@jeffw to politics • edit-21 year agoMatt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speakerwww.washingtonpost.commessage-square43arrow-up1209arrow-down17cross-posted to: news
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkMatt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speakerwww.washingtonpost.com@jeffw to politics • edit-21 year agomessage-square43cross-posted to: news
minus-squareworldwidewavelink25•edit-21 year agoIf he becomes speaker again by making the same stupid deal that any one person can oust him, we’re basically guaranteeing this will happen again. But that was not a normal thing in the house prior to Kevin’s desperate plea to get the job
minus-square@NotMyOldRedditNamelink4•1 year agoOh right, he’d have to make that exact same deal again which I can’t imagine he’d do again.
minus-squareworldwidewavelink6•edit-21 year agoHe wants the job badly enough, I can see him making this same power-in-name-only deal.
If he becomes speaker again by making the same stupid deal that any one person can oust him, we’re basically guaranteeing this will happen again. But that was not a normal thing in the house prior to Kevin’s desperate plea to get the job
Oh right, he’d have to make that exact same deal again which I can’t imagine he’d do again.
He wants the job badly enough, I can see him making this same power-in-name-only deal.