Dwain Northey (Gen X)

The Democrats won on nearly every ballot yesterday, enshrining abortion rights in Ohio and seizing the legislative bodies in Virginia. We did not take the Governors race in Mississippi which is all the republicans can talk about, “Mississippi is a warning to the Biden in 2024”. Oh my, deep red Mississippi retained their red hat republican governor but for the first time in a long time it was a race that they nearly lost.

I am not sure if the action the House GOP took today was in retaliation for the trouncing, they took yesterday but lead by Margorie Taylor Greene the House GOP votes to cut Sec. Pete Buttigieg salary to $1.00. The performance art won’t go anywhere but it is the childish antics that they continue to participate in rather than actually doing the job they were elected to. MTG’s statement, “Pete Buttigieg doesn’t do his job. It’s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trip to accept LGBTQ awards for him,” Green posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I’m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn’t deserve a single penny.”

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has worked to build a world-leading transportation system, with a focus on safety, jobs, equity, climate, innovation, and organizational excellence. He supported the development, passage, and now delivery, of President Biden’s signature Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This does not include the fact that he continually goes on Fox, so called, news and makes them look like fools in a calm and collected manner.

The new speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t even believe that Sec. Pete and his family even have a right to exist so I am not surprised that he would support this floor vote. So, the fact the Pete is articulate and competent is a real threat to the MAGA Morons in the House. We can look forward to 12 more months of performative stunts by the GOP because they have no legislative goals other than overturn our democracy.