Trump is the distraction congressional Republicans had hoped for - By Carter Eskew

[DonViejo]

By Carter Eskew January 3 at 1:47 PM

While Donald Trump types away on Twitter, Republicans in Congress are getting ready to enact “the most ambitious conservative policy agenda since the 1920s,” according to David Weigel of The Washington Post. In fact, Weigel implies, Republicans in Congress don’t need much from the president, except his signature on the bills they will pass to roll back Obamacare, defund Planned Parenthood, cut taxes on the wealthy, gut all manner of regulations and end independent oversight of congressional ethics. He quotes Grover Norquist from 2012, who said the ideal president would be “a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen.”

Trump, however, may be even more valuable to congressional Republicans than an auto-pen. By creating almost daily newsworthy diversions, he allows Republicans in Congress to prepare and execute their legislative blitzkrieg with less scrutiny. Yesterday, for example, Trump tweeted that North Korea developing nuclear-strike capability against the United States “won’t happen.” Provocative — almost as provocative as saying he has secret information on the Russian hacking story. Trump has also neutralized congressional Democrats to some extent, at least in the Senate, by appointing such controversial Cabinet members. The Democrats will get weeks of hearings and headlines, which, if Democrats aren’t careful, will simply be another distraction while Republicans implement their agenda.

We are about to have an interesting political situation in Washington: a focused, committed congressional majority that has been honing its policy goals for many years facing a dispirited minority and an unpopular, inexperienced, agenda-less president. The checks are missing, and the balance is out of whack.

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[MFM008]

1. yes they had their way in the 20s

until that October 29. 1929 that lasted 10 years.............. thingy they caused
THE GREAT DEPRESSION.