Both Republicans likely need the support of Democrats to prevail in their battle over the speakership. Here’s how that could shake out.

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    1 year ago

    There is no reality in which 5 republicans hand over their majority to a democrat speaker. I’ll put money down. 0% chance lol

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      If there Republicans were sick of being identified as the party of Nazis, white supremacists, racists, liars, fraudsters, rapists, conspiracy theorists and generally insane people, then the winning move for all of them (except for the above mentioned insane members) would be to collectively vote with the Democrats.

      Sure, that would mean handing the House to Democrats, probably losing the House and possibly more in the next elections, and for s number of them it would mean losing their seats - but the alternative is going to be handing the reigns of the entire party over to the Nazis, white supremacists, racists, liars, fraudsters, rapists, conspiracy theorists and generally insane people.

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        I can name two Republicans in the House for whom any of that was a problem, and they both lost their re-elections. Ironically, one of them was Liz Cheney.

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        Let’s not mistake my certainty of what they’re doing for approval lol I’m just explaining that it is not happening.