Trump will be quick to take credit for McCarthy's victory and Repubs will be quick to give it to him

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9. If it's only two years, then we may get off lucky

Members of that sedition caucus actively participated in the events of January 6th and what was the consequence? They've been rewarded with positions of power and normalized by their presence in the media. The fact that none of them have had to pay a price, even as small as an election defeat, speaks to the depth of the lunacy in their party.
I know I'm preaching to the choir in this response gab, I just can't shake the feeling that we're in for a much longer haul with these seditionists and, as you say, the coup continues