Recently George Will wrote a column entitled, "This November, cast your vote against the GOP". At first I took little interest in what Will had to say, I already knew he was a 'anti-Trump' member of the Washington establishment, more aligned of their view of governance than on concrete principles and solution orient approach to enduring problems. As the days moved along I became curious of what Will offered to argue the case the Republican Party should be shunned, costing them Congressional majorities.
Mr. Will begins with a term new to me, "misrule" referring to the Republican leadership,
and pointing to "family-shredding policy". Apparently, enforcing immigration laws which
Congress and previous presidents refused to seriously address is troubling, especially so
near the midterm election.
Will goes on to criticize Speaker Ryan for working with President Trump, calling it a
"false proposition" that will only "down grade" governance. Never mind Will offered
no such opinion during the eight years Republicans were persona non grata to the Obama
Administration. He goes on to call Ryan and other Republicans "the president's poodles",
without pointing to any legislation he disagrees with.
Will than points to retiring senator Bob Corker for being an exception by suggesting Congress should "retrieve a small portion of policy making power". Its interesting that it took Donald Trump for George Will to suggest Congress is broken. Again Will has it wrong, the problem is not 'policy making', it is and has been abdication of legislative responsibility and accountability for decades.
Also troubling to Will, President Trump cites trade restrictions being done in the name of
'national security", but seems to have forgotten it is the president with this sole responsibility, not the legislative branch. And when people can walk, drive and hop on a freight train to come to our country unimpeded it IS a national security concern! Maybe Will agrees with the "Abolish ICE" crowd too!
Nor do I recall George Will was troubled when George W. Bush sent our nation to war against Iraq, costing over 5000 lives and trillions of dollars without a peep from a Republican led Congress.
He is correct stating Trump is 'easily peeved", but no more so than a Republican electorate that have endured as 'conservatives' in Congress failed time and again to govern as true
conservatives,
and the primary reason over sixty million went to the polls and elected him.
In his closing Will finally gets it right when he says Trump "is the mainstream". Trump is right about trade policies, lowering taxes, reducing regulations, cutting non-military spending, ending mandated health care, and reviving industries essential to our nation and national security. What Will does not seem to understand it is HE that is not part of mainstream America.
Ending this piece by suggesting to "vote against" Republicans would "affirm the nation's honor while quarantining" Trump shows Will cares little about the benefit of a Repubican let legislation, preferring a Democrat majority that would spend every day placing mine fields to destroy the Trump presidency.
Our country does not need a Republican party to "gum up the Senate's machinery" as Will
suggests. We need a solution oriented legislative branch that can be as equally effective as
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