Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 2 a.m.
Steve Benen’s guide “The Impostors” notes that over the previous 20 years, congressional Republicans haven’t acted as legislators (i.e., crafting laws to assist Individuals) however as a public relations entity to denigrate Democrats.
Even now, about three months into President Donald Trump’s second time period wherein conservatives management the Senate, Home and Supreme Court docket, only a few legal guidelines have been handed. As a substitute, Trump has issued constitutionally challenged govt orders like abolishment of birthright citizenship, which has little or no probability of being enacted into regulation.
It due to this fact got here as no shock that Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., not too long ago stated his colleagues appear to have forgotten that “grunt work” is how issues occur in Washington. He added that many senators are extra apt to publish one thing on social media than do the actual work of a legislator.
Lankford was the lead Republican who labored on a bipartisan border invoice that will have been handed previous to Trump’s second presidency if not for Trump killing it so he may run on immigration.
Consider the time, cash and anxiousness that might have been averted if Trump had allowed the Social gathering of No to do the job legislators are elected to do.
Lankford did one thing not like the Social gathering of No. We desperately want different Republicans to do the identical to carry Trump accountable for his actions.
