House Republicans push unity ‘pledge’ to guarantee a speaker
House Republicans push unity ‘pledge’ to guarantee a speaker
The GOP is wary of another fiasco on the House floor.
Good fucking luck, Republicans. The monolithic party has finally fractured under the weight of their own refusal to compromise. They've been "no true Scotsman" since RINO became a thing.
I mean it sucks for everyone else who depends on a working government, but it was always going to be painful for us as a country and for Republicans in particular to pay the debt on their devil's bargain.
There are a lot of Democrats who openly talk about getting rid of the Senate filibuster. If Democrats do well in 2024 and that happens it's possible that we could see real anti-gerrymandering legislation and I think that could change everything. Democrats typically get more votes in aggregate than Republicans in house races but cracking and packing gerrymandering makes it hard for Democrats to keep control of the house. That could all change.
Again? Thought they called for this back when Scalise was the designee after the first internal vote...
From the article:
The device: A simple two-paragraph pledge... to vote “yea” on the floor for whoever wins the House Republican conference’s backing... Flood is organizing a bloc of Republicans to withhold support from candidates unless they press their backers to sign the pledge.
They're looking for a written and signed pledge this time.
Lmao this pledge will mean a lot more to all the wooden furniture in Congress than it will to any GOP rep
Edit: I was going for a pun, but maybe it’s too much of a regional product?
It was an ok attempt but could use a little more polish.
Very true. Pledges, like laws, is just ink on paper if no one abides by them or if they're not enforced.
The device: A simple two-paragraph pledge, spearheaded by Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.), to vote “yea” on the floor for whoever wins the House Republican conference’s backing in the initial secret-ballot election scheduled for Tuesday. To pick up more commitments, Flood is organizing a bloc of Republicans to withhold support from candidates unless they press their backers to sign the pledge.
Awwww, he's so cute, look at lil' Mike Flood playing politics.
Yea, no this won't work in the slightest. But it is cute. Like a 6 year old drawing. Or a child still believing in Santa.
I'm not gonna hold my breath while waiting for GOP to follow through on this. Or anything else they promise, for that matter.
No I wouldn't either. Someone in another thread called them a "clown-wreck" and it's the best description I've ever heard to describe this whole fiasco.