New Species Discovered: Republicans Who Pretend To Give A **** About Deficits

Some clever writing here from Catherine Rampell. Republicans are crisis actors who merely pretend to care about deficits - when it suits them.

Cue Sir David Attenborough to do the voiceover.

Source: Washington Post

Breaking scientific news: Researchers have identified a previously unknown species in D.C. Like cicadas, this species stays underground for years at a time, typically in four- or eight-year intervals. Its members hide away until there is an auspicious change in the ecosystem. Then, they bust out and wreak havoc.

This species: Republicans who care about deficits.

From 2017 through early 2021, members of the species lay dormant. Coincidentally, though, a nearly identical-looking sister species, Republicans who love debt, ruled Capitol Hill in their stead. With unified control of the House, Senate and White House, these debt-loving Republicans gleefully spilled red ink across the nation’s capital and beyond.

And what did these vermin do?

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