The stupid thing with this whole speaker debacle is it’s not even the GOP as a whole that decided to torpedo itself for actually keeping the government open, it was a handful of absolute morons that are still left over from the MAGA faction and they knew they could get away with it because Democrats aren’t any smarter. It was about 10 Republicans and 200 Democrats that voted to ouster McCarthy for the crime of crossing the aisle. Why? Because Democrats are just as stupid and greedy thinking if they oust McCarthy they can finally elect a Democrat Speaker despite still not having a majority to be able to do it. They’re not going to get any Republican votes for Jeffries. They’re just going to waste everyone’s time again.
Any guesses on how many failed votes we get up to this time? I’m thinking it crosses 20 this time. If Democrats used their brains, they’d find a Republican they believe they could actually work with and put their full support there and after a few failed votes, enough Republicans would vote for them and elect the next Speaker. You have to use your minority power smartly. You can’t override the majority for a Democrat, but you can hand select whichever Republican you think might be the most willing to work with you for the country.
It’s amazing these hooligans in the Republican Party pull this nonsense now when GOP needed to win over moderates and independents most heading into the 2024 election cycle. They shot themselves in the foot and can’t blame anyone but themselves when there’s another blue wave. The people in Gaetz and company’s districts need to think long and hard about this debacle and what it probably cost them and their party when their next election is due.