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  This is a joke. None of these “freedom caucus” morons actually care about governing. It’s all about social media and personal profit. It’s sad that they actually have constituents that support them. A failure of our public education system.
context: Watching republicans try to spin them being unable to control their own party as the democrats fault has been interesting. >
  
  I missed it, how are they trying to spin this ? >
  
  Implying Dems are the ones holding the process up by not flipping to McCarthy to help them over their own hurdle. >
  
  
  Implying Dems are the ones holding the process up by not flipping to McCarthy to help them over their own hurdle.
  
  Hey, Dems nominated a guy, republicans could flip and be done with it. >
  
  He is losing votes lmao.  I am civic illiterate, I don’t get why this is an indefinite vote just seems like a waste of time at the cost of American citizens. >
  
  Neither of them has the majority of votes. It’s never a given that the party that has the majority in the chamber has the speaker, it’s just expected since they SHOULD have the majority of votes to elect one. The Dems have been solid behind their leadership and aren’t budging, but until one of the two candidates crests the majority needed this will continue. That can also be accomplished if some of the republicans start voting as present or just not showing up. There is a non-zero chance this ends up with a democratic speaker and majority leader in the senate. >
  
  A Democratic Speaker in a Republican majority House. Wouldn't that be something. Not up on my history, but has this ever happened before? >
  
  Not at the federal level but it has at the state level. >
  
  Where and when? Finding it hard to Google.