Perhaps pick a moderate republican and get Democrat votes?

[Doc Sportello]

26. It's worth considering

I actually read the article and what Fitzpatrick has done in his ability to work with Democrats. As it stated, many of the policy goals we Democrats (most of us anyway) support aren't embraced by a majority of the voters so taking stances like the person they work with from the other party must pass a litmus test is a non-starter for any type of legislative success.

Biden has shown that some bipartisan legislation is possible, although that is unlikely with repubs in charge of the House. But we still need to do the bare minimum of governing, meaning pass funding bills in the House. Yes, repubs lie and are awful, etc. But having a repub leader who is willing to work with Democrats as Fitzpatrick has shown would be a lot better in my mind than a speaker who is beholden to the crazies.