That's how they win. They don't care about purity and things such as that. If they have a D next to their name, they get 100% support from the party in a general election - no matter what. Even if you are a brain-damaged buffoon from PA.
Too many Republicans sit home or waste their vote on a fringe party because their candidate was not perfect enough for them and they want to send a message.
Message received and the Dems are loving the results of it.
And the steamrolling over America continues
There’s a lot of Purity here on Free Republic.
If we had a bigger margin in Congress there might be some realistic alternative to McCarthy. But for now it’s either a McCarthy as Speaker or some Democrat. With that binary choice take your pick.