There is a civil war going on in the GOP. Ryan is demanding that everyone surrender.
But you don’t make demands from a position of weakness. Who or what does he know?
“But you don’t make demands from a position of weakness. Who or what does he know?”
His power is that the R’s stand a very good chance of not being able to elect a speaker.
I think the Freedom Caucus should stand firm. They don’t have the juice to elect a conservative. But they do have the power to force the RINO’s to be elected only by relying on D support. That would be a clarifying vote.