TikTok Famous Congressman Slams Republican Colleagues Whose Only Plan Is to ‘Be the Angriest Voice in the Room’ (Video)
thewrap.comTikTok video that recently hit 1 million likes and over 22,000 comments. “The same people who act like maniacs during the open meetings are suddenly calm and rational during the closed ones.
Why? Because there aren’t any cameras in the closed meetings, so they’re incentives are different. What I’ve seen is that members of Congress are surrounded by negative incentives.
There are rewards for bad behavior.”Jackson, who just assumed office in January 2023, appeared on “CNN This Morning” on Friday to talk about his observations.
While he acknowledged that fake anger is “not unique to either party” in Congress, the “incentive structure to win a Republican primary right now is basically to try and be the angriest voice in the room.”“The reason I did the video is because as the new guy you have a special brand of credibility and being able to show up to a place and look around and then sort of report back to everyone what they need to know.
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