House Republicans haven’t been terribly successful at many things this year. They struggled to keep the government open and to keep the United States from defaulting on its debt. They’ve even struggled at times on basic votes to keep the chamber functioning. But they have been very good at one thing: regicide.
On Friday, Republicans dethroned Jim Jordan as their designated Speaker, making him the third party leader to be ousted this month. First, there was Kevin McCarthy, who required 15 different ballots to even be elected Speaker and was removed from office by a right-wing rebellion at the beginning of October. Then, after a majority of Republicans voted to make McCarthy’s No. 2, Steve Scalise, his successor, a number of Republicans announced that they, too, would torpedo his candidacy and back Jordan instead. Finally, once Republicans finally turned to Jordan as their candidate, the largest rebellion yet blocked him from becoming Speaker. After losing three successive votes on the floor, the firebrand lost an internal vote to keep his position as Speaker designate on Friday.
I’m not, we’ve got shit to do, like aid to Ukraine. It’s funny, yes, but we need a functional government.
Ok I was being pretty facetious, I don’t love it either - but I don’t think our country can be saved at this point. Is there such a thing as a functional American government? I’ve been around seven decades now, and I have yet to see it.
Why the fuck is the the Ukraine Americas problem again?
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Good point, Germany was a capable threat though. Russia is a laughing stock lol.
You see the USA has been ‘for democracies’* since the end of WW2. Not our problem in a required way, but in a moral way.
And I’m aware of the US’ tendency to install dictators to stop leftward movement in countries.