Republicans Aren't Sure If Acting Like Children Is Helping Or Hurting Them

Republicans couldn't help but act like over-stimulated children at the State of the Union address this week, and now there is division among these Republicans about whether or not their behavior hurts them or helps them. There are many Republicans who seem to genuinely believe that acting like caged animals is somehow good for their Party, which just shows how far gone many of them are. Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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We are now three days removed from President Biden's State of the Union address, where he was repeatedly heckled by Republican lawmakers in the crowd. And as of today, on Friday, and the speech was Tuesday evening, Republicans still can't decide amongst themselves whether or not making themselves look like idiotic little misbehaving children was good for them or bad for them. There is literally a divide in the Republican party right now about whether or not what they did during the speech, you know, yelling out these things and interrupting the president of the United States. They can't determine if it was good or it wasn't bad. And we've got some poll numbers that actually answered that question. I'll get to those in just a moment. But let's read a couple statements from the Republicans who again, aren't sure what it is. You've got half saying it was good, half saying it was bad.

Republican representative Lisa McClain from Michigan said, quote, he started off, I thought wonderfully, but then you can't stand up there and blatantly lie. So as much as I wish we had more decorum, okay, you're instigating that behavior. So it starts with the leader. Okay? So McClain clearly says Biden started it. So we're justified in acting like idiots. Kevin McCarthy said the president was trying to goad the members and the members are passionate about it. But the one thing that the president was saying was something that he knew was not true. Okay? So the speaker of the house is cool with Republicans looking like a bunch of petulant children. Good to know. Then you have Republican representative Garrett Graves from Louisiana who said, quote, the office of the President deserves respect, period, agree or disagree. I got a little uneasy in my seat and pretty frustrated listening to some of the allegations that are just patently false, but he let it go.

So you got Representative Garrett who says, listen, cool your Jets folks. I got mad too, but I didn't act like a moron. Then you have Republican representative, Dave Joyce from Ohio who said, quote, I think it's important that proper decorum be addressed, not only in the chamber, but everywhere we go and we should hold ourselves to a higher ground. That's something we shouldn't engage in, and we should at least show the respect that's due when owed to the office of the president when he comes to our chamber to speak. Okay, Dave Joyce is definitely on the, on the side of we looked stupid and we shouldn't have done that. We should be embarrassed. You should have decorum at all times. He says, but I gotta take issue just real quick with, with these republicans saying like, but he was blatantly lying and he was saying things they weren't treat. No, he didn't. He legitimately did not. He talked about your plan and your agenda, which Rick Scott the very next day confirmed is in fact your agenda. So he didn't lie. So y'all are lying about him lying to try to make yourselves not look like morons. But here's

The the thing, McCarthy had already reminded Republicans before the speech even happened in a meeting that morning. Quote. He, he said, um, we have to remember that there's hot mics and there's cameras and we can't be acting like children. He literally said, we can't be acting like children, but she acted like kids. And then McCarthy came out after like that quote I just read. And he was like, yeah, but it was cool cuz he, he goaded us into it and we were dumb enough to apparently take the bait. So Republicans are torn about whether or not it was good. Like should we keep acting like embarrassing little children who don't know how to behave themselves in a fancy restaurant? Or should we maybe act like the grownups? They don't know. They literally don't know. But I'll tell you who do know, who does know? Excuse me.

Is independent voters who watched the speech according to an analysis of all of the, you know, rapid reactions that happened during the State of the Union. Um, a, a group, um, who is it? Um, Maslansky and Partners. Uh, they're president Lee Carter. The, well, let me just read it. This is what Lee Carter had to say.