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This right here is the most pertinent point I think:
It doesn't matter if McCarthy promised the world to the Dems or not- the fact that he ignored the deal he agreed to with President Biden during the debt ceiling (hostage) negotiations means they have no reason to help him. Guess bipartisanship being anathema to Republicans is gonna bite Kevin now. Hope you all have enough popcorn.
Who knew politicians were so bad at politics? Every Civilization player knows you need to offer things and honor your agreements to get cooperation. Maybe I should send Kevin a copy.
Unless the other party is Gandhi in Civ VI... Gandhi will form a coalition of nations just to fuck you up for even glancing his direction, ironically.
Nonexistence is the ultimate expression of nonviolence!
He didn't ignore it, he couldn't get the FreeDumb Caucus to vote for it even though they should have. NO ONE can control those idiots, they need to be removed from office.
He didn't need them to vote for it. If he was willing to pass a bill that would be supported by the other Republicans and some Democrats, he could have kept his promise. He just didn't want to upset the FreeDumb Caucus and risk losing his position as Speaker. Ultimately, he acquiesced and brought the promises bill to a vote at the final hour, but it was too late. All he managed to do was enrage the extremists in his party enough for them to bring a vote to oust him, while also showing the Democrats that his promises are worthless. If he brought the good bill up earlier, the Democrats might have voted to keep him as Speaker, but his actions killed the only shred of a hope for that.
And we don’t negotiate with terrorists.