The vote orchestrated by a group of far-right lawmakers leaves the House without leadership. The speaker was unable to manage a bitter power struggle within the Republican Party.
Exactly. McCarthy expected a bail out but refused to talk to them - partially because the Chaos Caucus (nice) explicitly punished him for any reaching across the aisle, but also because he was arrogant enough to think he wouldn’t be left twisting in the wind. Then he had the audacity to blame Pelosi!
He offered them nothing. Literally nothing. The senate had a bipartisan agreement in hand that everyone was ready to go with. McCarthy and his faction said “no.” They said they wanted no compromise and they got exactly what they wanted. The great irony being the 8 members of the GOP who said “no compromise” voted with the democrats against their own party.
I mean no matter how you look at this, the blame lies squarely with McCarthy and Gaetz.
Exactly. McCarthy expected a bail out but refused to talk to them - partially because the Chaos Caucus (nice) explicitly punished him for any reaching across the aisle, but also because he was arrogant enough to think he wouldn’t be left twisting in the wind. Then he had the audacity to blame Pelosi!
He offered them nothing. Literally nothing. The senate had a bipartisan agreement in hand that everyone was ready to go with. McCarthy and his faction said “no.” They said they wanted no compromise and they got exactly what they wanted. The great irony being the 8 members of the GOP who said “no compromise” voted with the democrats against their own party.
I mean no matter how you look at this, the blame lies squarely with McCarthy and Gaetz.