Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota failed to get the support of nearly all House Republicans Tuesday afternoon . Former President Donald Trump lobbied against Emmer with a social media post that hit while Emmer was trying to convince a few dozen skeptics on Capitol Hill and Trump was inside a New York courtroom facing civil fraud charges . Emmer who supports military aid to Ukraine and who voted to certify the election saw his chances fade in the most bizarre possible way hours after being picked . No one seems currently capable of uniting their tiny House majority and the idea of getting help from Democrats remains for now unthinkable to both Republicans and Democrats . A quarter of Americans don’t feel represented by any party in the U.S. government, says Julian Zelizer . The parties actually have very different priorities, he says. This is a line of thinking that will get more attention perhaps when the government again faces a funding lapse November 29th anniversary of a government shutdown . The last time the government faced a funding crisis was documented how a shutdown could impact Americans in three weeks, Zelizer says. It will be more than another cautionary cautionary note. It’s important to note that it was born of a fringe protest meant to demonstrate theres no difference at all between the two parties. The term uniparty has been used to demonstrate that the parties have different priorities. It is important to remind us that it is not to forget that it doesn’t exist. It doesn‘t be a difference. It’s important to remember that the government’re not to ignore the difference between Republicans and Republicans. We’ve got a lot of time. We need to find a difference between them. We have a lot. We don”t
How the ‘uniparty’ myth shut the House down .
