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House GOP cuts Speaker Johnson’s honeymoon short
(thehill.com)
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Probably for the best actually. With the beating Republicans took this week, moderates might be receptive to a compromise Democrat speaker. Otherwise, the extremist wing will utterly ruin them.
I don't think there's a single republican who would risk their next election by considering a democratic speaker, not with Trump's greasy fingerprints all over the primaries. They'll watch everything stop first. It's more likely they'll build a compromise republican that can peel off enough D votes (with significant concessions) but still carry enough Rs to win. To do so, they'd pretty much have to have every necessary legislation planned out for the next few months in order to get the votes and they have to build this coalition in secret or it's doomed.
They're threading a very fine needle. They sank a bill last week that had a lot of abortion restrictions. The moderates are basically stuck between pissing off their base and losing a primary, or pissing off the general electorate and losing the general. They're screwed either way.
They wouldn't have to vote for a Democrat speaker. If they called a new election and enough Republicans abstained or voted present. It's possible Jeffries could become speaker of the Republican held house. Without a single Republican vote. And honestly it may be the best path forward for Republicans for now. If none of them voted for him then it couldn't be held against them realistically. And they could go back to all the things they are good at in the short term. Obstruction and playing victim. It's only kicking the can down the road for them realistically. But they're gonna resist doing the right thing or facing their reckoning till they're forced to.
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Well, interesting times weren't going to immediately go away with Biden winning 2020 I guess.