Jamelle Bouie

They're going to waste floor time on the Senate.

When you're right, there are better things they could be doing.

There is a whole war that they're fighting.

They might want to eat up floor time talking about that, debating that, dealing with legislation with that.

But the president wants it and he's pouting and holding his breath and stomping his feet.

And so they are going to humor him.

I love a good tantrum.

It's astonishing.

The generic ballot right now for Republicans is devastating, right?

Like Democrats are up plus eight, plus nine in the generic ballot.

Even if the Iran war were not causing a global energy spike, the cost of energy going up, it would be an anchor on the president and the Republican Party.

But the fact that, you know,

I drive an electric car, so I'm a little bit, you know, gas prices, don't think about them too much these days, but I do notice them.

And I've noticed gas go up like 50 cents in a couple of weeks, right?

Like diesel has gone up to like $5 a gallon.

And if anything people were voting for, it was cheaper gas.

But that's... He's literally taking money out of people's pockets with, like, decisions he's making.

And this is going to trickle down to Republican lawmakers?

Like...

People are not going to respond well to this.