Tom Emmer drops out of contention for House speaker, hours after winning GOP nomination

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Tom Emmer drops out of contention for House speaker, hours after winning GOP nomination
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For the hundredth time- it's not on Democrats to unfuck Republicans. If they want to actually be adults they can come to Democrats and offer up their own "olive branch."

Let the fuckers stew in their own shit and maybe some people will finally wake the fuck up that Republicans aren't at all fit to manage a Wendy's, let alone govern the country.

I'd say the Democrats should extend an olive branch at the price of heavy concessions, or try to get a few Republicans to vote for Jeffries. Unfortunately, neither concessions or getting someone to cross the aisle will happen, so...guess we're back to square one.

EDIT: Why the downvotes? Literally, I said the Republicans wouldn't go for something that is workable and potentially advantageous to the Democrats.

The Republicans are completely untrustworthy. The party has built itself on the idea of "owning the libs" which has killed all compromises.

The only olive branch the Dems should offer is "we'll keep things functioning if you abstain from the next speaker vote". They don't need anything else. The majority of Dems aren't the socialist communists Republicans like to fearmonger over

That's exactly my point. Their olive branch should come with rule changes, committee re-shufflings, etc. to get the Democrats in a more powerful, better position. But like you said, the Republicans won't go for that because they're intransigent, so...back to square one.

You're getting downvotes for suggesting the Democrats should be the ones reaching out. No. That's on the Republicans. The most we should be doing is saying "we're voting for our choice. If you want to end the madness, vote with us." That's it.