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MAGA "extremist rage" is forcing productive conservative Republican lawmakers out of Congress
By Donna
August 28, 2024 7:24 am
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We just can't run a successful, productive country like this.

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Although "very conservative,"[Washington Post columnist David] Ignatious notes that [former US Rep. Mike] Gallegher [(R-WI)] "fears that conservative values aren’t the defining point for Republicans any longer."

He told the columnist: "How conservative you are can’t be measured by loyalty to the party or the president."

Ignatious notes that Gallagher left Congress following "a cruel hoax" claiming that the ex-congressman "had been shot in the face and that his wife and two young daughters" were being held hostage in December of last year.


That incident "proved to be a breaking point" for the former Wisconsin lawmaker, Ignatious emphasizes.

Gallagher really knew it was time for him to go when he didn't vote for the GOP-led impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Gallagher’s exit says that "Congress in the age of Trump is becoming a toxic echo chamber. Members and their families are targets of extremist rage," Ignatious writes.

However, "The arc of Gallagher’s career illustrates several things that matter in this election year," the columnist continues. "First, despite all the bickering, bipartisanship is still possible. Gallagher led a select panel on China that developed nearly 150 bipartisan recommendations for legislation helping the United States to compete more effectively with Beijing."

Gallagher also understand that infighting and insulting gets Congress no where. "We’ve turned Congress into a ‘green room’ for Fox News and MSNBC, instead of being the key institution of government," he told Ignatious. "Being a bomb-thrower on TV or crapping on my colleagues has never interested me".

Ignatious emphasized, "Thinking about Gallagher reminds me that politics is a character test — not just of the candidates but of the system itself. If good people leave Congress or don’t run for office at all, we’ll get legislators who are coarser and more extreme — creatures of this broken process."




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  1. alternet.org

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  1. by HatetheSwamp on August 28, 2024 9:04 am

    alternet.org, baha!

    Of all of us, Donna, you should be ashamed to post this. In 022, you were charting the victories of progressive Dems over moderates in primaries.

    And, really? alternet.org? Why not just post passages from MEIN KAMPF!!!!?


  2. by Indy! on August 28, 2024 10:28 am

    You're part of the problem, peebs. You're an enabler.


  3. by HatetheSwamp on August 28, 2024 10:31 am

    How so, Indy?


  4. by Indy! on August 28, 2024 10:35 am

    Continually voting for the extremists like Trump.


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