If, as is popularly said, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, then the House of Representatives will shortly become America’s pre-eminent asylum. After spending much of the last session focusing on Beltway food fights while Joe Biden did his Nero act from the Oval Office, the House Republican caucus appears poised to do so again to greet a returning Donald Trump.
However, Trump has just put out his best effort to hold this off. Less than an hour ago, Trump endorsed Mike Johnson to return as Speaker, and tried to remind House Republicans to fight for his agenda rather than amongst each other:
We are the Party of COMMON SENSE, a primary reason that we WON, in a landslide, the magnificent and historic Presidential Election of 2024. ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, 312 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AND THE POPULAR VOTE BY MILLIONS OF VOTERS…
