So Dems sided with Gaetz, hardly a stance to be proud of. We are supposed to be above pettiness. R’s go low, we go high. The interests of the country were ill served yesterday.
So Dems sided with Gaetz, hardly a stance to be proud of. We are supposed to be above pettiness. R’s go low, we go high. The interests of the country were ill served yesterday.
I'd like to see what shakes out in the next week or so. I think if the Dems had "come to the rescue" they simply would have been preserving the staus quo. Kevin and the rest of the cowardly bunch would have continued trashing Biden and the Dems, they wouldn't budge on aid for Ukraine, and they wouldn't face the music for empowering the radical fringe. Maybe they will consider changing the rule allowing one person the ability to motion to vacate the chair. Maybe they will censure Gaetz or throw him out of the Republican party. Some are already painting Gaetz as a traitor for siding with the "AOC, Squad, Democrats". I think the interests of the country might be better served if they nominated a speaker that wouldn't empower the crazy caucus. Maybe the next one up for the gavel might figure out they have to play nicer with the Dems if they don't want to end up like Kevin. And they might even get some help across the aisle with isolating some of the looneys (wishful thinking).
Ukraine aid is in greater jeopardy today than it was yesterday. The names being floated to replace McCarthy are more extreme, more MAGA, not less. Maybe saner heads will prevail. Maybe moderate members can pull a rabbit out of a hat. But as of now, status quo—bad as it was—was better than the chaos that seems likely to ensue.
Blame Gaetz and his ilk - and Kevin McCarthy for being willing to put his head in their noose just so he could hold the Speaker's gavel. Your ire at the Democrats is misplaced. It sounds exactly like the excuse-making coming from the house Rs and their media mouthpieces.
So Dems sided with Gaetz, hardly a stance to be proud of. We are supposed to be above pettiness. R’s go low, we go high. The interests of the country were ill served yesterday.
I'd like to see what shakes out in the next week or so. I think if the Dems had "come to the rescue" they simply would have been preserving the staus quo. Kevin and the rest of the cowardly bunch would have continued trashing Biden and the Dems, they wouldn't budge on aid for Ukraine, and they wouldn't face the music for empowering the radical fringe. Maybe they will consider changing the rule allowing one person the ability to motion to vacate the chair. Maybe they will censure Gaetz or throw him out of the Republican party. Some are already painting Gaetz as a traitor for siding with the "AOC, Squad, Democrats". I think the interests of the country might be better served if they nominated a speaker that wouldn't empower the crazy caucus. Maybe the next one up for the gavel might figure out they have to play nicer with the Dems if they don't want to end up like Kevin. And they might even get some help across the aisle with isolating some of the looneys (wishful thinking).
Ukraine aid is in greater jeopardy today than it was yesterday. The names being floated to replace McCarthy are more extreme, more MAGA, not less. Maybe saner heads will prevail. Maybe moderate members can pull a rabbit out of a hat. But as of now, status quo—bad as it was—was better than the chaos that seems likely to ensue.
Yes, they were ill-served because Kevin McCarthy chose his office rather than the American people.
Blame Gaetz and his ilk - and Kevin McCarthy for being willing to put his head in their noose just so he could hold the Speaker's gavel. Your ire at the Democrats is misplaced. It sounds exactly like the excuse-making coming from the house Rs and their media mouthpieces.