Republicans Panic That Trump’s Demands Will Lead To ‘Galactically Stupid’ Problems

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Republicans in the House are growing increasingly concerned that Donald Trump’s demands of them are going to lead to “galactically stupid” consequences for them in November’s election. Trump is still demanding that they shut down the government, and if they don’t, they fear that he’s going to go on the rampage against them – which could be just as costly in November! Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

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Republicans in the House of Representatives are still scrambling to try to figure out how to not shut the government down, which honestly really should be kind of the first thing they do. But you know, not shutting down the place you work seems to be very difficult for Republicans. So it is what it is and it is not great. So we are still waiting on Republicans to come together and get us some kind of continuing resolution so that we can keep the government funded beyond September 30th. But there's a wrinkle in things, of course, because Donald Trump wants the Republicans to shut down the government. And last week you had Republican Senator Mitch McConnell say that this would be politically stupid and you had some Republican murmurs in the house. Maybe this isn't a good idea, maybe we should just fund it, but nobody really speaking out against Donald Trump.

Well, things change this week, of course, as the deadline gets closer by the minute, and now Republicans are willing to speak out about Donald Trump encouraging them to shut down the government. And they, much like Mitch McConnell agree that this is very stupid, except one Republican went further than saying it's politically stupid. And he said, it is galactically. Stupid. Here is what Republican representative Mike Garcia told NBC. He said, quote, it is, in my opinion, galactically stupid to do a government shutdown even after an election. Before an election. It's even worse. It's self emulating as a party if we do that right before an election. Republican representative Don Bacon also says, shutting down the government is bad politics, bad governance. And of course, it all comes down to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who desperately wants to do Trump's bidding. Johnson says that he recently met with Donald Trump to, you know, figure things out a little bit.

And according to Johnson, here's how it went. I, I've had a lot of conversations with President Trump. I won't divulge all of that, but he understands the situation that we're in. He is doggedly determined to ensure that election security remains a top priority. And I am as well, which is why I put the Save Act with the continuing resolution. Now, you put the Save Act as part of the continuing resolution because you're terrified of Donald Trump. And now like an idiot, you have gotten yourself stuck between a rock and a hard place because you can either keep going with Donald Trump and shut down the government and definitely lose the house in November, or the other option. And the other option, of course, is one that doesn't get talked about enough. But this is what Republicans are really afraid of, even being more afraid of a government shutdown.

Republicans are afraid that if they don't shut down the government and they do pass a continuing resolution that does not contain the Save act, they're afraid that Donald Trump is then going to torpedo their campaigns because that's what he'll do. He'll get on truth social hell, maybe he'll even jump on Twitter this time since truth social is dead. And he'll go after these Republicans one by one. He'll call them out. He'll name names, he'll call them weak. He will call them cowards. He will let voters know that they let you down. Do not send these people back to Congress. And the Mag of factions in those states will take their vengeance out at the voting booth. So at this point, there's no good outcome. There is no, well, politically speaking for Republicans, there's no good outcome because what do you do? Do you not pass the Save Act and then witness Donald Trump's wrath?