House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to āget their act togetherā and elect the next speaker while slamming the āextremistsā within their party.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to āget their act togetherā and elect the next speaker while slamming the āextremistsā within their party.
The craziest part about McCarthy is that (I would argue) he still choose party over country but the crazy members of the party couldnāt see that. He knew a shutdown would have been devastating for their image, but all the extremists could see was working with the enemy.
Good points. McCarthy thought he was picking party and country, but his insane coalition wouldnāt see that.
The crazies prefer hurting the other party to both party and country.
I agree, but so far the extremists have been proven right. Their way or the highway has, so far, worked for them to get them to where they are at: minority rulers within their party.
They are, but theyāre also destabilizing their party with petty squabbles. They havenāt reached some kind of political equilibrium where they can keep doing this indefinitely.
The Soviet Union seemed like it was here to stay right up until the moment it suddenly wasnāt. Things happened very fast over the course of just a few days, and everyone was blindsided by it. I think the GOP might be heading for that same situation.
Definitely wonāt last forever, but hard to say how long they have. Hoping things fall apart for them sooner vs later so we can actually have a functioning government.
Thatās also why McCarthy took the very first opportunity he had to slam the democrats after the bipartisan vote to get the temporary funding bill through. He was trying to prove that he still hated the dems, but that wasnāt enough for his party.