▲ 845 ▼ Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 263 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Everyone wants to act like he wants to be speaker... He gets zero out of it and no matter what happens it hurts his chance retaining his seat or moving up to a higher office. He probably can't be happier to step back in the shadows. Edit: Woke up to see no ones ever heard about a dog that spends it whole life chasing cars, then when one stops realizes it doesn't know what to do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheCoralReefsAreDying69@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago He desperately wanted to be speaker. He was pissed off when it took him many votes to get the role, actively negotiating for the job he should've been a shoo in for. Then even once he had it, he was doing anything he could to appease the freedom caucus, including the unilateral impeachment investigation and the shutdown threat. In averting the shutdown he essentially resigned, but at that point he was a broken man who was tired of selling his soul to appease the far right. Lets not act like he didn't do everything's short of shutting down the government to avoid this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago He's been trying to get that speaker spot for years, you have no idea what you're talking about. permalink fedilink source parent [–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago Speaker is usually end game. For politicians who want it, that’s where their career peaks. Party leaders pretty much always end up unpopular. That’s why Paul Ryan was reluctant to do it and now his career is tanked. John Boehner is a full time lobbyist now. Pelosi will probably never leave Congress. But no one has ever wanted to be speaker more than Kev. He’s not really smart or popular enough to get any higher anyway. The fact that such a dim witted sad sack got as high as he did is a miracle by itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheCoralReefsAreDying69@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago He desperately wanted to be speaker. He was pissed off when it took him many votes to get the role, actively negotiating for the job he should've been a shoo in for. Then even once he had it, he was doing anything he could to appease the freedom caucus, including the unilateral impeachment investigation and the shutdown threat. In averting the shutdown he essentially resigned, but at that point he was a broken man who was tired of selling his soul to appease the far right. Lets not act like he didn't do everything's short of shutting down the government to avoid this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago He's been trying to get that speaker spot for years, you have no idea what you're talking about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago Speaker is usually end game. For politicians who want it, that’s where their career peaks. Party leaders pretty much always end up unpopular. That’s why Paul Ryan was reluctant to do it and now his career is tanked. John Boehner is a full time lobbyist now. Pelosi will probably never leave Congress. But no one has ever wanted to be speaker more than Kev. He’s not really smart or popular enough to get any higher anyway. The fact that such a dim witted sad sack got as high as he did is a miracle by itself. permalink fedilink source parent