Posted 1/18/2024, 10:35:00 PM
Tapper Blasts 'Staggeringly Incompetent' Congress for Repeated Shutdown Brinksmanship
- Jake Tapper is frustrated with Congress constantly pushing shutdown deadlines to the last minute
- Calls Congress's actions "staggeringly incompetent and disgraceful"
- Notes they keep "kicking the can down the road" and have to pass short-term extensions
- Points out members of Congress still get paid even if they don't accomplish anything
- Context Tapper having a rough week covering caucuses, Eagles playoff loss, Trump news