Rep. Nancy Mace has ripped Speaker Mike Johnson for the way he has run the House of Representatives in a New York Times op-ed, the latest sign of discontent among Republicans with the speaker.
Mace, a former moderate who moved hard to the right who is now running for governor, criticized Johnson and House leadership for closing the lawmaking process and concentrating it among themselves.
“Would opening up the floor lead to more conservative bills passing or more bipartisan ones? The honest answer is: It would do both,” she wrote.
“Some Republican priorities would finally get a vote. So, too, would common-sense bipartisan measures. The point is to do more and let voters see where their representatives stand. What we have now is the worst of all worlds: little accountability, transparency and results.”
33 Comments
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 277d
Republicans believe government cannot and will not work. Elect them and they will show you. 😉
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 33 pts · 277d
It's not like the Republicans set a high bar. Pelosi barely cleared it.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 277d
You might disagree with her policies but she was one of the absolute best at being speaker and getting votes.
lunelovegood@ttrpg.network · 4 pts · 277d
Votes for what? Compromise isn't intrinsically good.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 276d
Pelosi stood on top of a pile of money she insider-traded on to top that bat
archonet@lemy.lol · 32 pts · 277d
Truly heartbreaking.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 277d
Pelosi was a good politician. That doesn't make her a good person. She fleeced millions from insider stock trading in her position of power.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 277d
Good politician in terms of behaving like a politician, maybe. In terms of serving her constituents? Nah.
ILoveUnions@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 277d
Good politician is generally taken to mean good at corralling the other politicians into passing your agendas, at least how I usually see it use. Like how people call McConnell a "good" politician . Idk tho
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 277d
Yeah that's pretty much what I meant. Good at playing the game, not great at representing the people. Like most politicians.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 277d
She was very effective at using her inside knowledge to trade on the stock market.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 277d
Funny, I didn’t think it could really get worse than Pelosi until Johnson showed up.
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 277d
So you thought Kevin McCarthy was better than Nancy Pelosi?
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 277d
Hah, no, of course not. There’s been many horrible speakers.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 277d
Hastert was a child molester. Boehner and Ryan were nothing to get excited about, either.
And then there is Newt, who bears responsibility for so much that is awful about our political situation these days.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 277d
Yeah, you’re right, they’re all horrible.
Floodedwomb@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 277d
Of all her crimes, that outfit might be near the top.
Zier@fedia.io · 4 pts · 277d
That outfit says, "I need mental health help", and also "Notice ME!!!".
the_tab_key@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 276d
Looks like she's getting ready to enter the fire temple.
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 277d
TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 277d
Fetterman wearing a hoodie and shorts.
man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 277d
Yeah I can't get over that either. Every time I see him.
Zier@fedia.io · 7 pts · 277d
President Piggy wearing a cheap polyester suit and fake silk tie. Not to mention his girdle, lifts and that weird orange face paint. I've met whores with more class than him, and wearing wayyyyy less makeup.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 277d
Most of them wear the same damned outfit so not really any way to do that to most. But folks have been making fun of Trump's clothes for forever and if you want to expand it to pissants in politics but aren't elected then Musk exists.
Kalothar@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 277d
You know you’re making a bad faith point? That’s just not the reality we live in.
I mean if they wore a bright baby blue 70s suit with those classic over extended undershirt lapels, I’d comment, but the most we get in variation is John Fetterman.
How can you comment on content that doesn’t exist, they all wear traditional suits.
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 277d
themaninblack@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 277d
Why? Because she can count? Because she can be stern to her caucus and get them to STFU?
She took impeachment off the table for Bush.
mercano@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 277d
Wow, this century is a long time. Nope, just 25 years. Wait, 25 years? Y2K wasn’t that long ago, was it?
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 277d
No. It was 26 years ago, because we were handling it in the run-up to 2000, not the following December.
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 276d
Jan 1, 2000 was almost 26 years ago..
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 277d
What a weird photo
0ndead@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 276d
It’s like they put two balloons in a pink dress and stuck two pvc pipes underneath
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 277d
Huh. Here I am sort of agreeing with Nancy Mace.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 276d
Apparently she ran out of people willing to shake her hand.
0ndead@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 276d
Nobody asked what you think Nancy