Friday, September 6, 2024

Donald Trump has Mike Johnson in another no-win situation

Meanwhile, archconservatives have spent their time during this congress running into the same brick wall. Whenever a deadline approaches for funding the government, the "chaos caucus" tries to force Democrats to accept draconic spending cuts, far-right policies, or both. It's worked precisely zero times; the closest they've come to a win was removing Johnson's predecessor from the speakership. But in an extreme case of gambler's fallacy, they are certain that things will work out differently this time...

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