[RandFan]

he could have blocked the debt ceiling extension bill in the House Rules Committee.

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And you know very well he’d have been kicked off said committee in an instant

The leadership run that

He would become a backbench pariah.

[Alberta's Child]

He would have been the third Republican to vote against the bill in that committee. Chip Roy and Ralph Norman were also opposed.

And we now know that "the leadership" didn't even have enough leverage to keep Kevin McCarthy in the Speaker's chair.