It would appear that McCarthy and fellow swine were caught completely off guard here. He’s been acting like he’s had it in the bag since before the election. Culminating with squatting in the office he has yet to win. They had no idea this was coming or they would have had at least a theoretically viable plan B. They don’t have that.

Side note: what kinda dumbass subjects themselves to 6 failed votes for speaker? Why would you not at least wait to have the vote till you were reasonably sure you’d get the votes? This is truly embarrassing, emasculating, and humiliating for him. On an entirely new level. Unbecoming of the office.

So what do we have now? We have effectively kneecapped the swamp’s gatekeeper of the House. This guy isn’t gonna last because the dems won’t respect him, and the reps just saw how a handful can basically bring us back to this point again on a simple motion. I cannot see a viable swamp creature emerging that can take over in such circumstances who would avoid this outcome. McCarthy is going to be eaten alive by the rinos who can yank his chain in this manner as well. You can’t function in that office when you weren’t respected or supported before you started.

The other thing this does is expose people like Crenshaw, Don Bacon, and other installed controlled opposition for what they are. Hannity sure disgraced himself tonight with Boebert. Media basically has to cover this because its such a unique level of dysfunction. Rank n file republican voters who don’t follow this in much depth or perhaps are full NPC are noticing this and scratching their heads.

If this fight didn’t occur and we just sucked it up with McCarthy, 30-60 days from now when he fucks Jim Jordan’s investigation into whatever subject, we couldn’t do a helluva lot about it. Now he is fully informed of what he will find out if he decides to fuck around. Plus it has been proven that it can be done. If McCarthy decides to find out 30-60 days by thwarting effective oversight and running DS protection racket, it won’t be 20 standing in his way. It will be 80. Because the scared/coerced/intimidated but not fully corrupt reps will feel free from the threats because he’s been neutered. And there won’t be any ability to smear them as extremists or what have you because even NPCs will have noticed that it is now being said by R’s and R media that it is extreme to demand votes on the same issues you have been campaigning on for multiple election cycles. That really can’t be spun like they always attempt.

Honestly, I would rather have a kneecapped swamp rat at this point. Easy to control, puts DS into a huge defensive posture, and will likely screw up bigly during all this panic and desperation; further outing and neutering the swamp.