• OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    YTA. It is just unreasonable to expect a party to vote for the opposing party’s Speaker, and if a Speaker can’t get enough votes to save themselves, they aren’t about to lead an effective coalition.

    The option was already dysfunction vs a different kind of dysfunction because of the Republicans who turned against their own Speaker. They would either get a Speaker they approved of or they would bring the House to a standstill. They had already taken to blocking all House business under McCarthy. You just have to blame the dysfunction on them.

      • spaceghoti@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        A vote for a Republican is a vote for misogyny, bigotry, racism, authoritarianism, and class warfare on the side of the rich and powerful. There isn’t a single Republican leader looking to move the nation forward, only backward to preserve the privileges they’re losing.

        If you know this and you vote for them anyway, you’re an asshole. If you didn’t know this and were just voting for them because that’s how you were raised, here’s your opportunity to not be an asshole.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Blaming Democrats is outright idiotic. Republicans have a majority, and offer no compromise for Democrats to vote for.

  • dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The question is answered in the first three words. “I’m a Republican” = YTA.

    The democrats are not to blame. They have been consistent throughout. They didn’t want McCarthy back in January and they didn’t want him three weeks ago. The GOP filed the motion to vacate, forcing the democrats to answer honestly: Nope, We Still Don’t Want Him. At any time it would have taken about five republicans, fewer than half the number of republicans (and only republicans) that held the chamber hostage for three weeks, to cross the aisle and elect Hakeem Jeffries. If anyone thinks the D bear responsibility, they must admit the GOP bears tenfold.