Take ‘shut down of government’ unequivocally off the table.
Crying wolf this time, is not like the crying wolf the other two times. Constituents are ANGRY now. They are angry at the attention to bs, rather than attention to their struggles.
In any reasoned family, logic alone says if there are two large issues, deal with each effectively. Dont use one to attempt to blackmail about the other. Why not? Because those sensing black mail will consider blocking you forever from fulfilling any mere hope you have about anything. Once you have affected literally 300 million person by na na na fighting over x and y, the 300 million will never forget, and rarely forgive you for coming into THEIR house and making a purposeful mess that will not affect your money, but will affect immediately their small coin purses. If GOP doesnt want that legacy of ‘not caring’ about others, stronger GOP voices need to take DEFINITIVE charge of the immature clownish behaviors amongst some in the GOP.
Dont let the crazy uncle in the basement outshout the humanity of many many of the far finer minds in the GOP
Strongly relegate the ‘me me me-I want the limelight-dont give a sh about my fellow/sister partymembers’ GOP-ers to the kid table til they grow up. Do it strongly and decisively and right now. Kick them off of committees, un-appoint them, give their parking space to those who know the difference between gravitas and perpetual peevishness.
Step up if you are a reasoned person and speak not for your party, GOP, but for the good of the people you’ve been elected to govern.
You’ve perhaps no idea how closely the GOP is being watched to see if it is a party for the people, or merely a party of the slavishly piqued.
If you can stand as Reason and true regard for others in a time of crosswinds within the GOP, you will draw reasoned peers and voters to you. If you stand as punitive toward the millions who have done nothing to deserve a shut down of government, you have lost everything. Not just your next seat, your party majority, but your dependable Spirit of Justice that rises higher than party affiliation alone.
Dont just speak up once and think, There I said it. Heroes and heroines of the world say the same truth and regard, the same reasoned plan, the same insistence on decency many times. Many many times. That they do not stop speaking and insisting on decency toward other than themselves is what makes them heroic in times of great burden.
Good luck to those who are finding their counter voices. Many groups across the USA, including our Latino heritage groups, are waiting to see if the voice of care and reason will be proclaimed across the land by leaders in the GOP. There is still time to do the unprecedented to block shut down. Use your wildest and wisest imaginations!