Shouldn’t we consider alternative narratives too? Have to admit, this is 100% hindsight now.

This is the only way the rules changed could be made. And the Democrats got played.

If McCarthy made these proposals unilaterally it would only take 7 RINO sleepers to pull a Liz Cheney to make Jeffries the Speaker. They would be burned, but sleepers have to be prepared.

The Dems could have avoided this by assisting McCarthy by voting present before the concessions were made. But, President Trump’s and MTG’s endorsements made that unpalatable. Then, the Gaetz tête-à-tête with AOC on that topic made it virtually impossible.

The RINOs were boxed in by McCarthy’s refusal to withdraw. And, had the temperature slowly raised on them so they wouldn’t jump.

Finally, the image of MTG passing Gaetz the phone to talk to President Trump was the cherry on top. The image of him persuading Gaetz, further cements President Trump as the leader of the Republican Party.

Shouldn’t we consider alternative narratives too? Have to admit, this is 100% hindsight now.

This is the only way the rules changed could be made. And the Democrats got played.

If McCarthy made these proposals unilaterally it would only take 7 RINO sleepers to pull a Liz Cheney to make Jeffries the Speaker. They would be burned, but sleepers have to be prepared.

The Dems could have avoided this by assisting McCarthy by voting present before the concessions were made. But, President Trump’s and MTG’s endorsements made that unpalatable. Then, the Gaetz tête-à-tête with AOC on that topic made it virtually impossible.

The RINOs were boxed in by McCarthy’s refusal to withdraw. And, had the temperature slowly raised on them so they wouldn’t jump.

Finally, the image of MTG passing Gaetz the phone to talk to President Trump was the cherry on top. The image of him persuading Gaetz, I further cements President Trump as the leader of the Republican Party.