Democrats could end this

[randr]

They could cut a deal with Kevin. He ends the deals with the insurrectionists and they vote present in numbers to give him a majority. KM gets his Chair, we get a congress back to work, and the traitors get nothing

[bucolic_frolic]

1. He's already self-eviscerated himself with the multitude of deals he made with them

He'd have to repeal them all to have any semblance of power.

[VMA131Marine]

2. But why would they?

Whatever deal they make, they couldn’t trust McCarthy to keep from breaking it as he inevitably would.

[AngryOldDem]

19. NPR commentator said the same. It's a matter of trust.

People don’t trust Kev to keep his word, and that includes his own caucus. That, plus he’s most likely pissed off chairmen who don’t want any of these loonies on their committees, which is probably one of Kev’s desperation moves.

He’s pretty much boxed himself into an impossible corner.

The Dems should just stay out of it.

[Lovie777]

3. No go for K McCarthy and his comrades....

[Mysterian]

4. Fuck that shit

Repubs can vote for Hakeem.

[yankee87]

47. Agreed

Vote for Hakeem. All we need is six votes

[Autumn]

5. It's not their job to save republican assholes. Fuck em.

[lapfog_1]

6. what deal would be enough ?

and could anyone trust him to keep the deal?

[underpants]

7. They don't need to solve GOP problems

My 2¢

[Happy Hoosier]

8. In exchange for what? Can he be trusted?

He promised all kinds of investigations and intereference with Biden. What on earth is in it for us to help him? We should absolutely refuse to help ANY Republican under current conditions.

[Whiskeytide]

9. The bulk of republicans would never agree. He'd piss off ...

… a lot more than 20, and the deal would never get approved.

[Act_of_Reparation]

10. You can't cut a deal with a guy you can't trust to keep a deal.

[hlthe2b]

11. Wow... I can't believe you would suggest this.

Enough said... You don't know Kevin, I guess.

[honest.abe]

12. Not McCarthy. Maybe a moderate, centrist "normal" Republican.

Then yes make a deal.

[W_HAMILTON]

13. Yes, because only Democrats have agency.

In case you haven't been listening to the news, no one thinks that Republicans, much less McCarthy, are willing to cut a deal with Democrats at the moment.

So, put your blame where it rightfully belongs: squarely at the feet of the Republicans.

[dem4decades]

14. So that Democrats can elect an election denier to be Speaker? Fuck that.

[durablend]

15. How about NO ?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. I'll see your NO and raise you a HELL NO! ;)

[Mz Pip]

16. I wouldn't trust him.

Why would he keep his word?

[Tree Lady]

41. I agree and that's why dems

Are holding out not helping Kevin. This republican party has shown democrats over the last especially 20 years we can't trust anything they say.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

17. We are watching the IMPLOSION of the Republican Party.

No need for House Democrats to run in and rescue him. His hubris is drowning him..."I earned this" referring to the Speaker's Gavel.

GFY Kevvie!

[Marius25]

18. No they can't. McCarthy will never hold to his agreement.

That's why the 21 won't vote for him. He's a spineless, lying piece of garbage.

Would you agree to a promise made by Trump? Of course not. McCarthy is just as dishonest.

[Meadowoak]

27. Never make deals with a snake!

[Emile]

20. Why do we keep seeing posts wanting Dems to give up?

[CatWoman]

26. alarming, isn't it?

[Emile]

28. It"s upsetting!

[EarthFirst]

21. Fuck that!

We’re in this position due to their ratfucking of the electoral process; let them flounder under their own consequences and eat themselves alive…

212!

[sarisataka]

22. Yes they could

But why? The longer this goes the worse they look.

It is a siege that we can just sit back and watch. Which side will wear down first?

Also, popcorn is cheap and plentiful

[spanone]

24. McCarthy Voted to overturn the 2020 Election. FUCK HIM.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html

[The Third Doctor]

25. Nope. Kevin can't be trusted to keep his word. This all emblematic

Of a sickness in the gop. This is all their fault for catering to fringe nutcase.

