Gingrich began the burn it all down trend when he became Speaker of the House in January 1995. If the GOP didn't get its way on a topic there would be no compromising with the DEMs and they'd not allow that bill to pass.The caucus represents the view of the Koch brothers network who feel the only valid function of the federal government is national defense, all else should be shut down and eliminated, especially Social Security and Medicare. (Study Fred Koch, their father and founding member of the John Birch Society.) We saw it with Rick Perry's effort to win the GOP nomination; campaigning on shutting down the EPA, Commerce and Education Depts, which was just the opening shot on shrinking government down to where the GOP could drown it in a bathtub.That caucus has no qualms about shutting down the government, they rejoice in such chaos and it raises their 'brand' in the eyes of MAGA dead-enders who only want to spite others (especially people of color) even if it causes themselves grievous pain.

Gingrich began the burn it all down trend when he became Speaker of the House in January 1995. If the GOP didn't get its way on a topic there would be no compromising with the DEMs and they'd not allow that bill to pass.The caucus represents the view of the Koch brothers network who feel the only valid function of the federal government is national defense, all else should be shut down and eliminated, especially Social Security and Medicare. (Study Fred Koch, their father and founding member of the John Birch Society.) We saw it with Rick Perry's effort to win the GOP nomination; campaigning on shutting down the EPA, Commerce and Education Depts, which was just the opening shot on shrinking government down to where the GOP could drown it in a bathtub.That caucus has no qualms about shutting down the government, they rejoice in such chaos and it raises their 'brand' in the eyes of MAGA dead-enders who only want to spite others (especially people of color) even if it causes themselves grievous pain.

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