Barely three months into the Trump administration,
conservatives are already demoralized by their lack of progress on a host of major issues despite unified Republican control of the federal government, and are wondering when they are going to start to see all the winning President Trump promised during the campaign.
The spending deal struck over the weekend to avoid a partial government shutdown is just
the latest failure of GOP-controlled Washington to deliver for conservative activists. To them, that bill is part of a larger pattern of putting off fights with the Democrats for another day only for tomorrow to never come —
a trend they were already experiencing with run-of-the-mill Republicans, but one they hoped would end under Trump.
But conservatives are also wondering what to make of
Republican majorities that cannot achieve other goals, like the repeal of Obamacare or securing the border.
"Why does it feel like everything is imploding?" former Jim DeMint and Ted Cruz aide Amanda Carpenter asked on Twitter Monday. "GOP should be having the time of our lives. Full control. And no one is having any fun."
Why does it feel like
everything is imploding? GOP should be having the time of our lives. Full control. And no one is having any fun.— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) May 1, 2017
"WH in chaos. Congress not passing bills. Fox News imploding. Heritage in shatters," Carpenter added. "Are we having fun yet? When does it get good???"
"GOP control of Congress. Democrat control of Congress," conservative columnist Michelle Malkin tweeted Monday, quoting Hillary Clinton's famous line from the Benghazi hearings. "What difference, at this point, does it make?"
GOP control of Congress. Democrat control of Congress.
What difference, at this point, does it make? https://t.co/NcYpZs0khi— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 1, 2017
"We fight like hell to send all these Republicans to Congress
just to see them go act like Democrats and nothing changes," tweeted Charlie Kirk, executive director of the conservative students group Turning Points USA. "Disgusting."
"It is time for Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell to step up and give the American people what their party promised — a border wall. Not to mention the repeal of Obamacare and a whole host of other promises," wrote Conservative Review's Rob Eno. "The GOP majority should not be afraid of the Democrat minority."
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