and influence,” House Oversight Committee ranking member James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a press conference Wednesday morning.
“I want to be clear: This is an investigation of Joe Biden. And that’s where the committee will focus in this next Congress,” Comer said.
Look, I'm not suggesting this isn't a legitimate investigation. Absolutely it is, and the attempts to bury the laptop saga just prior to the 2020 election should also come under scrutiny. But to make this the top priority right out of the gate is mind boggling, particularly given this wasn't even in the top three issues broached by GOP candidates on the campaign trail.
Conservative commentator Erick Erickson amplified how the GOP earned its reputation as the "stupid party."
Dumbasses.
What a bunch of idiots. The American people just rejected the GOP “own the libs” strategy. They signaled they’d love to have responsible adult Republicans in charge. In fact, from NEW YORK STATE !!!! to Arizona, voters elected Republicans who ran on local issues tied to the economy and crime.
The GOP won the House of Representatives in large part because Lee Zeldin and the New York Republicans focused like a laser on the economy and crime.
So the first big act of the GOP is to investigate a guy who is already being investigated by the feds and headed towards a prosecution. Sure, they say it is about Joe Biden. But here’s a dirty little secret.
All of you mad at me for ridiculing this already love this and if they did not do this, you’d still vote for them. There’s not a single damn independent voter in America who is going to look at this and think, “Oh my gosh, I so regret voting Democrat in November.” In fact, most independent voters think both parties are already corrupt and play the system to their advantage. In 2016, Donald Trump pointed it all out and voters loved him for it. This is just more of that and won’t accomplish anything.
The GOP lost 13% of its own voters in the general election and a majority of independent voters. It is the first election in five where the independents sided with the incumbent president’s party. The areas of the country where the independents sided with the GOP were areas where the GOP did not run poo flinging monkeys intent on making spectacles of themselves while screaming about 2020.
What a stupid, stupid thing to do. This is basically a big middle finger to the independents who just rejected the GOP because these voters were afraid they’d be handing the GOP over to “own the lib” poo flingers instead of responsible adults who actually want to govern.
Given there's a divided Congress, the next two years are really about both parties making the case for 2024. No partisan legislation will get through both chambers, much less President Joe Biden having the opportunity to sign anything into law. And since the economy likely will not improve significantly over the next two years, it can still be a winning issue for the GOP. Unfortunately for them, they're not off to a good start in proving how serious they are in addressing it.
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