"We have lived so long amid mirages of hope that this political era will pass that I can't trust a glimmer of it. However, there are signs that the Republicans are becoming more unstrung by the day. There are loud murmurs that discomfort is spreading among their congressional majorities regarding the Epstein stonewall. And Republican members are beginning to lose their shit publicly."
"In the latest episode, Republican Rep. Mike Lawler faces off with Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a hallway to demanddemand!that Jeffries sign onto the Republican proposal for ending the government shutdown. "Keep your mouth shut," Jeffries suggests at one point. Earlier this week, the Democrats decided to play the hallway ambush game. Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly dropped in on Speaker Moses in another hallway regarding the Speaker's delay in seating newly elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva."
Long-held mirages of hope for political change have faded while Republican cohesion frays amid an Epstein stonewall. Congressional Republicans show growing discomfort and some members publicly lose composure. Republican Rep. Mike Lawler confronted Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a hallway demanding support for a Republican shutdown proposal, prompting Jeffries to tell him to 'keep your mouth shut.' Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly ambushed Speaker Moses over delays in seating Rep. Adelita Grijalva, whose vote could enable a discharge petition to force release of Epstein documents. The Speaker appears intent on keeping those documents buried. Public confrontations are preferred over backroom negotiation to assert congressional coequal authority.
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