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  “Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
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. >
  
  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. >
  
  This is what you get when you elect people who believe that compromise is a dirty word.  They can't even budge an inch to get on the same page as the people they are closest to, never mind the other side of the aisle.
  In many ways it reminds me of how the deepest religious hatreds are often between sects that seem quite similar to an outsider. >
  
  And the will also vote against a bill them turn around and tell their constituents that they helped bring such and such a program to their district >
  
  Honestly, genuinely curious what the HFC's constituencies who voted for them are thinking right now. Surely this isn't what you wanted when you voted them in to the seats they hold right now, right?
  I'd be so sincerely embarrassed if I had voted for this. Shout out Seth Magaziner from my district, hell of a guy. Proud to know he reps me for the right reasons. >
  
  It’s exactly what they voted for, I think. 
  They wanted outsiders to go and break the “deep state” and the secret cabal that actually runs the country (which includes whichever flavour of RINO that given week). 
  McCarthy is being supported and pushed by the GOP’s establishment which the HFC supports only so long as they keep an R and go full fascist. McCarthy doesn’t represent full fascism so he’s gotta go. 
  I suspect you’ll see lots of pointing to the GOP’s support of McCarthy, against the fascists of the HFC, Will galvanize those voters as proof of the deep state and reinforce a Never-McCarthy. >
  
  Ahh When 222 folks are in the same party, and 20 of them call 202 RINOs.of course they called G HW Bush, George W, Mitt Romney, John Boehner, Paul Ryan that as well. 
  Wise money says they will say that about their Trump before 2024.