Miller-Meeks defends her vote (37 seconds):

All supposed evidence that MAGAs like Miller-Meeks claim to have has already been debunked. But when you have an agenda to destroy political opponents by any means possible, that makes no difference. Miller-Meeks is a coward who is afraid to stand up to lying criminal Donald Trump. She does not represent her district by voting for impeaching an innocent person. She makes a mockery of the process.

Heather Cox Richardson sums up the beginning of the week – and especially Wednesday – by pointing out that Republicans in congress are totally avoiding their real responsibility:

In a day that was chock full of political stories in which Republicans were launching attacks on Democrats, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) made a key point. “We have not passed an emergency supplemental, a Farm Bill, or regular Appropriations,” he said. “The story is not what they are doing. The story is what they are not doing.”

Schatz was referring to specific, vital measures that are not getting through Congress: the outstanding funding bill for aid to Ukraine and Israel, border security, and humanitarian aid for Gaza; the Farm Bill, which governs the nation’s agricultural and food assistance programs and needs to be renewed every five years; and the regular appropriations bills that Congress must pass and that House extremists tossed out former speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) over because they wanted deep cuts that he had agreed with President Joe Biden not to make.

But there is a larger point behind Schatz’s observation. Republicans, especially the extremist wing, have garnered power by promising to stop the government from acting. The extraordinary gerrymandering in Republican-dominated states following Operation REDMAP in 2010 created such safe districts that Republicans did not need to worry about losing elections. That safety meant that their role was not to offer real legislative solutions to problems, but rather to gin up support for the party nationally by pushing party talking points on right-wing media. Those talking points focused on slashing the government, which they claimed was hurting their constituents by defending secular society and providing benefits to undeserving minorities and women.

Richardson goes in one direction and I will go in another. Iowans in congress are 100% behind this farce and waste of our time and money. As noted in Richardson’s second paragraph above, Congress does have very serious work that must be done including a Farm Bill that will have great impact on Iowa. Instead they use their time to play.

One thing that Richardson does not mention is the cowardice of congress members who are afraid to cross Donald Trump. Despite what they may say in public, you know every one of Iowa’s congress members is looking over their shoulders fearing the wrath of Trump that will launch a primary challenge. Cowardice!

OOPS! I just remembered Miller-Meeks has already committed a sin against Trump and she is already being primaried. No doubt her future in congress is already in Trump’s power. She had better supplicate herself properly. What a coward! She has no business in congress. 

Rather than serving the people of Iowa, Iowa’s congress members appear to be much more concerned about taking orders from an individual who has been indicted on real charges 91 times plus losing several civil cases. An individual who is making a mockery of our judicial system and is now making congress look like puppet monkeys on marionette strings.

Even with truly critical bills needing immediate attention, the US House plays games and then declares a holiday recess. As Ukraine’s very existence hangs in the balance the frat boys and sorority girls of the MAGA Party declare party time.

They get somewhere around $200,000 per year plus extremely generous staff allowances and travel budget for doing almost no work. If they were in line with their purported values, they would sheepishly apologize and give us back some money. They surely have not earned their pay. None of Iowa’s congress members could survive at McDonald’s.

Please remember that each of Iowa’s congress members are not appointed nor annointed. They are elected. If you are like me and you are sick and tired of seeing them refusing to do their jobs, if you are sick and tired of of seeing them represent Donald Trump and not Iowans, if you are sick and tired of them always blaming somebody else for what they won’t do it is time to vote them out. 

And if you see one of Iowa’s congress members on the street this holiday season, don’t be afraid to ask them why they aren’t doing their jobs? Why are they ignoring Iowa’s needs? Aren’t they embarrassed to be voting for the kangaroo court they are setting up for President Biden? 

It is time that Iowa’s congress members have a reality check from Iowans.