Opinion by Greg Sargent: Kevin McCarthy’s disastrous loss shows Democrats must defang MAGA
to shut down the government over many extreme demands, including but not limited to the defunding of investigations of Trump. Others could include a functional end to asylum seeking at the border. You could also see the radicals insist that McCarthy withhold support for a debt-limit hike — wielding the threat of default and economic catastrophe — to force any number of such concessions.Democrats tell me the 18 Republicans from Biden districts will be key to their response.
Democrats must employ a range of tools to make the GOP embrace of MAGA priorities and tactics as politically painful as possible for those 18 Republicans.
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