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If Mccarthy is not willing to suck democrats' dick harder than he is freedom Caucus's, then no deal.
Kevin is such a lying snake in the grass. Gaetz and Gosar are no better, but I’m honestly glad they called Kevin’s bluff and then had the good sense to confirm it with a dem directly. >

They demonize AOC, but by going to her they just showed they respect her integrity.  IMHO anyway. 
That or they’re going to twist the exchange and go after her. >

It's not personal. It's all calculated. Trump is the only one who takes it personally. >

You’re absolutely right >


The New York congresswoman later told reporters that she had been reassuring Gosar and Gaetz that Democratic leadership wasn’t planning a side deal to buttress McCarthy. “McCarthy was suggesting he could get Dems to walk away to lower his threshold,” Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept of her talk with Gaetz. “And I fact checked and said absolutely not.” >

Smart. 
The Democrats are doing exactly what they should be doing. They have no reason to help McCarthy. He's a unrepentant liar; any deal he would make is not going to be honored.
Letting the holdouts know that they're not cutting a deal with McCarthy means they'll keep the clown show going in hopes that McCarthy caves to them. 
The Republicans continue looking like shaved apes, and the Democrats continue looking like adults that have their shit together.