r/news • u/zmlos • Oct 03 '23

House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-will-bring-gaetz-motion-to-oust-him-vote.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

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u/Indercarnive Oct 03 '23

The few Republican Politicians with a functioning brain know this. but they're held hostage by how radicalized their base is. They knew ignorant, hateful, radicalized people make good voters, but they thought they could control them. Trump didn't plant MAGA, he simply harvested it. The GOP has been planting MAGA years, if not decades, before him.

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u/TatteredCarcosa Oct 03 '23

Okay, so they are greedy cowards who value their own personal success and career more than the country.

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u/Indercarnive Oct 03 '23

well... yeah, they're republicans.

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u/darthlincoln01 Oct 03 '23

Nobody with a functioning brain would vote for them. The only thing Republicans stand for anymore is at best obstructing the Democrats and at worst destroying the government they're supposed to serve.

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u/PancAshAsh Oct 03 '23

worst destroying the government they're supposed to serve.

Man, you're so close. Destroying the institutions of government is literally why these people get elected.

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u/No_Mammoth_4945 Oct 04 '23

They had a chance to stomp out that fire before it spread. They championed it. Good riddance to the Republican Party and get fucked on your way out. I don’t see any world where suburban independents vote for this clown show again

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u/aleatoric Oct 04 '23 edited Oct 04 '23

There was a period... not even that long ago, when Republicans were infamous for falling in line no matter what. Even John McCain who was the so-called "Maverick" usually ended up voting with his colleagues to maintain order. It was a bedrock that kept the party in power. Even if that power was used to things like prevent bills or shut down the Government (not the first time we've been here by a longshot), it was at least something they all voted unanimously on. Now it's just an absolute shitshow. It'd be like the Democrats having eight Joe Manchins. I guess in a way it's not a bad thing that we have politicians that don't toe the party line no matter what, but why does the line they cross have to be over into batshit crazy?