“Fifty-five leftist rats posturing as Republicans!”
They’re no more RINOs than the 8 who broke the McCarthy speakership. And if the 8 WEREN’T RINO’s then that means that 94% of the caucus IS RINOs. But if 94% of a group call themselves Republicans maybe that means they’re not Republicans in name only. Just a thought.) This caucus has highlighted the individual over the collective ever since the insane motion-to-vacate self-destruct switch was institutionalized. (Actually, from even before the 15th ballot that installed McCarthy, the fact that the caucus elevated the right of any one individual to blow up the speakership was an invitation to mayhem.)
It didn’t end with McCarthy, it didn’t end with Scalise, and it won’t end with Jordan.
My prediction: the Mike Rogers et al. will turn to the Democrats to form a power sharing regime, which sounds awful except for the fact that Republicans have demonstrated their inability to govern alone.
The majority of Republicans in Congress are Democrats.
NONE of the Democrats in Congress are Republicans.
If that happens, the GOP will be home extinct like the Whigs.
Why would anyone, at that point, vote for any Republican when they can just vote for a real Democrat instead?
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