A budget cut pushed by one KMT legislator has blown up in the party's face, and no KMT lawmaker will defend it — bad news for the party's standing with the public.

• Weng Hsiao-ling pushed to cut and freeze the president's discretionary fund, insisting the president pay out of pocket instead.
• The money was going to buy mooncakes from sheltered workshops that employ disabled workers, which is why the backlash was so strong.
• Presidential Office deputy secretary-general Ho Chih-wei pleaded for the disadvantaged workers and Legislative Yuan speaker Han Kuo-yu urged restraint; she pushed ahead anyway.
• Every KMT legislator voted with her, and none has since criticized her, admitted a mistake, or even claimed it was an accident.
• Taipei city councilor Chin Hui-chu, herself KMT, says she cannot understand how a single at-large legislator commands the whole caucus.

Outlook: Public doubts about the KMT will keep growing while the caucus stays quiet and shows no ability to correct itself.