Michael Steele: 'This Seinfeld Congress' Refuses To Govern

What this Seinfeld Congress is doing is more about what it refuses to do, which is govern. Instead, it passed a bogus resolution denouncing socialism, a largely symbolic effort that does nothing. Never mind that many conservatives were more than happy to accept taxpayer funded PPP loans the first year of the pandemic, but I digress. So let’s pause for a moment and call this out for what it really is. Boogeyman politics, a distraction. A narrative to justify their insurrectionist crimes and embrace of white nationalism and if the Republicans behind this farce knew what socialism even meant, they would know that that practice isn’t a thing in America. But you know what is increasingly becoming a thing? Fascism. From Republican lawmakers appearing alongside Nazi apologists to coup defenders getting plum committee assignments to public expressions of belligerent nationalism and racism. We’re getting a pretty clear picture of what fascism can look like in America. Stagnant ineffectual party isn’t just about dysfunction. It isn’t about failure to move an agenda. It’s about settling a partisan score. That’s what dictators do. It may feel good in the moment, but it’s bad for the country. Country. A concept largely forgotten by far too many in the modern day GOP.