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Posted: 2023-01-19T10:45:00Z | Updated: 2023-01-20T15:53:31Z

While President Joe Biden s document drama puts him in a tricky political situation , lets not lose sight of the Republican Party s to be continued style of incompetent governance.

Looking back at their first two weeks running the House of Representatives, you have to conclude one of two things: Either Republicans are stupid, or they think their constituents are.

Voters sent a clear message in the midterms: Were tired of crazy. We want bipartisanship, not extremism.

Moreover, supporters of abortion rights, angered by the Supreme Courts unraveling of Roe v. Wade, turned out in droves and delivered several key elections for Democrats , according to CNN exit polling . Republicans surely would have liked to win some of those districts, no?

So, what happened? Week one: Republican extremists turned the speakership vote into Crazy Town.

Week two: Republicans passed a pair of anti-abortion bills and, in a real insult to everyones intelligence, voted to repeal tens of billions of dollars in IRS funding via the so-called Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. Consider this tweet from Rep. Ashley Hinson (R), of Iowas 2nd Congressional District: