Have I crossed over to another dimension? Leaving a rational world for one where a few people with the goal of fixed outcomes are leading majorities by the nose is routine—the week started with eight Republican malcontents relieving their house leader of his role as speaker. Four percent of the House GOP achieved their goal of taking down a leader supported by the other 96%. 

This minute faction claimed to act as fiscal conservatives, demanding more budget cuts than the agreement the leader negotiated with the Democrats to keep the government open. This assertion is false. These people are Trump followers. The same Trump who spent trillions we didn’t have in an unnecessary COVID Lockdown. The one who still puts entitlements, two-thirds of the budget, off-limits.

Paul Ryan was the last Republican leader willing to reform Social Security and Medicare. Trump never supported him in the only way to get control of government spending. The ex-president even backed closing down the government while limiting cuts to less than a third of the budget. As I pointed out in my last post, Trump is no true conservative. Neither are his lackeys.

The eight are self-promoters pursuing their agendas while claiming moral superiority over the other house members. Yet these frauds achieved their goal. What now?

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz led the overthrow. It is impossible to believe he moved without Trump’s tacit approval. The ex-president didn’t lift a finger to save McCarthy. Instead, Trump has endorsed his acolyte, Jim Jordan, for speaker.