“You Can Kiss My Ass:” Pretty Much Everyone Hates Matt Gaetz Now

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The far-right representative has plunged the House into chaos—and turned his own party against him.

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Working with democrats or reaching across the isle in any form

This.

McCarthy did the right thing for once, and came up with a solution to the looming shutdown that managed to pass by getting both Republican and Democratic votes. And he got shitcanned for it.

The message here is that as far as MAGA Republicans are concerned, bipartisanship is a firing offense.

And now Republicans blame Democrats for not supporting him lmao

It may have been a no win choice for Dems, but I’m a little worried that we’re gonna end up with a much worse speaker.

Keeping McCarthy would have at least been fucking over Gaetz.

I'm hoping they're unable to coalesce around another person.

Yeah, that seems like it’s best case.

Dream case would be the less right reps putting up someone sensible enough for Dems to support.

This predicates a sensible candidate existing, so will remain a dream (and still a shitty one, like dreaming a full day of school just before waking up on a school day).

At this point no one knows really. This could also end up being the beginning of the Republican Party permanently fracturing. It seems we get closer to that each day.

I think that would have already happened if the moderates thought they’d have any chance at winning elections as a centrist party, but first past the pole voting keeps 3rd party candidates out of contention in most districts. The math is against it happening, or it might have happened back when the dipshit tea partiers arrived.

I dunno, Boebert got caught on video "reaching across the aisle" with her Democratic boyfriend during Beetlejuice and the GOP hasn't done anything to her.