Crash Course: So much for "small government": Budget fight reveals GOP's main issue is culture war

New Speaker Mike Johnson ushers in an era where "spending cuts" have given way to far-right obsessions. 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And yet only McCarthy is paying any real price for it. This whole episode signals the death knell of the conservative ideology of "small government." They're still for cutting spending and all, but it's not just a pressing concern like it used to be. Instead, it's wholly the party of Donald Trump now, focused mainly on MAGA whinging about culture war grievances. 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