On the menu today: My colleague Dan McLaughlin asked what's wrong with Congress, and he offered a laundry list of senators and House members behaving badly in ways that seem well outside the norm — as if the halls of the chambers had been overrun by the latest batch of freaks on Big Brother or one of those other conflict-as-entertainment reality shows that, if watched in sufficient quantity, will turn your brain into oatmeal. But there's a common thread that runs through almost all of the recent embarrassing congressional scandals: a strikingly deep-rooted attitude that once these idiots got elected to Congress, the rules, and even the laws, no longer applied to them. Why is populist anger spreading so quickly? Because members of Congress keep throwing gasoline on the fire. Ironically, self-identified populists are some of the worst offenders here.
I'll Tell You What's Wrong with the People in Congress, Dan!
Yesterday, my sharp-minded colleague Dan McLaughlin — superstar of C-SPAN — asked the question, "What Is Wrong with the People in Congress ...
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 |  | | | WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 03 2023 | | | WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 03 2023 | |  | | On the menu today: My colleague Dan McLaughlin asked what's wrong with Congress, and he offered a laundry list of senators and House members behaving badly in ways that seem well outside the norm — as if the halls of the chambers had been overrun by the latest batch of freaks on Big Brother or one of those other conflict-as-entertainment reality shows that, if watched in sufficient quantity, will turn your brain into oatmeal. But there's a common thread that runs through almost all of the recent embarrassing congressional scandals: a strikingly deep-rooted attitude that once these idiots got elected to Congress, the rules, and even the laws, no longer applied to them. Why is populist anger spreading so quickly? Because members of Congress keep throwing gasoline on the fire. Ironically, self-identified populists are some of the worst offenders here. I'll Tell You What's Wrong with the People in Congress, Dan! Yesterday, my sharp-minded colleague Dan McLaughlin — superstar of C-SPAN — asked the question, "What Is Wrong with the People in Congress ... READ MORE | | |  | |
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