It will indeed be a NEW DAY when the GOP takes over.
Jim Geraghty was good enough to go through what will happen when (not if) the GOP takes over the House in a pretty exceptional thread. And guys, if this is legit, they’re not screwing around, they’re actually going to get to work on Day 1.
Don’t take it from us, take it from Jim who clearly knows more than we do.
When the GOP takes over the House, the metal detectors outside the House floor are going away, visitors will no longer need an escort in office buildings, and proxy and remote voting.https://t.co/Prcg3i0Jft
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2022
It will once again become the People’s House and YES, no more remote voting. If you want this job you show up.
About damn time.
Keep going.
Beyond procedural moves, Day 1 will feature the introduction of legislation to rescind the permanent appropriation for 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service employees.https://t.co/Prcg3i0Jft
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2022
Won’t lie, we kinda sorta and totally love this.
One party wants more IRS peeps, one party wants fewer.
We’ll take the party that wants fewer, every single time.
Energy initiatives are likely to be at the front of the line. House Republicans pledged to “cut the permitting process time in half to reduce reliance on foreign countries, prevent rolling blackouts, and lower the cost of gas and utilities.”https://t.co/Prcg3i0Jft
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2022
Putting a focus back on American energy.
Hell to the yeah.
Oh, and of course, helping Americans with the cost of energy, by default.
Right behind that will be the Republicans’ border security pledge to “fully fund effective border enforcement strategies, infrastructure, and advanced technology to prevent illegal crossings and trafficking by cartels” & “end catch-and-release loopholes.”https://t.co/Prcg3i0Jft
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2022
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Biden has let a record number of illegal immigrants into our country. It’s awesome to see Republicans make border security a priority again.
Ranking members of House committees have been licking their chops in anticipation of running oversight hearings, and have already put in more than 500 preservation requests for documents across the administration.https://t.co/Prcg3i0Jft
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2022
Ok, this editor won’t lie … the idea of Schiff, Swalwell, Pelosi, Nadler, and a slew of other Democrats being investigated for what they did during the lockdowns and all of the Trump impeachments gives her a tingle down her leg. Maybe both legs.
Life will soon get more complicated for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, regarding border policy, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, regarding, well, the list is long.https://t.co/Prcg3i0Jft
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2022
We. Can’t. Wait.
So of course, the Left is none too happy with Jim’s thread:
Did the elections happen already?
— The Real HG (@Homegrown103) November 7, 2022
Or about the midterms in general.
195 Republicans.
If the GOP takes the House, we could very well see the passage of a bill that ends the right to contraception. https://t.co/prjHivYkLN
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 1, 2022
Republicans have been trying to make the pill OTC for years but nice try scaring people into voting blue.
If GOP takes the House and Senate: Climate change won’t matter, violence will be accepted, lying will be ok, insurrection will be called a “tour”, school shootings considered a hoax, prejudice will be wide spread across all groups that are not white male, Evangelical Christians.
— Allie (@allie_denver) November 7, 2022
When the votes come in on Tues night & some of the most rancid candidates we've ever seen get elected and the GOP takes back both the House and Senate, remember that Pelosi and Schumer funded many of their primary campaigns, thinking they'd be unelectable–as unelectable as Trump.
— Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch (@JeffreyStClair3) November 3, 2022
Do you know that Ukraine's future is in our hands? If GOP takes over the house, possibly the senate, the US will stop providing them the tools they need to defend and defeat the Russians.
— Isis – #RESIST (@Isis_Win) November 7, 2022
Imagine caring more about Ukraine than feeding your own family.
Warped.
Keeping an eye on politics in the USA is corrosive. The way we're watching democracy being steadily dismantled with no one seemingly able to stop it is terrifying. If the GOP takes the house & senate I feel that's game over.
— Pete Wharmby (@commaficionado) November 2, 2022
Game over for harmful, horrible, crap policies that have done nothing to make the lives of Americans any better.
We can only hope so.
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Related:
AP DRAGGED for posting melodramatic video of Meg Kinnard ‘explaining’ what happens if Democrats LOSE
NYT tries making everyone feel SORRY for Biden who just wanted to unite us and it goes so DAMN WRONG
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