Republicans don’t have the slightest interest in governing. They also have no respect for elections (Read: the will of the people), and we know that reading bills is too much work for them.
But this latest stunt takes the cake.
Via Think Progress:
According to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Republicans have devolved from the “Party of No” to the “Party of No Show.” Led by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the Republican boycott of climate hearings has entered its second full day. During today’s hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Whitehouse argued that being the “party of no show” is a miscalculation that harms the nation:
Talk about temper tantrums. But what this political theater really shows is that Republicans got nothing, because if they had a case they’d make it. Instead they behave like children, sulking in the corner. And if they don’t want to do their job (Show up for work) then they should resign. Pathetic.