House Republicans are sitting back and letting Democrats inflict damage on themselves as they struggle to respond to the growing firestorm over Ilhan Omar
“They have disarray in their own conference,” said Minority Whip Steve Scalise during a pen and pad. “Ultimately, we’ve been very clear that Speaker Pelosi has the full power and authority to take action on her own. And she should. But she hasn’t.”
The vote has been delayed indefinitely, and leaders are now scrambling to retool the resolution to make it more broad and appeal to more members. That’s why Republicans think their best strategy is to just let Democrats tear each other apart over the issue. And the GOP’s options are limited in the minority anyway: they likely can’t use procedural tools on the election reform bill to punish Omar, because it wouldn’t be germane. And forcing a vote on a censure resolution rebuking Omar could spark a nasty tit-for-tat with Democrats.
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