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[–] 68 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Highly unlikely. Freedom caucus will not get the speakership. GOP hates them more than McCarthy. Gaetz didn't think this through. The only option is more of the same or somebody more friendly to the Democrats.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The freedom caucus can block any nominee they want, and Republicans have made it clear they won’t accept someone that wants to work with Dems. It took 15 votes to get McCarthy as it was. I am not hopeful.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The freedom caucus can only block nominees if no compromise is made with dems. The gop can give concessions and have a speaker tomarrow if they like.

    If they dont, then the house will have no speaker, and the GOP will get no bills passed of any type. The budget will be CRs until the election because none of the middle of the road GOP wants the shutdown fallout.

    Then, hopefully all these clowns get walloped.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    No bills can be brought without a speaker, so no CRs until a speaker is elected. The temp running the show has 3 powers: He can call a recess, adjourn, and call a vote for the speaker. That’s it. No other legislation passes unless they can get off their asses and put in a speaker.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Can the govt shutdown proceed without a speaker?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Yes. A government shutdown is what happens when Congress fails to pass a law that allows the federal government the necessary funds to operate. If the House is unable to pass such a law, the federal government will shut down.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Which would also imply they can't bring an impeachment vote in front of the House.

    I've been saying for a while now that the best way to fight fascism (before it gets to its terrible end state) is to push them to fight each other in purity contests. This is a good example.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If we oversimplify what happened, it's hilarious that they are mad at him for voting with Dems, so they got rid of him by voting with Dems.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And one of the more likely scenarios is the non-freedom caucus GOP cuts a deal with Democrats to neuter freedom caucus’ power.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well, we have Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise as the choices. Both worse than McCarthy.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    They gotta get the votes. Idk if u saw how Kevin struggled but he used everything he had politically to get that gavel in the first place... and even some he didn't have. When he caved then that was when the idiots like gaetz knew he had kev by the balls....which is why we are here now.

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