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  I wouldn't give into those fascist weirdos either.  Even if it's purely for self-interest I'm glad some Republicans are standing up to the most toxic elements of their party.
context: But as Josh Marshall wrote, this tidy explanation ignores a larger context: Those who are seeking to flex their newfound majority power in the House Republican caucus don’t want government to function. They don’t care that these stunts hurt their party or the country. These stunts are the whole point of being in government. 
  McCarthy’s fatal mistake was his failure to recognize that the right doesn’t care about what he can offer them, because they have no interest in actually using it for anything. They just want his head, and the thrill of going on television to boast about the decapitation. It’s just vibes, all the way down.
  
  Republicans have been in burn it all down mode. They know they are on their way out. But they forgot about the crazy Republicans that want to be popular more than they care about staying in politics and following orders. 
  
  They don’t want policy; they want airtime. >
  
  Starvation Politics, If you don't like if starve it of funding and then call it a failure when it fails. >
  
  Speaking of that, what happened to the lady on the hunger strike? That still going? >
  
  To shreds you say? >
  
  No, not for a long while, by the looks of her >
  
  Republican speaker of the house is a pretty cursed job. 
  You got Newt Gingrich, who was just evil. Then Dennis Hastert, who was a pedo. Then Boehner who was driven to retire and is now a cannabis lobbyist. Then you have Paul Ryan who went from GOP golden child to more or less completely out of politics after he was speaker. >
  
  Such a rich and storied history of bullshit and blind obstruction >
  
  And I'm OK  with that. Let them eat themselves up. Leopards all the way down. >
  
  Enemy of my enemy, and all that. >
  
  The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but I do like watching them fight. >
  
  They will weaken eachother and then we can go in and finish them both. >
  
  In game >
  
  You want to really humiliate him?  Vote for Jeffries. >
  
  Do you think this is a likely scenario? I can't imagine there's any other decent contenders for the GOP to look to. >
  
  If they can find 6 republicans who want to end this nonsense, and vote for Jeffries. It’s highly unlikely, but one can hope. >
  
  More likely get them to no-show for the vote or just vote present >
  
  It’s also all about McCarthy’s ego. “I alone deserve to be Speaker. I will sell my soul and the country for that title”.