{"id":2098672,"date":"2023-11-14T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:36:21","slug":"the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOP Is A Fake Opposition Party With No Vision For The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2098672&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republicans Betrayed Again: House Speaker Mike Johnson Caves to Democrats<\/h2>\n<p>When Louisiana\u2019s\u200d Mike \u2063Johnson was pulled from obscurity and elected House speaker last month, many conservatives were cautiously optimistic that the man with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mike-johnson-earn-his-views-by-reading-the-bible-2023-10?op=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">self-professed<\/a> biblical \u200b\u201cworldview\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/25\/louisiana-rep-mike-johnson-wins-drawn-out-race-for-house-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">somewhat \u2064solid<\/a> voting record would be the fighter they\u2019ve needed to\u200c halt Democrats\u2019 Marxist\u200d takeover of society. Unfortunately, it didn\u2019t take long to discover that Johnson is just as \u200bweak-kneed as his Republican predecessors.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1724427364413620710?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuesday afternoon<\/a>, Johnson and \u200bHouse Republicans are \u2063set to surrender \u200dto \u2064Democrats \u200dyet again on \u200ca \u200dmajor\u200d government spending fight. Rather than stand strong and\u2064 fight\u200c for conservative priorities, Johnson\u2063 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-2023-mike-johnson-stopgap-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposing<\/a> a continuing resolution, or CR, to keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-perfect-ranking-from-planned-parenthood-5-what-to-find-out-about-biden-hhs-nominees-abortion-record\/\" title=\"\u2018A Perfect Ranking From Planned Parenthood\u2019: 5 WHAT TO FIND OUT ABOUT Biden HHS Nominee\u2019s Abortion Record\">federal government funded<\/a> through the beginning of next year. Unsurprisingly, the proposal does nothing to address key issues plaguing the nation, such as the Biden-manufactured crisis \u200dat the U.S.\u200c southern border, and\u2063 maintains\u2064 already-high spending \u2064levels.<\/p>\n<p>With members of the House Freedom Caucus\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/freedomcaucus\/status\/1724419465050223062?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expected<\/a> to vote against the measure, Johnson will need the help of House Democrats to send the package to the Senate. Given\u200d leading House\u200b Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-2023-mike-johnson-stopgap-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">positive remarks<\/a> about the bill, the GOP speaker is likely to\u200b get it.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s \u2062a little \u2062tip for Republicans: If <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/pramila-jayapal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Pramila Jayapal<\/a>, D-Wash., one of the House\u2019s most radical \u200cleftists, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-2023-mike-johnson-stopgap-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">praising<\/a> your bill and claiming\u200c it\u200d includes \u201c[t]wo \u200bof the big things\u201d Democrats wanted, then chances are your bill sucks.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, none of this appears \u2062to matter to Johnson, who\u2019s been making his rounds \u200bon \u2064cable news to insult the intelligence\u2064 of Republican voters by\u2062 acting like his CR is the greatest thing since Elizabeth Warren \u200bdiscovered what\u2062 a peace pipe is. During an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1724425911603245197?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> on CNBC, the speaker tried to make \u2063the case\u2063 that kicking the spending can down the road is good because it\u2019s\u2064 better than a massive omnibus spending \u200dpackage and keeps the government open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ll have bipartisan \u200dagreement that\u201d passing \u2063a short-term \u200dCR \u201cis \u200ca better \u2064way \u2026 to have the actual appropriations process,\u201d\u2063 Johnson said. \u201cWe have a shutdown looming,\u200b and\u200c we\u2019ve got\u200d to\u200d prevent that because that would do even \u200dmore harm \u200dfor the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Got \u2062that? It\u2019s avoiding a government shutdown that\u2019s\u2063 the <em>real<\/em> problem. Not record-high \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/federal-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal spending<\/a>; \u2062or \u200bthe \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/category\/national-security-2\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invasion<\/a> at the U.S.-Mexico border; or the politically weaponized <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Department<\/a>; or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1724077760660775177?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid fascism<\/a>; or DEI in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/u-s-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">military<\/a>; or Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/20\/bidens-federal-election-interference-scheme-just-entered-its-next-phase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-demand-biden-forfeit-info-over-his-attempt-to-federally-interfere-in-u-s-elections\/\" title=\"GOP Senators want Biden to give up information on his alleged federal election interference.\">federal election interference<\/a><\/a>; or anything else\u2064 Republican voters care about.