Republicans Have A Faux Macho Fascism Implosion

Republicans in Congress had themselves a day that included physical assaults on each other, and challenging witnesses to fist fights.

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The Republican Fascist Congressional Implosion

The day started with the news that Kevin McCarthy assaulted one of the House Republicans who voted to boot him out of the speakership in a hallway.

Rep. Tim Burchett was elbowed in the kidney by former speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy denied the elbow, but a reporter from NPR witnessed the whole scene.

As Sarah Jones wrote at PoliticusUSA:

House Republicans have devolved into violence against their own members, including a former Speaker recently ousted, shoving a Republican Representative after the GOP conference meeting. To put this in context, this is what Republicans are doing in the lead up to a shutdown they have brought upon the country.

House Republicans physically assaulting one another is indicative of their failure to lead, inability to govern, and bitter infighting followed by a vicious blame g…