My Take on the Republican Snub of the MAGAts Yesterday

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38. A vote to oust McCarthy will only transfer the debt he owes for his speakership from them to us

The threat is still a weapon in their hands. Actually going through with it becomes a weapon in ours. Either we vote present so that he can continue as Speaker elected by tiny minority of the House, or else he remains Speaker with some Democratic votes. Either way, the second Gaetz introduces the vote to remove, McC serves as Speaker at the pleasure of the House Democrats.

My bet is that an off-the-record meeting between McC and Jeffries takes place within hours of any such vote to remove. Jeffries will be the one to tell McC what the terms of his continued Speakership will be, and he is smart enough not to make them so harsh as to be unacceptable. All Jeffries has to do is remind McC of something he already knows only too well: about 20 House Republicans hate him more than any Democrat does. He's only there for as long as WE tolerate him. With Mattel Matt's ranting about a removal vote, there's no way he doesn't know that by now.