@Rapidcreek to politics • 1 month agoDemocrats make no promises about bailing out Mike Johnson againwww.axios.commessage-square21arrow-up166arrow-down12
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minus-square@givesomefuckslinkEnglish-17•1 month agoThat’s right, I was confusing him with the last republican speaker Dems voted for. Still not sure why we bailed him out after he tried to impeach Biden for bullshit reasons
minus-square@RapidcreekOPlink10•1 month agoThe previous speaker was McCarthy. The final ballot was 216 to 212 in a straight party line vote. Democrats did vote for his ouster, when a motion to vacate was brought.
minus-square@Triashalink1•1 month agoHe was bailed out because he passed Ukraine aid. (And Israel aid, and Taiwan). And before that he avoided a government shutdown. He caved on democratic priorities, which, sure, he should have done anyway, but he broke the Hastert rule for the first time in decades.
That’s right, I was confusing him with the last republican speaker Dems voted for.
Still not sure why we bailed him out after he tried to impeach Biden for bullshit reasons
The previous speaker was McCarthy. The final ballot was 216 to 212 in a straight party line vote.
Democrats did vote for his ouster, when a motion to vacate was brought.
He was bailed out because he passed Ukraine aid. (And Israel aid, and Taiwan). And before that he avoided a government shutdown.
He caved on democratic priorities, which, sure, he should have done anyway, but he broke the Hastert rule for the first time in decades.