Many Republican members of Congress routinely make “outrageous statements to generate social media clicks and campaign donations from aggrieved base voters.”
But White believes the childishness of many House Republicans is only part of the problem.
“Handing control of the party to Donald Trump, and all of the hucksterism and showmanship that came with that decision, has created its own ideological incoherence,” he writes.
“Instead of making any pretense at ideological coherence, the governing philosophy of the Republican Party seems to be whatever is good for Donald Trump.”
The result, says White, is that “at a time when the world is in crisis and challenges are mounting at home, House Republicans cannot even perform the mandated tasks of governing.”
“This is what happens when a major party becomes dysfunctional and cannot govern.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
