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  Why would any respectable DNC member want to help that person get in power.
  
  They would do so under very specific conditions. They'd negotiate something like, the ability to bring any bill to the floor without requiring Republican blessings and/or important committee seats. The dems gain nothing sitting back and just watching this happen. On the other hand, as the minority party, they have a LOT of stuff they could be asking for in exchange for letting Congress get to actually doing Congressional work. Dems negotiating some conclusion to this would come with a LOT of opportunity for gains. 
  That said, working with moderates to get past this comes with some risks. Can we find enough Democrats that won't be negatively impacted by voting for a Republican speaker? And treading water isn't necessarily the worst decision while your opponent is actively trying to drown themselves, is it? So, the choices are: sit back and enjoy republicans destroying themselves for a while as nobody gets checks and no work gets done, or, risk a few seats in exchange for actual governing power that Dems can thanklessly use and get punished for (remember, we generally always get punished for actual governance).
context: That's the look of someone that remembers the bill that focused on combating sex trafficking during Gaetz's first year in Congress. The bill passed by a 418-to-1 vote ... with Gaetz voting the only “nay.” >
  
  Why is that man still in office?  People need to set the bar hugher when voting. >
  
  Magic R + Florida. >
  
  Byron Donalds (R-FL) pled guilty to felony charges after attempting to defraud a bank. Florida elected him, the GOP put him on the banking committee, and the Never Kevins have nominated him as Speaker. >
  
  💀 this is like one big SNL skit without the punchline >
  
  there's a punchline, it's just a right hook at Lady Liberty's jaw >
  
  She's just first in line, the rest of us are right behind her. >
  
  I was going to say "WE'RE the punchline. >
  
  
  "A picture is worth 1000 words. She looks like she just smelled bad fart," another person tweeted.
  
  Best description of Gaetz yet. >
  
  Gaetz IS the bad fart that just keeps lingering. >
  
  he really is… didn’t he have some big sex scandal? lol how is this guy still slinking around DC? Our entire legislative body is is a joke. I feel bad because I think it’s important to be an informed citizen but I really struggle to follow what’s going on in the House and Senate, its just painful to keep up with and guaranteed to put me in a bad mood. >
  
  
  didn’t he have some big sex scandal?
  
  You mean the very credible child sex trafficking accusation Matt gaetz has had levied against him? That is, assuming we are talking about the same Matt gaetz that is accused of child sex trafficking. 
  Is it matt gaetz, accused child sex Trafficker you're talking about? >
  
  Wait a minute.  You're not talking about Matt Gaetz who begged the former president for a pardon from the credible child sex trafficking accusation with receipts, are you? >
  
  Ok, so we are clear we are definitely NOT talking about the rapist Brock Turner, but in fact, Matt Gaetz, the guy with the credible child sex accusations against him. 
  Again, I'm not talking about Brock Turner, the rapist but Matt Gaetz, the US Representative with the child sex trafficking accusation. >
  
  I see how you have rapist Brock Turner and credibly-accused child trafficker Matt Gaetz confused.  They both have a real "captain of the lacrosse team" vibe. >
  
  Definitely agree with you that Rapist
  Brock Turner, who now goes by Allen Turner in Dayton Ohio so he won’t be identified when he goes out to bars, and credibly-accused child sex trafficker Matt Gaetz both have major ‘captain of the lacrosse team’ energy. >
  
  That's his middle name. What is he trying to do? Pull a "no, that was my twin brother who's the rapist"? 
  Just googled images... he's got a tight perm on semi-long hair. Makes him look... poodle-y. 😂
  Ohio's Whisper Network is doing good work. >
  
  Yes! I saw that too. I wonder if he actually has his hair like now, or if he is trying to make his sex offender registration image look differently than his day to day? >
  
  quite a normal reaction when approached by a sex offender. >
  
  "Allegedlys" >
  
  No. You leave Letterkenny out of this. >
  
  And I suggest you let that one marinate >
  
  "Gaetz, seen here showing the height of his current girlfriend," >
  
  When did girlfriend become the codeword for sexslave? >
  
  When my sex slave wanted to be an official couple >
  
  He spent all this time across the aisle trying to win favor with the progressives and then his 300 IQ move is voting Trump for speaker. Just breathtakingly stupid. >
  
  he’s focused on photo ops. He knows that going to a moderate dem wont spark as much convo as going to the most progressive well known and outspoken dems.
  He’s using all of us to generate clout through outrage. >
  
  Uh...so you're saying THIS was a photo he WANTED??? 😬 >
  
  Absolutely. Gaetz isn't trying to be appealing to everyone. He is trying to be appealing to the kind of people who live in the Florida 4th house district, that voted +21 Trump in 2020.
  Photo ops where notable progressives visibly recoil from him are a good thing that he wants. >
  
  Live action shot of him “owning a lib,” truly a MAGA hero folks >
  
  We should start prompting the squad and other house progressives to just openly laugh and point instead of make faces like this... hard to claim you "owned" someone who treats you like the clown you are. >
  
  
  Wu wrote on Twitter that a source familiar with the matter told him that the Florida congressman "told Rep. Omar the anti-Kevin group got all they wanted but still weren't voting for him yet."
  
  I think this is more interesting than her facial expression. >
  
  Their intention is to vote for him eventually but first beat him up as much and for as long as they can so he never ever forgets how much power they have over him. If McCarthy was smart (hes not) he’d abandon the Qanaon caucus and look to other ways to build his power otherwise “winning” this way will be like living with his ball hairs in these psychos’ grip for two hears >
  
  
  If McCarthy was smart (hes not) he’d abandon the Qanaon caucus and look to other ways to build his power otherwise
  
  The problem is he can't.
  There aren't other republicans he can recruit as they all fell in line.
  That leaves moderate democrats who at best, have no interest in helping.
  McCarthy has bashed them repeatedly and stated his goal is full time invesigations of Democrats as payback. Why would any respectable DNC member want to help that person get in power. The fact that you are his second choice for a prom date after his dream date turned him down 11 times even more so. You know he'll dump your ass and go running back the second the FC says they may want to talk.