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In response to "Well Matt Geatz already hating McHenry -- (link)" by eag

ELI5: Why did Democrats vote to oust McCarthy? -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 4 '23, 10:34

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Romney: “I think Speaker McCarthy made a decision to get as close as he possibly could to the radical wing of his party and by doing that he made it virtually impossible for the Democrats to come to his aid.” -- nm* - mud Oct 4, 11:30
Why wouldn’t they? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 4, 11:11 5
- *shrug* Wasn't sure. Why play with the Republicans at all. Let them sort out their own messes -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 11:12 4
  - Never interfere with an opponent who is in the process of destroying themselves. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 11:52
  - this is what happened. -- nm - Diva Oct 4, 11:25
  - I mean Im sure if Democrats tee'ed this up for Republicans to say, oust Nancy Pelosi, they would have taken a pass. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 11:18
  - That’s what they’re doing. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 4, 11:14
He met with Trump at Maralago. - Spawn Oct 4, 11:00
he gave the Dems a million reasons to not step in and marshal his conference for him. ffs, where do we start? -- nm - Diva Oct 4, 10:59
Because they had no reason to save him. He didn't keep his word with them and didn't offer anything to them to make it worth - Krusty Oct 4, 10:55 6
- and I'm sure the whole bogus Biden impeachment thing pissed off quite a few Dems -- nm - decline Oct 4, 10:57 5
  - that didn't help but it was really jamming them up on the CR last week and then going on the Sunday news and blaming them for his own party's shitshow -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 11:00 4
    - and let's not forget that fucking fake-ass Tucker Carlson 'film' about what happened on january 6 that Kev allowed and supported. -- nm - Diva Oct 4, 11:02 3
      - even up to yesterday morning, he could've still negotiated a power-sharing agreement with the frontline moderate Dems. he chose not to -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 11:04 2
        
        this. fuck him. His conference is a dumpster fire. Why should Dems step in and help any of those election denying democracy killing fucks? -- nm - Diva Oct 4, 11:09 1
        
        Michael Steele gets it -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Oct 4, 11:10
"when did you stop beating your wife, Dems?" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 10:55 2
- AOC (and literally every other actual dem) gets what dipshit Andrew Yang pretends to be confused about -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 10:57 1
  - he's the absolute worst. - Jovian Oct 4, 11:13
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake. - Beryllium Oct 4, 10:43

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