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Knowles Interviews Boebert: Context and History of Speaker Fight
This interview of Rep. Lauren Boebert (below) is the most cogent explanation I have heard for the anti-McCarthy position. I’ll spoil a bit of it for you: last summer, McCarthy thought there would be far more Republicans, and that he would have enough squish votes to run over the conservatives, so he ignored their concerns. Remember conservatives trying to get a platform out of GOP leadership last year, but they were too smart for all of that? “Red wave!” Then the election came, and Republicans eked out a bare majority in the House and a loss in the Senate. Ouch.
On Monday, the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) whipped votes all day (canvassed the Republicans, negotiating to solidify a platform). In the afternoon or evening, Boebert and Co. approached McCarthy with a list of 218 YES votes for him, provided that he assent to a list of initiatives. These were mostly promises to hold a series of votes on specific issues.
This list was less ambitious than Gingrich’s wildly successful Contract With America. Another thing was some accountability, including the return of the one-member Motion to Vacate. One member? Shocking! Nope — that’s how Jefferson wrote it. It’s not a one-finger “eject” button for the Speaker’s chair, for crying out loud. It just allows filing a motion.
There’s more — watch the whole thing, as it’s only 13 minutes long. Yes, this is the pro-regular order, anti-McCarthy side of the story. Heaven knows we are all hearing the pro-McCarthy argument on every channel.
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Well, it could be that…and it would be glorious.
Roy, I can see. Gaetz and Boebert? What are you smoking? The former is a serious legislator; the latter two are empty-headed publicity hounds far more interested in cameras and microphones than Committee hearings. Off-hand, looking at the 2022 midterms, I’d guess that this is Boebert’s last term. She didn’t barely squeak it out because her district thought she had spent too little time on TV.
Lincoln needed generals who were competent at fighting. Just aimlessly flinging your sword all over is not useful. And the issue is not 20 legislators- it is 5 mindless morons throwing tantrums after everyone else has done all the work.
What if I don’t like the work they’re doing?
Shut up and bend over for the Uniparty is not my idea of a good deal.
Hear, Hear. Old habits.
Are you actually hearing and reading what they say and write, or just what others say ABOUT them?
The Dems continue to slide to the far left and change whichever way the wind blows as they elect more and more representatives of small minorities who wish to implement loony policies. I believe this rush to insanity has created a hunger among the reasonable within our citizens for common sense and created an opportunity for Conservatism to save them from themselves.
However, the GOP establishment staunchly defends the status quo and refuses to bend to the Conservative movement within that elected Trump and was at the heart of the Tea Party movement years ago. Since McCarthy is pure establishment, it is fascinating to watch as David and Goliath fight it out.
^ Very important ^
I keep hearing from conservative friends about how terrible it is that this is happening, and I think “What’s the matter with you? Are you reading only the Wall Street Journal? Only watching Fox News?”
Yes.
Definitely could be worse.