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[–] Huxleywaswrite 1 points 1 year ago

No one has any reason to work with the freedom caucus again. The freedom caucus is completely unwilling to work with anyone else. So Republicans don't have much of a chance of electing anyone. Democrats almost took a few of those 15 votes. If I remember right there were some Republicans rushing back to vote because Mr Jeffries winning was a possibility.

I don't think it matters much anyway, democrats have branded this pretty well. Everyone knows its the freedom caucus specifically that pushed for a shut down and are now trying to pull a soft shutdown here. If they can keep anyone from getting elected they can slow things down longer and make everything harder, which is all they really want anyway. Midterms are in what, a month? Chances of this blowing up in their face and costing them seats? Pretty good.