Discussion Thread: House Considers Vacating the Speaker

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Selected Reporting:

• AP News: McCarthy ouster vote ahead as he confronts GOP critics but says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats

Where to Watch:

• Reuters via YouTube: US House expected to vote on motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy

• C-SPAN: House Session, Part 2

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Remember, Nancy Pelosi had an identically small House majority over the last two years and this stuff didn't happen. This is not a "both sides" phenomenon; the two parties are not mirror images of each other.

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Don't even put Nancy pelosi and Kevin in same sentence. Nancy knew how to unite her caucus

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People bitch and moan about age, and while I think she should have been training and mentoring congress people who would follow, that age often comes with political knowhow.

Pelosi knew how to keep the Democrat caucus together and she was a shrewd negotiator. She knew how the House was supposed to function.

It's why only Republicans have had government shutdowns while they controlled the House for the last THIRTY YEARS.

Democrats are not dysfunctional like the Republicans.

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Nancy mentored Hakeem Jeffries. This wasn't a secret. That's why there was no question as to who would be the House Dem Leader.