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‘It’s embarrassing’: Republicans worry they have ‘zero accomplishments’ to run on in elections

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Republicans are facing concerns about their lack of accomplishments to campaign on in 2024, as highlighted in a candid interview by Rep. Andy Biggs.

The party’s internal struggles and inability to pass legislation have been noted, with some members criticizing the lack of tangible achievements.

Rep. Andy Biggs said, “We have nothing. In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on.”

“It’s embarrassing,” he continued.

Chris Salcedo commented, “the Republican Party in the Congress majority has zero accomplishments.”

Rep. Patrick McHenry said Speaker Johnson “should seek wider counsel than the loudest people who line up in the queue.”

“If we keep extending the pain and creating more suffering, we will pay the price at the ballot box. But if we can get on with governance, and get the best policy wins we can, then you can open-field this thing,” McHenry continued.

“But at this point, we are sucking wind because we can’t get past the main object in the road. Once we get past that main object, then it’s the president’s performance on the economy, it’s the president’s performance on national security. We need to get the hell out of the way, cut the best deals we can get. And then get on with the political year,” he explained.

Sen. Kevin Cramer said, “It would be really nice if they could hang their hat on some accomplishment.”

“It would be ironic if the thing that prevented them from being able to hang their hat on a good immigration or border security policy would be the election because it could be the only thing that might save some of them,” he conitnued.

“The whole ‘burden of governing’ thing that I was hopeful would weigh heavily enough on them to get serious hasn’t worked so far,” lamented the lawmaker.

Despite some optimism for the party’s future, the sparse list of accomplishments has drawn criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.

Rep. Tom Cole said, “The big accomplishments here are what we stopped, not what we got done.”

“Certainly so far we’ve avoided shutting down the government; that’s no small achievement,” he continued.

“I actually think that House races are going to be shaped more by the presidential race than they are by anything that happens here. The country is very evenly divided. I don’t think very many people are going to vote for one guy for president and a person of a different party for their local congressman or congresswoman,” added Cole.

Rep. Chip Roy said, “By the way, it does not matter who’s sitting in the speaker’s seat or who’s got the majority.”

“We keep doing the same stupid stuff,” he added.

“I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing — one! — that I can go campaign on and say we did. One!” exclaimed Roy.

“Anybody sitting in the complex, you want to come down to the floor and come explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done besides, ‘Well, I guess it’s not as bad as the Democrats,’” he charged.

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