House Republicans have shown over the last few years that they are incapable of doing anything smoothly and gracefully. For the most part, they don’t do anything at all except suck up to Trump and own the libs. In the end, however, they accomplish the bare minimum necessary to keep the lights on, and no more.
Yesterday’s committee vote on the reconciliation bill was, of course, an embarrassment to the GOP, but the result won’t be permanent. After lots of kicking and screaming, the caucus will ultimately get something done. The Senate will then trash their work, and there will be at least two more levels of drama. When it is all said and done, however, the fear of failure will be powerful enough for some sort of “big, beautiful” bill to get through this summer.
The experience will be more proof to Trump that liberal democracy is a loser, and that he is better off doing everything himself.