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I feel like this is perhaps a cautionary tale in reaching across the aisle because oftentimes those allies will turn around and slit your throat at the first opportunity. While it's a great way for the renegade republicans to establish their power, the move is painfully short-sighted

papercup posted...

They're either going to try to make Trump the Speaker, so they can assassinate Biden and Harris and make Trump president that way. Or they're just not going to elect a Speaker to grind the government into an indefinite halt.

I'll have some of what papercup is having.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

The first time a speaker has been removed in US history is because *checks notes* McCarthy had the audacity to agree with the Democrats to not shut down the government.

This is the state of the GOP. Domestic terrorists.

No, it's the state of... what was it, 4-8 Republicans? And likely from districts that aren't conventionally competitive, which means the wackiest people can get elected -- much like how Alexandria OC got elected by Dems despite being fringe, since the district was so solidly blue that a primary win decides who takes office.

ReturnOfFa posted...

I really don't know what the Dems that voted him out were thinking though. Just an opportunity for worse.

Political advantage, for starters. The ouster is mostly upside for them, especially when they're running for office and can point to chaos in the GOP, even if they actively participated in it.

darkknight109 posted...

Speaker sets the agenda for the House; no bills can even come up for consideration without their say-so. They're arguably the single-most powerful officer in the country aside from the Senate Majority Leader and the President.

Pretty much this. People make a big deal about filibusters, but this is far bigger.