The White House is underscoring House Republican dysfunction, with Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) bruising speakership battle, the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and Rep.-elect George Santos's (R-NY) campaign misrepresentations.
After Democrats needled Republicans over Santos and McCarthy during the holidays, White House aides have planned two political split screens for President Joe Biden to open the new year: first, an infrastructure event with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the latter's home state before a Jan. 6 anniversary address in the East Room.
"The American people said very loudly and clearly they want us to work together," Jean-Pierre told reporters."It can highlight that we do big, profound things for the country when we work together," she added of the trip. But the Kentucky trip coincides with the White House's sharper criticism of House Republicans. That scrutiny has also amplified differences between House and Senate Republicans, including McCarthy threatening to undermine the agendas of GOP senators who supported Biden's $1.7 trillion government funding bill in his chamber before predicted disagreements over the country's debt ceiling, which could lead to a default.
The Kentucky trip has been scheduled before a separate Jan. 6 speech on Friday, days after the House select committee investigating the attack was disbanded with the dissolution of the 117th Congress. The White House declined to preview Biden's Jan. 6 remarks on Tuesday.
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