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Ellen Thomas's avatar

I'm curious to see what happens with Johnson. He's obviously incompetent and a scary religious weirdo, but are they going to risk not being able to vote in a replacement? Johnson may have failed his way into being indispensable.

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

The Hakeem Jeffries solution is still in play. All it would take is three GOP members to go along and more than that number are leaving at the end of this term.

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Walternate ЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗжЁЯЗиЁЯЗжЁЯЗкЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╣ЁЯЗ╝ЁЯЗйЁЯЗ░ЁЯЗмЁЯЗ▒ЁЯЗ▓ЁЯЗ╜ЁЯЗ╡ЁЯЗж's avatar

Except that even working with Democrats is a death sentence in the GOP. That's one of their justifications for tanking the border bill; they negotiated with Democrats!!

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

True which is why I wrote that more than three are leaving at the end of the term. They would have nothing to lose politically and everything to gain for their historical legacy.

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Walternate ЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗжЁЯЗиЁЯЗжЁЯЗкЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╣ЁЯЗ╝ЁЯЗйЁЯЗ░ЁЯЗмЁЯЗ▒ЁЯЗ▓ЁЯЗ╜ЁЯЗ╡ЁЯЗж's avatar

I used to feel the same wayтАа, but recently came to understand the strength of tribalism. Republicans have created a world of their own around which everything in their life revolves. Those three leaving at the end of this term still want to be in good standing with the tribe, be it for business opportunities, or simply to be liked and included. I'm not one for tribes (I'm a bit of a loner), so this mentality doesn't come natural to me, but it seems this is how Republicans operate. There's never a time that going against the tribe is justifiable.

тАаI mean, I do still feel that they *should* behave this way

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JF's avatar

Love your last sentence, Ellen! So apt.

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Kate Fall's avatar

Here's a thought: maybe the Republicans picked Johnson for Speaker because they know he's incompetent. The "competence" of the last 3 Republican speakers (Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy) didn't do them any favors.

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max skinner's avatar

The Talking Points Memo reporter Kate Riga who was in the Capitol during the time said she thinks the House Republicans were tired of the drama surrounding the choosing of the Speaker and picked him because no one really knew him and he seemed calm.

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Linda Oliver's avatar

I think they picked Johnson because heтАЩs even crazier than they are.

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mjdlight's avatar

Speaker Mike Johnson: Too Incompetant to Fail

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