Shortly after 13 House Republicans joined 215 Democrats last week to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, GOP lawmakers went to war with each other. Some House radicals—who are apparently the dominant force in the GOP caucus—labeled the measure “socialist” and called their 13 colleagues “traitors.” Presumably, that went for Senate Republicans, too, after they helped negotiate the bill and about 40% of their caucus voted for it. The pettiest man alive, Donald Trump, groused that “Old Crow” Mitch McConnell had voted for it while being “incapable” of delivering a similar bill during Trump’s tenure. McConnell, in turn, called the Biden bill a “godsend” to his state. Read more