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In response to "Do we want McCarthy? I haven't been paying attention to this whole thing. And why are they voting on it 7 times? -- nm" by sycor

No, I think you'd want Hakeem Jeffries. But McCarthy is who the GOP are going with. Trying to.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jan 5 '23, 09:55

But the prevailing theory is that extremist elements of the GOP would rather paralyze the government and then use that as an excuse to (later) dismantle it. So the voting debacle is, to borrow one person's description, a denial of service on democracy.

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if this goes on so long that they eventually just throw up their hands and accept a plurality, then we get Hakeem Jeffries. - mud Jan 5, 09:59 1
- No, some of the No votes would change to yes to prevent that -- nm - mara Jan 5, 10:15

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No, I think you'd want Hakeem Jeffries. But McCarthy is who the GOP are going with. Trying to.

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