Friday began with House conservatives holding a press conference to trash the $1.2 trillion spending bill their leaders negotiated with Democrats, sparking some fears about its prospects.
It squeaked through — requiring 67% of the House, it ended up winning 68% — but a majority of Republicans voted against it.
It was just the first headache of the day for House Republicans as they adjourned for a two-week recess, offering a distillation of the infighting and disenchantment that continues to plague the party 15 months into its narrow majority. Things were about to get worse.
Moments later, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shocked her colleagues by filing a motion to overthrow Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., blasting his stewardship of the chamber and threatening renewed turmoil at the helm of her party.
I keep thinking this, I think political reform is necessary to fulfil this (well obviously) because as it stands, a replacement for the Republican party imo can only look like how we’ve seen it mutate with trump… and I don’t think that will be politically healthy.
Ranked choice voting comes to mind, but some people having built their entire worldview out of some sports game Dems v Repubs, it’ll be hard to bolster cosiderations for such a restructuring