House Republicans Made the Biggest Political Blunder in a Generation

House Republicans made a huge unforced error this Congress, perhaps bigger than any miscalculation since they impeached Bill Clinton. The Clinton impeachment ordeal created the political climate that resulted in the first sitting president to gain house seats in their 2nd midterm election in decades. This election cycle’s misjudgment may not ultimately have the same impact on the results as the election of 1998, but it is potentially very significant in the realm of missed opportunities and wasted potential. The error is related to the topic of immigration but is not from the headlines of today; it’s not the Mayorkas impeachment efforts or the Texas border standoff with the federal government currently in session, escalated by most of the country’s GOP governors. These occurrences are just symptoms of the error. Their original sin was committed soon after Thanksgiving 2023, when they tied the border issue to the proposed funding of Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion. Just bringing the border up as a negotiating tool greatly reduced its power to affect the election in their favor. <a href="https://medium.com/@thinkeratthegates/house-republicans-made-the-biggest-political-blunder-in-a-generation-9c5b477b964a">Visit Now</a>