It turns out in addition to pretending to be "tough", Republican leaders at the Capitol were also pretending to be "responsible."
Behind closed doors, apparently OK Freedom Caucus zealots were enamored by Walters' power walk -- he didn't even wear his signature designer jeans to show them he was very serious.
Between threats to undermine Leadership's budget negotiations and a swarm of angry Xeets from Xitter trolls, Senate Republicans had no choice but to do what they do best...and fold.
The only people who actually did something to hold Ryan Walters accountable -- elected Democrats of course!
Senate Democrats brought the Senate to a crawl: delaying, questioning and debating every measure to prolong the day and give a chance for the wildly popular resolution to be heard.
Instead, Republicans closed ranks around their wannabe Fox News host.
I'll leave you with this, don't be surprised if the only vendor able to meet these standards for textbooks are Ryan's good old friends at PragerU.
It must be nice that their favorite Superintendent is able to obligate tax dollars extra-constitutionally. 💸💸