comment: Kevin McCarthy is dead in the water if he needs Dems.  One of the concessions the GOP would have to give to get Dems to vote on their side is probably that the Speaker not be Kevin McCarthy.  He either gets the Freedom Caucus on board or he’s done.  McCarthy is a snake despised by Democrats and largely considered to be a traitor over Jan 6 stuff.  Dems will not be his lifeboat