5 Questions
Match the following events with their corresponding years:
Trump got decisively booted from the presidency = 2020 His election-denier message damaged his party further = 2022 His demand for a Biden investigation and impeachment = 2023 Trump cost his party its Senate majority in the runoff elections = 2021
Match the following descriptions with the corresponding individuals or groups:
Believes it has a right to rule without concession or compromise = Pro-Trump minority Made a lot of angry accusations, but they have scant evidence = Republicans Allowed any one member to trigger a vote to get rid of him = Kevin McCarthy Guilty of anything other than fathering a troubled son = President Biden
Match the following actions with their consequences:
McCarthy sought Democratic votes to save him from his own refractory members = He offered nothing in return McCarthy secured his speakership in January = Allowed any one member to trigger a vote to get rid of him McCarthy avoided a shutdown with a 47-day extension = Wrecked his own leadership The next Republican leader to reach a working agreement with the Democrats = Will have to manage another set of delusions and fantasies
Match the following descriptions with the corresponding terms:
The price of GOP leadership = Delivering delusions and fantasies The Republican so-called majority in the House = Survives by perpetual self-hostage-taking The next ringmaster = Will have to deliver a more exciting act to the most frenzied fans The most corrupt and lawless president in American history = Trump
Match the following future possibilities with their outcomes:
Republicans will overcome their taboo against reality = Find some way to strike deals with their opponents Voters in November 2024 will replace this dysfunctional majority = With a functional majority that can work with facts The next leader will have to manage another set of delusions and fantasies = Being trafficked via the Biden impeachment inquiry Republicans have protected and enabled Trump for seven years = They crave to believe that Biden is as bad or worse
Study Notes
The Challenges Faced by Kevin McCarthy and the Republican Party
- Kevin McCarthy is facing the consequences of pandering to his party's extremes and making desperate deals and broken promises.
- Republicans have experienced a series of electoral losses since Donald Trump took over the party, including losing the popular vote for president in 2016, losing the House in 2018, losing the presidency in 2020, and losing the Senate in 2021.
- In the 2022 elections, Republicans experienced net losses in the U.S. Senate, governorships, and state legislative chambers, despite reclaiming the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- However, the Republican majority in the House is not a functioning majority, as they have struggled to advance their agenda due to the lack of unity among members.
- McCarthy attempted to reach across the aisle and make deals with Democrats, but his efforts were not successful.
- Trump's impact on Republican politics has been divisive, with him being a big vote loser for the party and causing them to lose the House in 2018 and the Senate in 2021.
- McCarthy had to act as if he had a majority, even though he did not, and insulted and demeaned the minority, which led to his reliance on Democratic votes without offering anything in return.
- The country is now divided between an anti-Trump majority and a pro-Trump minority that believes in ruling without concession or compromise.
- The next Republican leader will need to reach a working agreement with Democrats to bypass the GOP caucus's extremists, but this agreement will have to be unspoken and even denied to avoid being seen as betrayal by Republican partisans.
- McCarthy's speakership is precarious, as any member can trigger a vote to remove him, and he has had to make deals to avoid a government shutdown and default.
- The next leader will have to manage the delusions and fantasies being trafficked via the Biden impeachment inquiry, despite scant evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
- The Republican party must either overcome their taboo against reality and make deals with their opponents or face potential replacement by a functional majority in the 2024 elections.
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