Handicapping the Speaker Stakes? Now there are only eight entrants as Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania has scratched himself from the race. Meuser, who represents a big slice of the state’s northern hinterlands west of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, begged off due to other commitments, namely leading the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania. Meuser said he spoke with Trump and got the OK to drop out, but if he’s ever in trouble, Trump will claim he never even met that weird weasel-faced guy.
People who complain that America doesn’t make quality goods anymore have plenty of ammunition in the Republican Party – they can’t manufacture a scandal worthy of the name. James Comer, the Kentuckian driving the impeachment Klown Kar, bragged that he had evidence of a direct payment to Joe Biden. He did, too – his brother James repaid a $200,000 loan. Yes, it says something that Biden had 200 large he could spare for six weeks, but I didn’t realize Trump’s attitude toward repaying loans had spread to the rest of the party his cult.
Republicans are so desperate for a Biden scandal they tried to concoct one out of his stroll on a Delaware beach. Maybe they could interview disgruntled Secret Service agents who got sand in their shoes.
Need a little rage to start your day? Check out this ProPublica report about Federalist Society poobah Leonard Leo buying up state Supreme Courts the same way he bought the SCOTUS. A reminder that people like Leo, not the people who stand for elections, are the ones running the country.
The floor’s yours.