This is a standoff that they cannot afford to lose. And it has to be this. Last night, it was said that McCarthy caved and gave them everything they wanted. But he still didn’t get to 218. In fact, by the end of the night, McCarthy detractors had grown by 3 since the first 2 votes took place. Either the story was a larp released by the swamp to attempt yet another angle of attack on the “unreasonableness” of the holdouts, or the holdouts got what they wanted and are moving the goalposts. But which is it?
What is notably missing from the media tonight? Exactly what specifically was demanded and especially what the “compromise” was, if any. We are getting some idea from various direct rep tweets. But not concrete specifics.
It is the rules committee that is the line in the sand. It just has to be. If they do not control the rules committee, they are toast. It is the rules committee that will be wielded to thwart effective investigations and oversight. One of the BIG ones would be preventing conservatives from unsealing the J6 committee records. If McCarthy gives into this demand (a reasonable one at that…one that should already be a given not a demand) he and his merry band of apparatchiks are toast. And so are the democrats.
And this is the only thing that makes sense. It is the one thing the swamp simply cannot part with. It is also the one thing that they cannot publicly defend. There is no good faith argument against what the “not so fast, kev” crowd want. Not to the republican voter base. There is no reasonable argument to be made that this is unacceptable terms. So now what?
This is what we are watching. Someone has to blink.
Don’t give them an inch. Crush their bones to make our bread (for once) and salt their ground so nothing grows there ever again. They got a hundred years of stomping their boots on our faces. Now it’s our turn.
They can vote everyday for the next two years.
That's better than giving in.
I am so sick of the RINO infiltration of our government. We vote these people into office and all they do is kick dirt into our faces and run hand in hand with the Left. There is a better way.......stick to your guns, look them in the eye, and never EVER back down. Our country did not become free from tyranny by caving in. I hope these 20 reps stand their ground and do the bidding of their PATRIOT voters. If it takes one thousand votes to get a Patriot Speaker of the House, I certainly can wait. Heck, we've waited a hundred years, I think a few more days won't rattle our chains too much. God bless the 20!
McCarthy refused the terms. Ridiculed them. Then threatened them. Now, they don't trust him. He burned the bridge to his victory. Capitulating came too late.
I have said repeatedly that Rules is the most powerful cmte in the House.
Is there even one member in the House who knows a 10th of what H.R. Gross knew? Understanding the "rules" means knowing Jefferson's Manual and Robert's Rule of order and precedents, all of them. By the law.
Trump card in play??🍿
Name checks out
Just a minor note, 'larp' means live 'action role play', ie pretending to be 'something/someone'.