Well, howdy there, internet people it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about bitter GOP infighting over the ACA.

Johnson continues to insist he hasn't lost control of the House.

I just wonder if anybody's told the House that.

The bitter dispute over whether or not to follow Trump's lead and tank health care for the working class is spilling out into public view.

To the point that it's no longer just being talked about on political analysis channels,

but it's on the TV, on the normal news.

Even with the House on vacation, it's still making headlines.

Before the break, vulnerable Republicans broke with the party and pushed a discharge petition

to bring an extension of the ACA tax credits up for a vote. That sparked a new wave of

dissent. The most recent development was Representative Eric Burleson of Missouri, talking about

Republicans who signed the petition and telling the press that, quote, those members need not ask me for any help in their campaigns whatsoever.

Refusing to help vulnerable members of your own party

during what is expected to be an incredibly rough midterm election for Republicans

certainly is a move. I don't know if it's a good one,

but it's definitely a move. The vulnerable Republicans who know that the massive number of people

being harmed by the Republican push against health care for the working class is more than

enough to swing elections,

are trying in vain to convince their colleagues that Trump's desire to undermine the ACA

could have disastrous results for them. Many of the vulnerable Republicans wanted Speaker Johnson

to bring a short-term extension of the ACA tax credits up for a vote,

but he refused. That left them with only one option. Side with Democrats for a longer extension.

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