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McCarthy continues to court the hardliners, while the rest of the GOP braces for more chaos [1]
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Date: 2022-12-09
That includes giving them the power to call for his ouster any time they want and to get a vote on their motion, to pack key committees with Freedom Caucus members, and to stay entirely out of primaries. They want at least 72 to hours to read bill text before they vote (as if they’ll actually read the things) and demand McCarthy commit to using the debt ceiling—and every other must-pass bill in Congress—to further their personal dystopian vision for America. The Freedom Caucus has always existed in a bubble in which they imagine that they really do have the majority of Americans behind them.
They really seem to be operating under the assumption that the extremely narrow victory the GOP got for the House would have been a blow-out if everyone had run on a full MAGA platform just like they did. “The American People send us to Washington to do what we said we would do—namely, to limit spending, and fight to advance a conservative agenda,” they write. “We must organize ourselves to ensure there is a ‘check’ on the swamp and reform the status quo.”
And these are the guys McCarthy is working hardest to appease while McCarthy’s supporters are left pleading with them to relent. This group of maniacs has total control even though they’re a minority of the conference and even though their platform clearly tanked at the polls this year.
“I think that’s one of the reasons that we didn’t see a red wave … the idea that people are sick and tired of the noise, and they’re sick and tired of the fighting,” Rep. David Joyce of Ohio rightly pointed out to CNN. “And I know I get that wherever I go in my district is, ‘why can’t you guys just get things done?’”
What is he going to do besides plead with the hardliners to relent? Nothing, apparently. “At the end of the day, Kevin’s going to be the new speaker,” is all he’s got. Same with Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who has made the most noise about staving off the “Never Kevin” group as they like to call themselves. “Our initial plan is vote for Kevin and let him fight this out repeatedly. … But if they think they’re going to use this to infinity to drive him out, well, we’re not going to bend to their will,” he told CNN.
While their guy is bending to the maniacs’ will by negotiating with them. Ridiculous.
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