House GOP releases 'Commitment,' a retread of old, tired ideas and grievances on a spiffy website
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has learned something in the decade or so he’s been in leadership: presentation. He and fellow Republicans officially released their “Commitment to America” Friday, after unofficially releasing it Wednesday when...
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House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has learned something in the decade or so he’s been in leadership: presentation. He and fellow Republicans officially released their “Commitment to America” Friday, after unofficially releasing it Wednesday when it was posted to their website prematurely. In the intervening two days, they didn’t do a lot to add what you might call content, but it sure has some pretty pictures.
McCarthy rolled out a spiffy website (which promptly crashed) with a nice picture of a bunch white blue-collar workers on what must be an oil rig, and with words and numbers like 550%, which is what McCarthy says inflation increased by under the Biden administration: 550%. He does not say over what time period.
The site has a link to download the “Commitment.” Which takes you to one-page document that is pretty much the totality of the plan. It is titled “CTA One Pager,” as if there is some other document out there that is more than one page. There is not. But there are four overarching goals: creating “an economy that’s strong,” “a nation that’s safe,” “a future that’s built on freedom,” and “a government that’s accountable.” Read: tax cuts for the rich, immigrant-bashing, privatizing Social Security and Medicare, and endless hours of “oversight” hearings about Hunter Biden and (probably) Hillary’s emails.[/quote]...in other words, a retread of the Contract on America Gingrich and Company tried to ram down America's throats back in the 90's.
