He was "on course..."
He was "talking about..."
Remember what McCarthy said when he stepped down? He said he had a deal with Pelosi to "always stand by him" should he get in trouble with his side of the aisle. Guess what? She lied to him.
As I just posted up-thread, Democrats treat Republicans like stooges to be conned; McCarthy was being played for a mark. Nothing that McCarthy was "talking about" or was "on course" to deliver was ever going to happen.
But Democrats were certain to get their half of the "deal" delivered, leaving McCarthy empty-handed.
All Gaetz did was expose the con that is in plain sight to the rest of us. I'm saddened that it doesn't appear that Johnson is seeing it, too. Maybe he did when he began; maybe he's been dunked into the slowly boiling pot and he lost focus on the fact that he's being boiled by the Democrats once again.
-PJ
As I said, McCarthy had individual spending bills working their way through Congress, for the the first time since Obama put the Omnibus in place. All that ended when McCarthy was removed, and we are back to the Omnibus again now. Removing the Omnibus should have been the #1 goal for this session of Congress.
McCarthy’s last bill also contained spending cuts, the last bill of spending cuts proposed this Congress. Showboater Gaetz wasn’t happy though, and killed it, and got McCarthy removed, for simply not sharing the proposed bill with Gaetz 48 hours in advance. McCarthy should have, but was pressed for time, and we haven’t seen another proposed spending cut since, that I know of.
We’ve gone 100% backwards under Johnson. Yet Gaetz now sits in his hands. Makes one wonder if he’s the one who’s been compromised, over that ethics probe.