Ayear and half ago, a small group of House Republican hard-liners ousted a speaker for the first time in history. His hanging offense: passing a “continuing resolution,” or CR, to fund the government for six weeks.
Fast-forward to Tuesday: Not only did many of those same hard-liners back a GOP speaker’s CR — this one for six months, not weeks — but the “hell no” House Freedom Caucus even endorsed the move, with many members voting for a funding extension for the first time.
For those of us who have covered Hill Republicans for years, it’s like up is now down and down is now up.
There’s only one explanation for this topsy-turvy new reality in the Capitol, and it’s President Donald Trump.