The word “narrative” was actually NOTUS‘s in their Monday article examining the mostly correct and fair assessment of convicted felon President Trump’s ownership of the House GOP majority versus Jesus Dork Speaker Mike Johnson’s compliance. It was “canard” an anonymous White House official used to respond to technically “independent” California Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley’s accurate call for Congress to reclaim its “constitutional authority” from the Orange God Emperor.
“What the media means when they say this stuff is they mean that upholding your constitutional authority is opposing the administration. That’s just not what it is,” the White House official said, adding “And most Republicans, in fact 99.99 percent of Republicans, see through that and vote where their long-standing policy positions are.” And yeah if that were true then Congressional Republicans would have weeks ago voted for authorizing and funding a fucking ballroom with a stupid “drone port” on top for the White House. Thus making the “canard”/”narrative” closer to reality than this shitbag wants to think out loud and anonymously so for reasons unclear.
“It is a total shirking of responsibilities to the White House,” a House Republican said, propagating the canard. “Everything has to be preordained and pre-blessed, and there’s very little that we’re able to have our own will on. We should be empowered to pass our own priorities, not just follow what the mandate of the day is.” Others acknowledged that a two-vote margin and the fact that the president is the one to sign bills passed short of a veto-proof majority (when the hell was the last time that happened?) would naturally make any president paramount over the speaker.
NOTUS recounts an episode last year during the final push for the Big Beautiful Piece of Shit when wacky Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz was driven to tears to the point of babbling incoherently as Trump forced to change her vote to yes. “I have no fucking idea what she just said,” Trump said over speakerphone to others present in the House cloakroom during the episode. Asked for comment Spartz’s office only said they do not comment on her conversations with Trump.
Except to deny that it happened. Apparently that’s a carveout in their policy.