Republicans Have No Solutions, Just Grievances
On immigration, Republicans infamously just rejected a bipartisan deal that would have given them more than they’ve ever gotten on border security, including things they’ve insisted are an urgent matter of national security.
Instead, they focused on getting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas impeached — before their two week vacation.
And now, as a government shutdown looms, House Speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to bring an aid package for Ukraine and Israel to the floor, insisting Congress must secure the border first — something, remember, it just punted on.
Johnson has also pushed to move the shutdown deadlines AGAIN, rather than sign any long-term funding bills.
While the immigration shenanigans are a perfect example of this Republican Party’s total indifference to governing, it’s hardly the only issue they’ve been unmoved to fix.
After Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republicans had no plan for addressing reproductive health concerns of millions of women and families. The sudden upheaval after 50 years of settled law left many in the crosshairs, from a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim to a Texas mom who required a life-saving abortion. And now, as that ruling also threatens to throw IVF access into limbo, Republicans still have no answers other than “fend for yourselves.”
On gun violence, Republicans have blamed everything BUT guns to avoid bringing any real solutions to the table. After yet another horrific school shooting in Nashville, Greene blamed “hormones like testosterone and medication for mental illness.”
Rep. Tim Burchett admitted candidly, “there’s not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it.”
And just last month, Trump told an Iowa audience to “get over it,” after a school shooting in the state a day earlier.
On climate change, an issue which many younger Republican voters are worried about, GOP lawmakers are more interested in removing the issue from federal oversight, rather than on any solutions that the public sector might be able to offer.
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