Like George Santos, this is only hurting the republican party nationally and especially in NY. Likewise, with the out-of-control republican state houses passing truly insane laws, doubling down in the face of opposing public polling. Abortion, education, gay and LBGTQ issues, guns and election laws are not helping them nationally and some republicans in congress are despairing because they are from close districts and the radicals are killing their chances. Most of this shit is not even popular in their own states FFS with majorities on the other side of issues. Maybe they don't fear a majority of the voters, because they will end up with a majority of the seats anyway thanks to gerrymandering. Not all republicans are as secure as MTG however, but they are sitting by as the radicals cut their throats with the debt ceiling. You would think a dozen or two of them would break ranks, but they would be primaried, the party is filled with lunatics today and they run the nuthouse it has become.