Show-Me GOP United Under MAGA

This report is more of a gut check and preemptive excuses for Missouri Democrats . . . There will INEVITABLY be fighting with the freedom caucus . . . But our progressive friends are so far out there that they might not be able/willing to capitalize on it.

Here are the basics . . .

Factional fighting in the state Senate made that body “a dumpster fire” last year, state Sen. Rick Brattin, chairman of the Missouri Freedom Caucus, said Thursday. The Freedom Caucus initiated the fight last year on the day the session opened and the result was the fewest number of bills passed in decades.

This year, for the first time in living memory, the Missouri Senate last week sent bills to the House before the lower chamber even had any of its own bills on the calendar for debate.

“The fact that Republicans seem to be moving legislation through at a much faster clip than they have in the past is concerning for Democrats,” said House Minority Leader Ashley Aune, a Kansas City Democrat.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri Republican Party Chairman Peter Kinder wants to clamp down on divisions

The Cape Girardeau native was elected as the leader of the Missouri Republican Party earlier this month.

Republican unity undercuts Democratic leverage in Missouri General Assembly * Missouri Independent

For the first time in years, Democrats in the Missouri Legislature are going to feel the full power of a Republican supermajority.

Developing . . .