It's not the first time Rep. Troy Nehls has seemed to say the quiet part of loud: In December he suggested impeachment was about giving "ammo" to Trump.

As senators work on a compromise deal to address border security and immigration, at least one Republican is suggesting politics is a key motivator for him.

“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,” Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas told CNN this week. “I will not help the Democrats try to improve this man’s dismal approval ratings. I’m not going to do it. Why would I?”

Nehls indicated he’d accept only a proposal similar to HR 2, a hardline immigration bill that got zero Democratic votes when it passed the House last year.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      31·
      10 months ago

      Maybe in their limited thinking catered by Fox News, but a lot of them are working class and they’re the ones getting hurt the most by Republicans. They don’t even know it.

      • Bonehead@kbin.social
        171·
        10 months ago

        If it owns the libs, then it’s good. If they suffer any consequences, it’s the libs fault for making Republicans do it. It’s simple circular logic, but you’ll find it’s quite unbreakable.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        Our great challenge has been showing this to them, and it remains incredibly difficult. To highlight how much of a problem it is, you still have white collar knowledge workers who think that they’ll have to pay more money in taxes if they get a raise vs before. They don’t understand tax brackets.