Erick Erickson wants to convince his audience that the media is out to mislead the world:
From Fox News to CNN to MSNBC, the major talking heads and anchors are back in the pre-Trump era of attacking the conservatives, claiming it is all nihilism, theater, and ego, and not actually honestly articulating the issue with fairness to the conservatives.
The bottom line is actually very easy to understand despite the pro-McCarthy and Establishment GOP spin. This is about ending Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership. Some things really are that simple.
Sure, there are some rule changes the conservatives want too. You know, we didn’t use to rush into debt ceiling and government shutdown crises. Now, leadership lets the crises fester till they can rush through sight-unseen, multi-thousand-page pieces of legislation.
The conservatives want to end that and go back to regular order, which was done until about fifteen years ago.
Then there’s this anonymous Republican member of the House:
House Republican Member of Congress goes off against @GOPLeader McCarthy’s GOP detractors: pic.twitter.com/ZtdnBeltcp
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 3, 2023
Without considering history, it’s hard to say who’s closer to the truth; hidden agendas are easy to imagine. However, while we can’t say much for the anonymous Republican themselves, it’s not hard to see that their description of what has been called, by Republicans themselves, the Taliban-19, is far more congruent than Erickson’s description.
I find this mismatch in presentations from two people claiming to be conservative quite interesting. It provokes good questions.
Just like this web.
