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"The number of judicial and executive branch confirmations overall is at the lowest point in decades. Lawmakers are postponing action on a budget and have failed to produce funds to deal with the crises involving the Zika virus, opioid addiction, and tainted water in Flint, Mich.
And Republicans wonder how they wound up with Donald Trump?
The party is in an existential crisis now, and this sort of mindless obstruction, practiced on Capitol Hill for much of the last seven years, is partly to blame. Republican lawmakers, fearing pressure and primary challenges from extreme conservatives, refused to engage in anything that might be perceived as cooperating with Obama – and so the legislature ground to a halt. The failure to produce, or to do much to address the nation’s economic and security woes, caused more disgust with Washington. This, in turn, allowed the rise of a populist demagogue.
...in their zeal to placate Tea Party conservatives, Republican officials created a leadership vacuum that has been filled by something far worse."
THE WASHINGTON POST: Republicans’ mindless obstruction has helped create something far worse
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