Republicans are already waging murderous wars to control Trumpist factions and Biden’s agenda is up for debate
There are victories that can turn into a nightmare. That is what awaits Republican leader in the House of Commons, Kevin McCarthy, who yesterday had all the votes to become the next Speaker of Congress. Aside from all the votes counted, the polls appear to have secured his party a victory, but so close that it will likely be consumed in internal warfare. They already started yesterday.
After a long night of endless recounts and mixed feelings, the day after the most important election day of their lives, Democrats had told voters, the United States woke up with no apparent results. All that was certain was that the majority of citizens did not want a nuclear option that would blow up the entire system, as Donald Trump denies when he questions the legitimacy of the election itself. Instead, they want the two power parties to come to an agreement to find solutions to the problems that affect everyone from inflation to civilian insecurity. And always without canceling vested rights, because no one can imagine that the Democratic Party could have saved face without the mass vote of women to defend abortion.
The old formula of dividing the power of the chambers between both parties was felt all day long, but if in the past that forced the president and opposition leaders to negotiate and understand each other, now the bitter polarization of the country leaves no option for agreement. Rather, it will lead the country to political immobility for the next two years and put McCarthy in a difficult position.
Early in the morning, after realizing there would be no quick results, McCarthy convened his team and held a conference call with his advisers in which he acknowledged that the avalanche of votes they expected would comfortably hold up with the 218 seats available. they need to be majority in Congress, did not occur. His next goal is to make sure that the extremist wing of the party does not take away the opportunity he has always dreamed of.
Sources of the so-called Freedom Caucus told CNN that about two dozen members are willing to vote against his candidacy if he doesn’t compromise the power of his far-right sector. Seven years ago, this caucus of the House, which originated with the Tea Party, blocked all his advances into Congressional leadership and forced its own radicalization. Thanks to the power of Trumpism, they have 35 members today and are much more organized. They are the ones who come out stronger in the polls, because whoever is president of Congress within the Republican Party will need the seamless unity of all members to pass weighty legislation.
In a similar context, for the past two years, Joe Biden’s agenda has been in the hands of two conservative Democratic senators, who exercised their minority power to sabotage the president’s progressive plans. Biden dreamed of getting at least one more seat in the Senate in order to miss the vote of Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema. That senator number 51 who would tie-break in a senate that is Solomonic divided from 2020 in 50 to 50 came in the early hours yesterday with John Fetterman’s miraculous victory in Pennsylvania.
All of the party’s heavyweights had been fighting for the only vacant seat left by a Republican senator in this election, but for Biden’s dream to become a reality, it is essential to keep all the seats at stake. Yesterday there were three more in the race and one will not be known until December 6, because in Georgia a runoff is required if none of the candidates get 50% of the vote.
Arizona and Nevada keep the thread of life for both parties. In the first, astronaut Mark Kelly, who was launched into politics by the attack on his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, has gained the support of the family of beloved Republican Senator John McCain, who died of cancer, on the closing date of his election. campaign. . His children could not allow his legacy to remain in the hands of a character like Blake Masters, devoted to Trumpism. The preliminary results look good for Kelly to retain McCain’s seat and at least the Democrats have a chance to continue as they were, in the hands of Manchin and Kinema, with the casting vote of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Nevada was a different story. There, Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt, grandson of a beloved governor of Basque descent, can take advantage of the last votes of the countryside to consolidate his preliminary victory over Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latin American elected to the Senate. The state agrees to receive post-in votes stamped on Election Day up to six days later, so everyone tried reading the political color of the ballots to be counted in the coffee pits yesterday to find out if Cortez Masto had a chance. go back If that mountain of remaining votes comes largely from Clark County, to which the city of casinos belongs, with the unions organizing power to mobilize the votes in favor of the Democrats, Nevada could be in the blue box and the dream go on living.
Beyond the control of the cameras and what it could mean for Biden’s and the United States’ agenda, the Republican Party yesterday found itself at a momentous crossroads that requires deep reflection. Does being chained to Donald Trump help you stay in power? The former president has raised $350 million for the 300 or so candidates he has supported in these elections and has participated in 30 demonstrations and 40 fundraisers. According to his calculations, 224 of the 330 candidates he claims have won their competitions, “and frankly some had a very low chance and came in fifth place,” he said late Tuesday.
Trump had organized a party to follow the results at his residence in Florida’s Mar-a-Lago, where he gathered “people you read about who aren’t the nicest, but who are financially brilliant,” he told the press, who called for his followers to follow. words. He expected a big feast, and although according to his custom he did not allow reality to ruin his speech, the tone changed during the night. Fetterman’s win in Pennsylvania dampened his expectations, but so did the close competition in key places like Arizona and Georgia, in which he has invested a lot of time. The House of Representatives also opposed him and soon the ‘fake media’, whom he thanked for their presence at the beginning of the evening and invited to have fun with music and food, were again the ‘great enemy’, punished with ‘ game down” the “incredible victory” of his chosen ones.
The former president has called on the country for a “big announcement” next Tuesday. Everyone expects him to launch his presidential campaign to win back the White House, but no doubt he’ll be under a lot of pressure in the coming days to stick with it until it’s known what to celebrate.
Source: La Verdad
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