Mark Levin Levin: That ‘Sleazy, Good for Nothing’ Mitch McConnell Screwed the Suburbs Today
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The justice brothers “that’s right, we know justice.” (More commentary interspersed with images)
Commentary by Jeremy Carl at National Review: (excerpts)
The Senate Republicans’ Latest Disgrace
To nobody’s surprise, the Lee amendment to defund the Obama Administration’s radical Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (AFFH), (a rule that essentially turns the federal government into a National Zoning board, forcing high density housing on unwilling cities and towns, while letting bureaucrats decide the racial, ethnic and income balance of local communities) was tabled by a vote of 60-37 today, marking a defeat for conservatism, community control, and common sense. (snip)
For what it’s worth the following 16 GOP Senators voted for the Obama administration’s war on the suburbs. It’s a largely predictable list: Alexander Ayotte Blunt Burr Coats Cochran Collins Graham Hatch Hoeven Isakson Kirk McCain Murkowski Portman Tillis Giving political cover to Democrats. Bowing to the dictates of the most liberal members of the caucus. Splitting the party. It’s what the GOP leadership does so expertly. And yet again, they’ve outdone themselves.
From Daniel Horowitz writing at Conservative Review: (excerpts) GOP Leaders Toss Loin Cloth to Democrats on Obama’s War on Suburbs
This has been the hallmark of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) Senate over the past two years. Whereas a majority party in the Senate is supposed to embarrass their opponents with tough amendments in order to win back the White House and a 60-seat majority in the chamber, McConnell’s Republicans have been blocking conservative amendments. They even shield Democrats from any exposure to tough votes. Today, Susan Collins went a step further and handed the Democrats their own phony bill, perfectly crafted to give off the veneer of defending local government.
This is an example of subtraction by addition in political math. Had we just had 30 solid conservatives we would have ended up with a similar result, but at least the battle lines could have been drawn in a clear fashion for all Americans to see the differences between the parties. With Susan Collins and the loin cloth Republicans, Democrats can now have their cake (block conservative policy) and eat it to (avoid the political fallout).
At some point, conservatives need to look beyond the next election and understand that if they fail to build an apparatus for electing conservatives and creating a conservative party, not only will Democrats keep winning policy and culture battles, Republicans will obfuscate any difference thereby shielding the Left from electoral reprisal. It’s better to start with a small army that is committed to battling the enemy than with a large army full of those who turn their guns on their own soldiers and protect the enemy forces. Under the current failed system, we can’t even strive for a better result and hope for a better day.
It bears repeating: Trump is not the main problem for the GOP Senate, Mitch McConnell is.
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