• derf82@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If that was a possibility, I would think they would have done so in one of the 14 ballots before Republicans settled on McCarthy.

    Look what they did to Liz Chaney. They would expel a Republican that did that from the party, and then they would Primary them out of office.

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      1 year ago

      The next speaker will be incentivized to neuter the freedom clowns after what happened to McCarthy.

      So I think there is a better chance they try to strike a deal with the Dems. Honestly it’s just mins blowing to me that the Republicans see this absolute fiasco as a better outcome than getting 10-15 Dems on board. It wouldnt take much work.

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        1 year ago

        Any Republican that works with Dems any more than McCarthy is likely to be primaried. They have brainwashed their base to think Dems = Evil, and working with them is worse than a deal with the Devil.

        Republicans are stuck in this weird place where they do not have enough votes for a majority without the freedom caucus, but the base will replace them if they work with Dems. As such, they placate the freedom caucus.

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          They can’t do it like wounded gazelles. They have to act together or in larger numbers. Don’t get picked off one by one.

          I know they are cowards, but jeez, I guess they can’t trust each other enough to do it together.