—Congress does nothing: “Why is Congress doing nothing?”
—Congress passes symbolic (but hardly meaningless) bills opposing fascism and communism: “Why is Congress passing meaningless bills?”
—Congress introduces meaty, substantive bills meant to address serious issues that could tear the stream apart: “Congress is overstepping its authority!!!”
Yes, taken together, if those criticisms are credited, they leave Congress only with the ability to pass truly meaningless bills of the kind you describe (that would no doubt also subject Congress to criticism: “Why camels? Why Wednesdays?”).
And so we see that literally anything can be spun into a political attack, no good deed goes unpunished, and Congress (on Imgflip as in real life) is most useful to political propagandists as a punching bag rather than as a partner in Getting Stuff Done.
But there’s another maxim in politics: The mandate you have is the mandate you take.
You’re Head of Congress, the only elected position other than President itself. That makes you presumptively #2 in charge around here, notwithstanding Scar’s role as something like a permanent monarch.
Nothing compels you to credit the criticisms that altogether rob the Head of Congress of all meaningful authority.
Damn the torpedoes and the critics, man up and assert power. That’s the other path available to you.
The choice is yours 😎
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