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[–] 25 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I can’t shake the bad feeling that the timing is going to be a real problem once shutdown time rolls around here in less than 40-ish days. What if we don’t even have a fucking speaker at all by then??

There is the possibility that Dems coordinate a vote with the not-Freedom Caucus GOP to elect the least disagreeable candidate, though…

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    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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    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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