All politics is tribal

Republican House leadership brought back styrofoam cups

Tip O'Neill famously said "all politics is local".  I think that all politics is tribal.  It's just that it's hard sometimes to identify the tribes.  One is the Democratic clan.  Another is the (post-Nixon southern-dominated) Republican clan.  Democrats believe in government (hopefully) and climate change.   Republicans don't (except for the need to police the Democrats and the...).  Sometimes events occur which make it all clear.  Like this:

Under the tutelage of RepresentativeNancy Pelosi during the years when Democrats ran the House, her party moved to “green” the Capitol with several initiatives, including obligating the food vendor for the three main House cafeterias to provide compostable cups and utensils. But the newly empowered House Republicans have ended the program, and thus plastic forks and Styrofoam cups have returned...

The Times account is HERE