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Related: About this forumBREAKING: Debt Ceiling DEAL IN PRINCIPLE may be END of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker
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BREAKING: Debt Ceiling DEAL IN PRINCIPLE may be END of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker (Original Post)
UCmeNdc
May 2023
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Ilsa
(64,724 posts)1. Then who is next up to bat for them? nt
Lovie777
(24,314 posts)2. And his replacement?..............
hlthe2b
(115,118 posts)3. Hard not to detest McCarthy; hard not to cheer on RW chaos, but how to keep the rest of us
out of their self-destruction? Who could possibly be a likely replacement less destructive than him?
drray23
(8,839 posts)4. its likely he made a deal to have democrats bail him out
if his speakership is challenged. That would be a great move. He would owe his seat to Jeffries and be freed of the mtg et al hostage situation.
We could use this to our advantage and get some stuff done.
Fullduplexxx
(8,633 posts)5. Well part of the deal might be fir the dems to protect his speakership
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,616 posts)6. The MAGA nut cases are not happy