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Terrible Week for the House GOP

October 2, 2015
Blog Post
To no one's surprise, Speaker-in-waiting Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans have had an epically terrible week.  Here's a week-in-review of their obstruction, distraction and dysfunction:

Washington Post – Kevin McCarthy gamely tries to clean up Benghazi Hillary polling mess, fails spectacularly

The Hill – McCarthy's GOP critics see opening after Benghazi blunder

Salon – Kevin McCarthy's nasty Benghazi hangover: Speaker-in-waiting torched by his own party for letting the mask slip

ThinkProgress – Top Republican: Let's Make Planned Parenthood The Next Benghazi

POLITICO – GOP chair attacks Planned Parenthood president's salary

MSNBC – Congressman uses misleading graph to smear Planned Parenthood

VoxGOP congressman doubles down on comically misleading Planned Parenthood chart

Washington Post – The one number that could signal the next government shutdown

Huffington Post – GOP To Launch New Assault On Obamacare, Planned Parenthood

MSNBC – House GOP leaders face a different kind of rebellion

POLITICO – GOP's glass ceiling on Hill shows no sign of cracking

Weeks go by and the GOP's toxic radicalism intensifies as Americans clamor for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure.  Don't expect next week to get any better.