It's not the first time Rep. Troy Nehls has seemed to say the quiet part of loud: In December he suggested impeachment was about giving "ammo" to Trump.

As senators work on a compromise deal to address border security and immigration, at least one Republican is suggesting politics is a key motivator for him.

“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,” Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas told CNN this week. “I will not help the Democrats try to improve this man’s dismal approval ratings. I’m not going to do it. Why would I?”

Nehls indicated he’d accept only a proposal similar to HR 2, a hardline immigration bill that got zero Democratic votes when it passed the House last year.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    This is standard, decades-long GOP mantra, championed by Mitch McConnell. It’s also quite effective. Give a man a boogeyman to blame for all of his problems, and he’ll follow you anywhere.

    • frezik@midwest.social
      14·
      10 months ago

      It’s worse than that now. Democrats rolled their eyes, started setting up a deal to address their boogeyman, and now there’s Republicans saying they refuse because it might help the other side.

      The GOP has nothing useful to say or do.

    • TurtleJoe@lemmy.world
      10·
      10 months ago

      1. Enact policies that create pain in your own supporters.

      2. Create an “enemy.”

      3. Blame the pain on the “enemies.”

      4. Present themselves as strongmen who can defeat the “enemies.”

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      If he’s an idiot who believes that there’s a boogeyman to blame for all his problems, anyway.