• commandar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Refusing to cooperate with Democrats is what sank him.

    He needed support from Democrats to keep the Speakership. He's spent the entire year giving them no reason to trust him – including going on the Sunday shows this week knowing this vote was coming and trying to blame Democrats for the near shutdown.

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      1 year ago

      This. If he had just stuck to the deal that was agreed to with Biden, he'd probably still be speaker.

      But no, he had to try and play both sides.

      Now the fascists are going to get their speaker in and there will very likely be a shutdown in 45 days

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          Yeah, he was supposed to play both sides against each other. Instead, he got them both against himself 🤦‍♂️

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      1 year ago

      Ah, ok that makes sense now. I hadn't really kept up on dem/mccarthy relations. I was referring to the new leader being afraid to piss off the gaetz crowd by working with Dems even once.