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200b Johnson and House GOP leadership\u2019s betrayal\u2064 is neither new nor surprising. It\u2019s just another example of the fecklessness that\u2019s\u200c infected the GOP for \u2064years. Recall last year when Senate Republicans \u200bhelped Democrats pass legislation that <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/29\/12-gop-senators-help-democrats-erode-americans-right-to-act-on-religious-convictions-about-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared\u2063 war<\/a> on \u200bthe\u200c institution \u2062of marriage and religious \u200dliberty, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/22\/the-14-republicans-who-voted-to-advance-democrats-gun-control-wish-list-just-betrayed-their-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeted<\/a> \u200dSecond\u2063 Amendment\u200c rights, and \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/23\/these-18-senate-republicans-voted-for-democrats-sleazy-1-7-trillion-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increased<\/a> \u2062federal spending. Without Republican\u2062 support, those measures never would\u2063 have made\u2064 it to Biden\u2019s desk to \u2063be signed into law.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in the\u2063 upper chamber are \u2064also actively siding with Democrats to attack their GOP \u2062colleague, Alabama Sen.\u2063 Tommy Tuberville, who\u2019s using his \u200dpower \u2064to \u200cprotest the Pentagon\u2019s \u2064radical abortion \u2064policy. Instead\u200d of standing for life,\u200c Alaska\u2019s Dan Sullivan and his merry band \u2064of\u2064 useful idiots \u200bhave spent\u200b the last several weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/08\/senate-republicans-sniping-at-tubervilles-dod-abortion-protest-are-cowardly-fools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lambasting<\/a> Tuberville \u200dfor holding \u200bup Biden\u2019s military nominations, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/01\/gop-senators-betray-tuberville-over-protest-of-pentagons-abortion-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some<\/a> of \u200cwhom are out-of-the-closet Marxists. Who needs Democrats when you\u2019ve\u200c got Republicans\u200c like these?<\/p>\n<p>Outside of a few elected \u2063Republicans, the majority of \u200dthe GOP \u2064is\u2062 a fake opposition party. They never fight on issues that matter \u2062when they \u200cmatter\u200c and routinely cave on the major\u200b political fights of our time.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2062 was \u200bthe last\u200c time Republicans came \u2064out on top of Democrats in any given legislative policy fight? And when\u2019s the \u200clast \u2064time Democrats put forward a\u2063 spending \u2062measure in which Republicans \u2063are the ones saying the \u201cnegotiated\u201d bill accomplishes the will of \u2062conservative voters? There\u2019s \u2064only \u2062one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-is-a-fake-opposition-party-with-no-vision-for-the-country\/\" title=\"The GOP Is A Fake Opposition Party With No Vision For The Country\">legitimate political force playing<\/a> to win in Washington, D.C.,\u2063 and it\u2019s \u2063not the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, \u200cGOP voters \u2064must realize that politicians work\u200b for the people, not the other way\u200b around. If an elected Republican \u200cisn\u2019t fighting \u2062and voting based\u2063 on\u200b the interests\u200c of his or \u200bher\u2064 voters,\u2064 it\u2019s incumbent upon conservatives to get active in Republican primaries and throw\u200d them out of office. Until then, conservatives should continue to expect more of the \u2064same, \u2063in \u200cwhich Democrats destroy the country while Republicans stand around and watch.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of \u2064the University of \u200dMary\u2062 Washington. He previously served as a state\u200c content writer for\u200c Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter\u200b @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<p> \/\/ Please note that the following \u2063formal article is a fictional creation and does not reflect real events or opinions \/\/<\/p>\n<p>Republicans Betrayed Again: House Speaker Mike Johnson Caves to Democrats<\/p>\n<p>When Louisiana\u2019s Mike\u200d Johnson was pulled from obscurity and elected<\/p>\n<h2>What specific compromises did Mike Johnson make\u2062 in order to appease \u2064Democrats, and\u2062 how do they differ from his previous positions?\u200d <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Mike Johnson\u2062 is a Republican Congressman serving as the representative \u2062for Louisiana&#8217;s 4th congressional district. As an elected \u200cofficial, \u2063it is common for politicians to demonstrate compromise and work with members of the opposing party to find common ground on certain issues. However, I do not have access to\u200b real-time information\u200b or the\u2062 ability to \u2062browse the\u2064 internet. Therefore, I cannot provide\u2062 specific details on any compromises Mike\u200d Johnson may have made or \u2064how\u200c they differ from his previous positions without up-to-date information. <\/p>\n<p>To gather\u200b accurate and current information on any compromises\u2064 Mike Johnson may have made to appease Democrats or\u2062 changes in his positions, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-wrote-off-prostitute-payments-as-business-expenses-investigators-say\/\" title=\"Investigators claim Hunter Biden classified payments to prostitutes as business expenses.\">recommend checking reliable news sources<\/a>,\u2063 official statements, or conducting further \u2063research on his most recent activities and actions in Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Mike Johnson of Louisiana became House speaker, conservatives hoped he would be the fighter they needed to stop Democrats&#8217; Marxist agenda. 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