In the US, legally (or at least “formerly legally”), no.
(I have extremely fair skin, but I still practice elements of the culture of my pre-European American ancestors. Generally I decline to identify as being a specific “race”, but when forced, I don’t check the box implied by my fair skin.)
Hopefully just the book and not the play. That would be a travesty.
Freedom Caucus takes ball and goes home showing they have no interest in governing, nor do they want anyone else to be able to govern.
Don’t get me wrong, the debt limit is dumb, but how hollow is this. If you want to protest that was your moment, you fell in line when things mattered and now we’ve got the do-or-die thing done you’re making a fuss. Just hoping for attention with low political cost.
That seems to be the ideal situation for just about every politician. “If I can get attention focused on me and it won’t cost me much politically . . .”
Much as I don’t want to…to give them the benefit of the doubt, consider the conservatives’ position.
In the negotiations that led to McCarthy getting the Spearker’s position, there were apparently agreements made as to what the party would or wouldn’t support in a budget/debt limit deal. From their viewpoint, McCarthy et. al. reneged on those agreements.
They could pull the trigger and try to remove McCarthy from his throne; this would turn the House into a more-dysfunctional mess for a time (until a new leader were found and new agreements made)…but it’s not clear that they would succeed (depends on how Democrats vote).
Instead, it looks like they’re adopting tactics that have a greater likelihood of succeeding in increasing dysfunction, and forcing a renegotiation of agreements among House GOP factions.
While I think it is sad (or worse) that compromise no longer seems to be a thing in American government…given the death of compromise, their tactic is potentially effective, and I think many employing the tactic were elected in part because their constituents liked the idea that they wouldn’t compromise on certain things.
This is likely.
IMO, nobody should run on a “no compromise, ever” platform.
I have no problems complaining about their behavior as unworthy of the position of a representative, even it that behavior reflects their campaign positions.
I agree…but unfortunately there are enough voters who disagree with that notion that we have a clusterf…
The Republicans who already don’t want to govern have a razor thin margin in the house so the crazy wing gets out sized power with their 15-20 votes.
I suppose Boebert’s campaigning on her lack of debt vote as a protest is a darnedest thing. It’s pretty funny that she had a camera crew with her to document that she just f’ed up and showed up too late for the vote.
To be fair?, the freedom caucus did not fall in line. They voted against the debt limit increase.
They voted against McCarthy as speaker too for the most part.
oh, disregard my comment then
I remember that old one. The “scorpion and the frog”, amirite?
Is that… a parody account? Since the blue checkmark no longer means anything it’s hard to tell.
But, really, what does that even mean?
I think she is saying how stupid Charlie Kirk is for saying all the Republicans should continue to kiss Trump’s ass.
But of course, she is trash so it comes out like this…
So Ann Coulter no longer likes Trump, it’s hard to tell who’s left the cult and who’s doubling down these days.
