Kevin McCarthy will not run for speaker again after the House ousted him from the top leadership post in a historic vote on Tuesday, a move that threatens to plunge House Republicans into even further chaos and turmoil.
It’s his own party that ate him. Dems don’t need to anything with them. Dems are trying to keep the country running, they cannot also play mom to every single GOP whiny baby that tosses a fit. The Republicans have got to get their shit together or don’t and split into two parties. Because a schism this large that has them sabotaging their own Speaker of the House, like the unity in the party is gone at this point.
As far as Dems being on the hook about this, this is all I have to say about it:
I know. I’m not saying the Dems needed to save him, just that I thought they might given the pressure of the CR. However, I think it’s a good move on their part to let the chips fall where they might right now.
The difference is that the CR averted a government shutdown that would have hurt thousands of people (if not more). Working to get that passed was the adult governance thing to do.
With the Speakership, this is an internal GOP affair. It’s their party in chaos and it’s better for Democrats to stay out of it. Let the Republicans get hurt politically because they can’t even keep their Speaker for 10 months. Perhaps, after a while, the Democrats will step in to help some moderate Republican win the Speakership with major concessions, but for now the Republicans can eat each other alive.
It’s his own party that ate him. Dems don’t need to anything with them. Dems are trying to keep the country running, they cannot also play mom to every single GOP whiny baby that tosses a fit. The Republicans have got to get their shit together or don’t and split into two parties. Because a schism this large that has them sabotaging their own Speaker of the House, like the unity in the party is gone at this point.
As far as Dems being on the hook about this, this is all I have to say about it:
I know. I’m not saying the Dems needed to save him, just that I thought they might given the pressure of the CR. However, I think it’s a good move on their part to let the chips fall where they might right now.
The difference is that the CR averted a government shutdown that would have hurt thousands of people (if not more). Working to get that passed was the adult governance thing to do.
With the Speakership, this is an internal GOP affair. It’s their party in chaos and it’s better for Democrats to stay out of it. Let the Republicans get hurt politically because they can’t even keep their Speaker for 10 months. Perhaps, after a while, the Democrats will step in to help some moderate Republican win the Speakership with major concessions, but for now the Republicans can eat each other alive.