[GoCubsGo]

29. So McCarthy can re-neg on that deal the first chance he gets?

NO THANK YOU. This is the GOP's mess. The Dems clean up after them enough. Not this time. Especially not if it involves cutting a deal with a well-known liar. And, especially not after all the threats his party has been making against them. Fuck that shit.

[randr]

30. That is the fly in the ointment isn't it?

Of course as many Republicans could not be present and throw the Chair to Jeffries. Who will blink first? Who will place Country over Party?

[CatWoman]

34. someone hasn't been paying attention

[cally]

31. He doesn't keep his eord

And supported traitors. No

[Hekate]

32. No. #1There are no moderate R's left. #2The Repubs lie. #3Kev already sold his soul, spine, & balls

What does he have left to deal with when it comes to the only party that wants to govern?

[Hotler]

33. Tomorrows headlines would read. Dems roll over for the republicans, Kevin goes haha.....

Fuck that shit!

[Earth-shine]

35. I say more popcorn. And, since Dems have been accused of having alcohol in the house,

have at it!

[Hortensis]

36. Totally impossible. It vastly underestimates the GOP "90%'s" extremism, corruption,

and intense anti-Democratic, anti-liberal, anti-government, anti-taxation, and now anti-democracy passions.

McCarthy and company have been betraying the nation, pleasing their voters, and serving their megadonors by blocking everything the Democrats try to get done for years now. Any who try to work with us in the way imagined would have a pack of hyenas on their backs as soon as it got out. (They do quietly work with us behind the scenes on some things they want, but that doesn't change what they are.)

The Freedom Caucus types differ from most of the rest in that they're even more viciously nihilistic oppositional types who add the GOP house's "90% majority" itself to those they attack. They're intensely ruthless and willing to tear the institution apart to get their way, or these days just to tear it apart.

[myohmy2]

37. it might work...

...if kevvy became Speaker would the MAGAt's ever go along with him no matter how juicy some fascist piece of legislation may be...?

...I doubt it...

...it's a gamble but MAGAt's are in essence, crazy...to get anything done would force kevvy our way...

...what can we extract from kevvy that kevvy's willing to get on TV and declare...?

...we should be exploring, what have we got to lose...?

...Joe's said we should all get along...

[Genki Hikari]

45. Naive in the extreme.

Nobody can trust anything McCarthy would "promise," because I guarantee he would have his fingers crossed behind his back with whatever he said to get his way.

Make him come crawling for help if he wants it. And make him go on LIVE NATIONAL TV to announce that he's giving the Democrats every concession they want, to get their votes.

Then turn around and vote 212 for Hakeem again.

Just to show how much we don't trust that amoral psychopath.

[we can do it]

38. Absolutely not. Let them get their shit together.

[inthewind21]

39. And

you actually believe that?

[EarthFirst]

40. Pelosi says Democrats won't make a deal to elect McCarthy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-kevin-mccarthy/#link-OYTCDG7QK5A6NLYLYS36CDRQGE

[BlueTsunami2018]

42. Republicans can end this, it's THEIR problem.

Six of them can vote for Leader Jefferies.

Fuck helping them.

The onus is NOT ON US!

This is no time to go weak in the knees.

[randr]

48. This is the final solution

There must be enough of them who have won in blue states or districts that Biden won. They will be on the block in two years and hold no loyalty to KM. They need to wake up and realize the insurrectionists will turn on them as the have turned on KM.

[mcar]

43. Really? For sweet jeebus' sake, really?

Why would the Democrats get in the way of the R self-immolation?

[Genki Hikari]

44. So you want the Democrats shafted

Nobody can trust anything McCarthy promises, especially not Democrats. He WILL NOT uphold his end of anything he promises. Not ever. As soon as their backs are turned, he will stab them in the back.

It's naive in the extreme to expect anything different of amoral trash like McCarthy.

[iemanja]

46. The traitors already own McCarthy

Democrats have nothing to gain by helping him get the speakership.