Opinion

House chaos seems a deliberate strategy

Posted October 17, 2023 5:00 am

It feels to me that the chaos in the House is calculated, and works to the benefit of the Freedom Caucus and former President Donald Trump.

In light of the Freedom Caucus's recent ousting of the House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, and the outright refusal to support a new speaker from their own party, the looming disaster seems to only benefit one movement within our government. Keeping in mind how difficult it was for Congress and the president to agree on a budget back when the House of Representatives was functional, the Freedom Caucus has doomed the current budget to expire, and for the resulting economic disaster to headline the 2024 elections.

We will see millions of American public servants destitute by the Freedom Caucus's political game, and our government will be unable to adequately supply Ukraine and Israel in their fights to exist. The Freedom Caucus's actions would see American allies abandoned and crippled, and American workers hungry on the street, just so we can have another four years of Caesar.

Edward Moritz

Warrenville

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