Did anyone hear what he said about AOC??? That was by far the most interesting part of this interview, I thought. They asked him what he was talking about when the cameras caught him talking to AOC on the floor.
His answer (paraphrased): "I was asking her if the Dems were going to leave the floor, lowering the threshold for McCarthy to win. SHE WENT BACK AND MADE SURE ALL 212 DEMS STAYED AND KEPT VOTING FOR HAKEEM JEFFRIES"
So AOC was actively helping Gaetz keep all 212 Dems there, and voting for Hakeem on every round?
But I did hear him elaborate a bit on why they sort of NEEDED TO break it up once some concessions were given and the gap was bridged Friday.
Once they went back down to just the 6 Gaetz was saying that if they continued to hold out and refuse, McCarthy would get forced into the position of having to possibly go to the Democrats and make other concessions to them in return for catching 6 cases of instant COVID and having to leave the floor.
Whatever they'd ask for would be fundamental and damaging so in an effort to keep the ground they'd already taken without ceding somewhere else as well as TRULY damaging the credibility of the incoming Speaker with Republicans and giving the media a juicy steak as fodder they had to end the holdout.
In another interview Trump played up the urgency of his Friday night calls to the various members, saying if it went on any longer he thought something awful might've happened, we could have had a Democrat possibly end up with the Speakership.
I do find the internal relationships and interplay quite interesting and I think it's a credit to Gaetz and the original 6 (to borrow from hockey with a pun) that they actually knew when to STOP the holdout, before the media fearmongering and aspersions about nightmare scenarios ACTUALLY STARTED TO BECOME PASSABLE REALITY and could've happened.
They PUSHED at the perfect moment and RELENTED before it was too late and deserve credit for playing the whole thing nearly perfect and as achieving some VERY POSITIVE CHANGES that will benefit future candidates we find appealing for years in the future.
Also, I will never stop calling Paul Ryan a scumbag 😭🤣
Did anyone hear what he said about AOC??? That was by far the most interesting part of this interview, I thought. They asked him what he was talking about when the cameras caught him talking to AOC on the floor.
His answer (paraphrased): "I was asking her if the Dems were going to leave the floor, lowering the threshold for McCarthy to win. SHE WENT BACK AND MADE SURE ALL 212 DEMS STAYED AND KEPT VOTING FOR HAKEEM JEFFRIES"
So AOC was actively helping Gaetz keep all 212 Dems there, and voting for Hakeem on every round?
Good catch, I may have missed that....
But I did hear him elaborate a bit on why they sort of NEEDED TO break it up once some concessions were given and the gap was bridged Friday.
Once they went back down to just the 6 Gaetz was saying that if they continued to hold out and refuse, McCarthy would get forced into the position of having to possibly go to the Democrats and make other concessions to them in return for catching 6 cases of instant COVID and having to leave the floor.
Whatever they'd ask for would be fundamental and damaging so in an effort to keep the ground they'd already taken without ceding somewhere else as well as TRULY damaging the credibility of the incoming Speaker with Republicans and giving the media a juicy steak as fodder they had to end the holdout.
In another interview Trump played up the urgency of his Friday night calls to the various members, saying if it went on any longer he thought something awful might've happened, we could have had a Democrat possibly end up with the Speakership.
I do find the internal relationships and interplay quite interesting and I think it's a credit to Gaetz and the original 6 (to borrow from hockey with a pun) that they actually knew when to STOP the holdout, before the media fearmongering and aspersions about nightmare scenarios ACTUALLY STARTED TO BECOME PASSABLE REALITY and could've happened.
They PUSHED at the perfect moment and RELENTED before it was too late and deserve credit for playing the whole thing nearly perfect and as achieving some VERY POSITIVE CHANGES that will benefit future candidates we find appealing for years in the future.
Also, I will never stop calling Paul Ryan a scumbag 😭🤣