Republican fears Democratic speaker as Fox News reporter reveals GOPers eyeing exit for “big payday”
More "fed up" Republicans may leave before the election in hopes of cashing in on the private sector, reporter says
More House Republicans may quit before the end of their terms, which could potentially allow Democrats to regain control of the chamber before the elections.
The early departures of Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., dropped the Republican majority’s margin to just one vote. Gallagher’s planned departure on April 19 is immediately after a date that would trigger a special election to fill his seat, meaning it is expected to stay empty until in the election.
But “other Republicans are angling to get out as soon as they can,” Fox News’ Chad Pergram reported. “A big payday in the private sector could lure some members to cash in their voting card early.”
Pergram reported that some House Republicans are “fed up” and “just exasperated.”
Uh oh, spaghetti-o's! Was filling your party with a bunch of money hungry, spineless, bootlickers not such a great idea? No. It's the liberals that are wrong. Must lick boot harder.
Yeah. I wouldn't want to take part in their coming plans either.
Something, something, sinking ship.
Better to sink it than let it hit that bridge.
So the rats are abandoning the ship
Republicans who take bribes when other Republicans take bribes: 😮
Oh no a democratic speaker
Only barely, though.
Current House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is the even more corrupt and hostile towards the left wing of the party protégé of Nancy Pelosi. That's to the right of where most Republicans were a decade or two ago.
Any source on his corruption?
Well there's his 2023-2024 top donor list, for example:
The propaganda arm of a despotic regime, one of the biggest insurance companies in the world, a private equity company, one of the world's largest corporate law firms and a "strategy, policy, and communications firm based in Washington, DC" are not the top 5 donors of a politician who can't be bought.
None of that really indicates corruption in a way that matters. Yeah I don't like that he's getting money from those groups, but this doesn't quite show real corruption (compare that to Donald Trump as a shinning example of corruption). Regardless, the point is I'd rather Hekeem than the current speaker any day. I won't let perfect be the enemy of progress.
And how does that compare to other people with the experience to lead the House? What is the other option?
Edit: I just checked and $323K is only 2.6% of his total donations. AIPAC just happens to be the largest individual group. Overall, he has received $706K from "pro-Israel" groups (5.6%). This is not a big deal.
LMAO, hey I know you're struggling with inflation on your 50k income, but that nice neighbour just gave you 2.5k to fix up your car so you can get to work. Certainly that's just 5% of your income, so you won't be swayed to do them any favors later.
We're talking about Jeffries here, not comparison with others.
Even IF there were no one better available (which there ABSOLUTELY would be if the party leadership didn't insist on him), being a corrupt pro-corporate politician and notoriously hostile towards the left wing of the party both make him an unacceptable choice.
When did Lemmy become a carbon copy of Reddit? This is 100% true yet is down voted like crazy.
That's an exaggeration in general, but yeah, .world has more or less become r/politics when it comes to any criticism of the DNC leadership..
I love that when I click on your name, the first comment is “I wonder if his piss voice conducts electricity like its namesake, in which case I better watch my ass while farting around him 🤔”
I have the guy he had responded to tagged as the guy with the piss voice. Good times.
Yeah, he said he could make anyone piss their pants from fear using his voice only and I countered with the equally true claim that I can shoot lightning out of my ass 🤷
He's probably better than the Republican, but as a specific example of why he's a fuck, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/11/democratic-house-leader-hakeem-jeffries-aipac-sponsored-israel-trip
I mean GOP money is being sucked up by their golden baby, so it's not a surprise for selfish representatives to take what they can and leave.
Either that, or they're afraid of another Jan 6 (because that's not unlikely to happen whether he wins or loses), and thus afraid that they're gonna get caught in the crossfire on that one (potentially literally).
Fun fact: every newborn since the year 2000 has a 3%-5% chance of being a GOP speaker of the house one day. My niece just turned 11 and she's been speaker of the house twice, and hopes to be minority whip later this fall!
Has that ever happened before, to lose control because multiple people leave?
And of course they have to blame it on something other than their Republican dysfunction lol.
Civil War of 1861? Due to ejections of insurrectionists and abandonment for rebellion, the Senate flipped and the nascent Republicans got control of the House, Senate, and Presidency.
I do not have the answer to your question, but I am also curios so leaving a comment to follow for an answer.
There is a star button that allows you to follow responses to a comment.
Easier for me to find one of my comments than search through all the junk I save
Grifters run when the grift dries up
Hakeem Jeffries in a week: How the fuck did this happen? We were trolling by nominating me every time.
Republicans fear almost everything
I think Democrats were already favored to win the House in 2024 before the Republican exits. And Republicans are favored to win the Senate given how many seats Democrats are defending in red and red-leaning states.
I'm no Constitutional scholar, but since the GOP is so racked with infighting, could the Dems call for a new Speaker (or use MTG's recent proposal) and elect one of their own even before they have the majority? It would only take one or two disgruntled Republicans sitting out the vote... Seems worth a try anyway.
I mean you might want to keep your powder dry a bit longer.
They wouldn't get enough votes.
Yet.
Maybe tie a carrot to it, like outlawing Jewish Space Lasers.... It's neither the moderate nor the hard-line Republicans you need, it's just a couple of the crazy stupid ones who vote the way they tweet.
Yeah but Democrats probably wouldn’t actually capitalize on this like they could, the Democrat elected would just function as a Republican and Democrat politicians will be like “ha, see we showed them!”.
Almost assuredly, but it would also be 'kicking the anthill' a bit to the Republicans. The house is all they really have right now (excepting the supreme court), and they've had it for a long time. They haven't done shit with it.
One thing American voters do understand is that voting is transactional. Its why Trump remains so popular as a political figure, because for better or worse, he delivered for his voters on what they were voting for. The Republicans in the House simply haven't delivered on shit. This works against them, and taking leadership of the house away from them 'about now' going into an election would be basically disastrous for their election hopes. Whats the point of putting Republicans into the House if they don't do shit with the power you give them.
And to your other points made for the low/ no information neo-liberal apologists like @stanleytweedle, the Democrats suffer from this same issue in their unwillingness to ever actually do anything with the power they are given. We elect them to govern and they fail to do so. Democrats are even less interested in their own agenda than Republicans, and this is the central issue in why votership is so disenfranchised in the US. So in regards to the House races, its a race to the bottom in terms of worthlessness. Democrats could set up a political dynasty that would last generations (like they did under Roosevelt) if they would just commit to policies that make a direct, tangible, and timely difference in peoples lives (LIKE THEY DID UNDER ROOSEVELT!!). Instead we get the neoliberal worship of technocracy and credentialism. Bruh just give us the fucking healthcare we already pay for.
Since that Democrat would be current House Minority Leader Hakeem "Nancy Pelosi's even more corrupt and hostile towards the left wing of the party protégé" Jeffries, that isn't far from literal truth at all.
Nancy Pelosi the person who defended the right for senators and their spouses to trade stocks in industries they are involved in crafting legislation for because…… because…… omm……. Freedom! Yeah!