In
my home state of Maryland, there were rampant reports of fraud during
early voting in November. A number of voters who cast ballots for
Republican candidates witnessed the computer system automatically
flipping their votes in favor of the Democrat candidate.
Evidently, this turned out to be a national phenomenon.
In other states, voters did indeed cast votes for Republicans, only to
see the mandate overturned by the D.C. Oligarchy led by Barack Obama,
John Boehner, and Mitch McConnell.
It is hard to exaggerate what has just occurred in Congress.
Democrats were completely repudiated and defeated in November.
Then, Obama unilaterally sacked our system of governance and granted
amnesty with the flick of the wrist. Yet, John Boehner and Mitch
McConnell worked hand-in-glove to help the defeated Democrats pass a
budget that fully funds Obama’s entire lawless operation for the rest
of the year – as if the executive amnesty never happened.
Fight
Boehner in January: Many felt that fighting Boehner during the
Speaker’s vote in January was a futile exercise. But if this doesn’t
change that mindset, Boehner will now know he has no reason to fear
conservatives. It only takes 29 Republicans to deny Boehner a majority.
When some grassroots liberals began to oppose the bill because of
tangential provisions, Obama and his allies reminded them that they had
gotten “virtually everything” they wanted from the bill. This,
after losing an election.
Stunningly, only 67 Republicans, 29% of the House membership voted
against it. Even many of those members only opposed the bill once
they realized their votes were no longer needed.
So where do we go from here?
We can’t change Obama. We can’t change the GOP
establishment. But we can change the way the allegedly
conservative members operate.
GOP leadership has been at war with them for years; it’s time they act
accordingly. It’s time for all of the members who claim to be part of
the conservative base of the party to unite behind several
clear
goals:
- Stand Behind Defund Rider:
The time to begin fighting amnesty is now, not in January.
Conservatives must band together and commit to taking down the rule on
any budget bill to fund DHS (the only remaining bill, thanks to passage
of the CRomniibus) that does not contain a full defund
rider ...- See more
- Form a New Caucus: As conservatives have advocated
many
times before, it’s time for the 30 or so conservative members to leave
the corrupted Republican Study Committee and form a group that will
actively promote a conservative vision inside Congress. Despite
publicly stating their intent to use every budgetary tool at their
disposal to... - See more
- Pledge to Oppose Procedural Votes: The forgotten
lesson
from this fight is that conservatives had the ability to block this
bill but failed to do so. When it became apparent that Democrats
would
all oppose the procedural vote, it only took about 17 Republicans to
defeat the rule on the bill and kill the legislation. We came up
one
vote short. Had just one of the other 51 members who opposed
final
passage agreed to vote against the rule, this bill would have been
defeated. If conservatives are to learn... - See more
- Fight Boehner in January: Many felt that fighting
Boehner
during the Speaker’s vote in January was a futile exercise. But
if
this doesn’t change that mindset, Boehner will now know he has no
reason to fear conservatives. It only takes 29 Republicans to
deny
Boehner a majority. It’s time to have that fight. Once
Boehner is
denied the majority, the vote will go back to conference. Sure,
we
will never get a conservative as Speaker, but we need to make it clear
that conservatives will have veto power over someone who has failed at
his job and has betrayed the trust of the conference. [The full deck]
