Mitch McConnell isn’t even trying to pretend the GOP has any new ideas

In 2020, the Republican Party don’t even pretend to have a background beyond their allegiance to Donald Trump, avoid any policy proposals in favor of Resolution to “continue enthusiastically supporting the President’s America First agenda.” They lost to the White House and Senate in that election, but they seem to be moving toward midterms: According to Axios, Mitch McConnell was tell sponsors and other lawmakers that Republicans will not announce a legislative agenda ahead of next year’s vote — a reflection of the utter nihilism at the heart of the GOP.

“We all know what happened to the Democrats,” one person at a recent event recalls a donor asking McConnell. “But what are we going to run to help us win?”

McConnell’s response, as paraphrased by Axios’ source: “With all due respect, that’s not what we’re doing.”

The GOP has been short of useful policy ideas for a while, but the problem has worsened since the rise of Trump – a man of no real convictions, guided by nothing. like the moral compass, which by any deranged impulse overcame him at a given moment. It was that emptiness, and the pursuit of power for power, that shaped his party. About the crisis from COVID come climate change, Republicans are missing the most in action and worst of all actively aggravated problems. Joe Biden and the Democrats have far from perfect, but at least they take on the hard work of serious governance. On the other hand, their counterparts provided less complain about the culture war and in many cases outright hostility towards democratic norms and institutions.

Some donors may want a more focused agenda beyond “obstructing Biden” and “playing on the left.” But that doesn’t appear to be what the base wants, nor what the Trumpian GOP is willing or able to provide. “Especially donors are always asking for a certain agenda and McConnell pushes back,” the strategist said, telling Axios that such an agenda would “focus on policies. Dem is unpopular” and gives Democrats “something tangible to tear up.”

“One of the biggest mistakes challengers often make is thinking campaigns are about them and their ideas,” says the moderator. “No one cares about that. Elections are referendums on incumbents”.

Republicans may not have any real ideas, but that obviously doesn’t mean they don’t have an agenda; it just so happens that it is essentially gaining, holding and benefiting from powerful government positions. That’s why the Republican National Committee doesn’t need to bother coming up with an agenda for 2020; His affirmation of his “strong support” for Trump also serves as a shorthand for a variety of positions. self-interest, stupid, or devilish to comfortably lay out details. No need for an official 2022 agenda to know what McConnell is like, Kevin McCarthy, and Republicans will dominate if they win back Congress midterm — they did it from the Capitol Hill minority.

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