We’re still winning. And I’m not tired of it.
Republicans in the House of Representatives Thursday have passed President Donald Trump’s cornerstone project, the Big, Beautiful Bill, the ultimate present as our nation celebrates its birth on July 4. Thankfully, in the end they opted not to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Of course, the bulk of the credit goes to Trump. It is his strength that bulwarked Congressional leadership, most notably Senate majority leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, allowing them to overcome typically fractured Republican membership and get this bill turned into law.
But special consideration must be given to Johnson. He is, without a doubt, the most effective Republican speaker of the House in my lifetime. I say that with all due respect to Newt Gingrich, whose Contract With America program allowed Republicans to take the House in 1994, for the first time since 1954.
Gingrich got a lot done legislatively, but he had a considerably larger edge in members, which means every vote was not a life-and-death struggle to herd outliers in order to gain passage.
For Johnson, operating with a limited majority and Trump’s constant deadlines, it was a much tougher challenge. And yet this bespectacled, soft-spoken guy from Louisiana got it done, repeatedly.
That legislation will be on Trump’s desk for signature July 4, just as Trump had demanded.
Likely, history books will not note the mammoth job done by Johnson. We should do so in the moment.
It wasn’t easy. Reports in recent days had the bill failing, but those naysayers were beaten back into the real world, perhaps by the massive Democrat speeches that, according to vice-president JD Vance, convinced one undecided Republican to vote yes.
As expected, House Republican Thomas Massie was one of two Republicans voting against the bill. And I observe what a fitting coincidence that these political incompetents such as Massie and LA mayor Karen Bass, both have last names that rhyme with ass.
Both are losers, politically and otherwise.
But the winners of the moment are the people of the U.S., at least those who are non-socialist, love America types. Their counterparts in the Democrat party are left to their usual method of handling rejection, that being ginning up street protests funded by shadowy leftist oligarchs (to use the favorite term of the left), and generally rushing to LameStream media to mis-state what was passed here.
If you witness, read, or hear any of this tripe in coming days and weeks, understand the facts.
Democrats voting against this were voting to raise your taxes.
They were voting to end special programs to prevent taxes on tips, overtime or, in general, Social Security income.
They were voting against secure borders and controlled immigration.
They were voting against your safety, both from problems domestic and international.
They were voting against men being kept from competing against women.
They were voting against energy self-sufficiency.
They were voting against school choice.
This Big, Beautiful success does not guarantee the nation will triumph without interruption. Stuff happens. We’re still massively in debt, still facing the equivalent of a civil war as the left pouts and tries by any means possible – legal or illegal – to harm the nation.
What we got with this passage was a chance for Trump’s socio-economic plan to work, to move us toward his oft-stated goal to Make America Great Again.
Two parting thoughts:
First, Johnson was every bit the artful tactician in getting this positive result, with one vote to spare, as were the people who planned and executed the raid on the Iran nuclear facilities.
Second, we could have been celebrating like this four years ago if the liars in the intelligence community, Congress and LameStream media hadn’t scuttled Trump’s first term with the Russia, Russia, Russia impeachment hoaxes.
On the second note, ’tis true that revenge is a dish best served cold.
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