“I found that there is a really interesting, aggressive core of freshmen House members. They have told me that their [GOP] leadership has essentially pulled them aside and said ‘Shut up.’ In other words, don’t do anything aggressive [such as] oversight letters and hearings. They said, ‘Leadership has, in several different ways, ranging from explicit to implicit, said, “Stand down, be quiet, let the Democrats sink themselves.'”
The leadership of the Republican Party has been doing this since the Junior Bush presidency. "Stand back, do nothing, or you will queer the midterm election." That's been their mantra for 20 years.
>“I found that there is a really interesting, aggressive core of freshmen House members. They have told me that their [GOP] leadership has essentially pulled them aside and said ‘Shut up.’ In other words, don’t do anything aggressive [such as] oversight letters and hearings. They said, ‘Leadership has, in several different ways, ranging from explicit to implicit, said, “Stand down, be quiet, let the Democrats sink themselves.'”
The leadership of the Republican Party has been doing this since the Junior Bush presidency. "Stand back, do nothing, or you will queer the midterm election." That's been their mantra for 20 years.
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