The attempts to remove Cheney “are being driven by the rank-and-file, not the Freedom Caucus,” one GOP operative with close ties to Trump World told this column earlier this week.
But it’s not just about the battle between Cheney and Trump.
Four months ago, the then-president was wounded and vulnerable. He had just become the first White House incumbent since President George H.W. Bush in 1992 to lose a fight for reelection. Republicans lost two seats in Georgia in a special election held the day before the insurrection, costing them control of the Senate a needless fumble for which many blamed Trump. And then there was the riot itself.
It seems as though the Republican Party is trying to identify what it stands for. And they re in the midst of significant sort of mini-revolution going on in the Republican Party, Biden told reporters after giving remarks on aid for restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve been a Democrat for a long time. We ve gone through periods where we’ve had internal fights, disagreements. I don’t remember any like this, he added. We badly need a Republican Party. We need a two-party system. It’s not healthy to have a one-party system. And I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point.
Biden was asked following remarks at the White House on Wednesday if he was open to an increase of the corporate tax rate to 25 percent instead of his proposed 28 percent.
“I’m willing to compromise but I’m not willing to not pay for what we’re talking about,” Biden told reporters. “I’m not willing to deficit spend. They already have us $2 trillion in the whole.”
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Biden’s proposal has been criticized by Republicans and at least one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin
Biden proposed the tax increase in order to pay for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure and climate plan. He said he is planning to meet with Republican lawmakers next week on infrastructure, describing himself as serious about negotiations with lawmakers from the opposing party.