Is the GOP Playing the Stupid Game Again?

Of all the crazy and stupid things done by the GOP since Trump beat what’s-her-name in 2016, today’s vote on the military budget not only is the single dumbest and stupidest thing they have ever done, but they did it without any direction or help from Donald Trump.

So, for all the talk about how Trump still dominates the GOP, and how everyone on the red team is still afraid of saying or doing anything that might be seen as a criticism or rejection of the MAGA brand, I’m beginning to think that, if anything, all Trump did by creating MAGA was to take advantage of what the GOP had already become.

What I’m referring to a section of the military budget legislation which abolishes the requirement that all troops receive a vaccination for Covid-19, and now lets military personnel decide for themselves whether to be protected against the virus or not.

When the Pentagon started to require the Covid-19 vaccination back in 2021, refusal to receive the treatment meant that unprotected individuals were told their military service had come to an end. Not only did the GOP now demand that the immunization requirement be rescinded, but when the new Congress starts its work in 2023, they will try to reinstate and provide back pay for troops who were — ready? — ‘unfairly targeted’ by the Biden regime.