Scenes from a madhouse

| 12:01 pm EST January 20, 2024
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There is chaos going on even as I write these words and said chaos is coming from the Madhouse — the Madhouse on Capitol Hill. As I mentioned before, House Republicans are not bringing forth their best and their brightest. Instead, they appear to be more focused on their worst and their stupidest.

Readers, it is BEDLAM on Capitol Hill within the GOP caucus. Allow me to paint some scenes for you from this decrepit, loony madhouse, this snake pit of utter incompetence that will thrust the House of Representatives back into our hands come the 2024 election. Let the show begin.

“We’re sucking wind!” That’s from Rep. Patrick McHenry, who is criticizing Mike Johnson’s leadership abilities. According to Patrick, Johnson needs to “widen his group of advisors.”

Don’t tell Marjorie Taylor Greene. Yes, the screamer is still threatening to use the motion to vacate the chair to get Johnson out of there. Margie appears furious that Johnson might do his job.

Now our scene takes us briefly to Bakersfield, California. That’s right. Kevin may have left the Caucus, but the stench lingers on. Word is Kevin is quietly trying to oust Nancy Mace for Congress by supporting Dan Hanlon, former chief of staff to Mace, who might make a play for her seat. He is courting donors. Reportedly, it is Kevin who put the ideas in his head.

Rep. Chip Roy , never one to hold back,went nuts this week and started ranting about his fellow caucus members doing “stupid stuff.”

“We keep doing the same stupid stuff,” Roy ranted. I can agree with that. Roy appears deeply upset that the government might stay open.

Moving on, we come to some morose House Republicans who are coming to terms with the fact that because of their incredible shrinking majority, they might need to swallow their pride, put their tales between their insurrectionist-supporting legs, and ask Democrats for their votes. This is because they’ll need them to get anything passed.

In the meantime, it seems another Republican retires every day. Who will be next? I’ll say one thing. Republicans sure are falling over themselves to get the heck out of Dodge — it appears Capitol Hill is not a good place to be for them right now.

In the meantime, the Freedom Caucus and the “moderates” are fighting like cats and dogs. This is because of a straightforward reason — they can’t stand each other.

And then there is HIM. He of the ever-sprouting hair and reported penchant for venmo payments. He, a forest critter who has crawled out of the rock he was dozing under to announce that the GOP doesn’t REALLY need any women in it at all — and if women abandon them, so what? There’s always a “Julio and a Jamal ready to sign up.” Oh Matt Gaetz!!

This is not a joke, by the way. It may sound like one. It may appear to be one. But it is NOT one. They are this clueless. This concludes the scenes from a madhouse – for today. Who knows how worse it will be by tomorrow?