Maddow: There is no governing talk happening in the GOP

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rQUdyV3uxRE

RWW News: Oklahoma State Sen. Dusty Deevers Provides A Case Study In Christian Nationalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYPd7YHE8iI

Rep. McGovern Eviscerates Republican Frauds In Epic Floor Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jIrx8MD-M

A former Republican Congressman reflects on the disarray of his party : NPR

"People are getting elected as a way to become famous. This is the new Hollywood, so to speak. But the problem isn't that they're not there to govern. The problem is the ones that are there to govern are not fighting back. 

 And a lot of the time they just put their head in the sand and pretend like we can get this fixed by just allowing the far right to have their way on a number of things. And so while most may be there to govern, that doesn't mean that they're going to actually do what they need to do to get to a situation where they can fight back and govern."

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/30/1209503200/house-speaker-adam-kinzinger-republicans-donald-trump-impeachment

Juan Williams: Today’s GOP has no interest in governing | The Hill

What happens when the politicians current calling themselves Republicans — wholly uninterested in governing — wield the power of the federal government? …

https://thehill.com/opinion/3257880-juan-williams-todays-gop-has-no-interest-in-governing/

Criticism of Democrats’ negotiations misses a bigger issue: Republicans’ absence from governing - The Washington Post - Opinion

This is not a "both sides" situation. Republicans and Democrats are not equally to blame, though the GOP would like you to believe otherwise. You don't have to support everything the Democrats are trying to accomplish to recognize that one party is at least trying to govern — and that the other seeks only to sabotage…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/criticism-democrats-negotiations-misses-bigger-issue-republicans-absence-governing/

Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans’ war on governing - Vox

… Scapegoating migrants serves two purposes for Abbott: It obscures his role in failing to prevent the current Covid-19 surge and provides him with an excuse to pursue the kind of restrictive immigration policies that former President Donald Trump both popularized and made a priority…

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22618486/texas-abbott-legislature-voting-covid-immigration

Opinion | Republicans are about to prove the depths of their bad faith - The Washington Post

... Republicans are about to give a vivid demonstration of how determined they are to make governing impossible. It is an attack not on Democrats but on the very idea that the American public should get the government it votes for. And it cannot be allowed to succeed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/republicans-are-about-prove-depths-their-bad-faith/

Why Trump’s blurring of the line between campaigning and governing matters, explained by an expert - Vox

Trump's trip to Pennsylvania illustrated how he can't resist getting political, even at taxpayer-funded events. It's not supposed to work like that....
https://www.vox.com/2019/8/14/20805724/trump-campaign-events-white-house-line-obliterated-taxpayer-dollars