I suppose the one good thing you can say about Republicans is that they are utterly transparent. There is no pretense or shiftiness. At this point, you’d have to be a Chris Coons to not see the “1+1=2” political calculus at the heart of the “Let’s allow babies to starve to hurt Joe Biden” strategy.
It’s a populist working class party now:
House GOP leaders were among the 192 Republicans who voted against providing $28 million in aid to the Food and Drug Administration to address the shortage of baby formula — within days of criticizing President Biden for not doing enough on the issue.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Whip Steve Scalise (La.) and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) voted late Wednesday against the measure to provide new FDA funding, which the House approved on a largely party-line vote of 231 to 192. Twelve Republicans broke ranks and joined with Democrats in backing the money.
Barney Frank’s dictum that for Republicans life begins at conception and ends at birth is one of the most enduring truths ever spoken.