We are not prepared for the MAGA-inspired madness a Republican-led 118th Congress would provide.
"It is Election Day 2022," writes Hayes Brown, "and I am not OK. I have not been OK for weeks." It's not just the prospect of a Republican-controlled Congress that has him down. "I very much doubt," he says, "that any of us have fully grasped that a GOP-led 118th Congress would be like nothing the country has ever experienced."
Readers who've lived through the rise of the tea party and other waves may think this is an exaggeration. But "if, as expected, the GOP takes the House and/or the Senate," Brown insists, "the next two years will be a speed-run of the crises of the 2010s." With establishment types like former Speaker John Boehner gone, there's no one to restrain the likes of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. With a Democrat in the White House, there's no need to pretend to be able to govern. "It feels like we're on the cusp of entering a new phase in politics," Brown writes, "one that would be considered farcical — if there were anything funny about it, that is."
Read Hayes Brown's full analysis in your Tuesday MSNBC Daily.
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