What concessions should House Democrats demand from Republicans in exchange for cooperation in electing a Speaker?

Making a deal with Democrats is one of the few obvious ways out of this mess for Republicans, and I’m convinced that Democrats shouldn’t help them for free.

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Ynotisay · M

I'm shocked he was voted in unanimously by Republicans. A right wing, Trump supporting, election denying, gay hating, abortion denouncing, extremist ideologue is now running the show and not ONE Republican had the guts to show any integrity.

This is the guy the NYT reported was “the most important architect of the Electoral College objections" in the 2020 election. A dude who represents a district that has about half of the U.S. median household income and gerrymandered the district to be more white and insure GOP control.

So any deal with the Democrats that may have come to pass to actually get Congress back to work would have meant nothing. They have no honor.

They went all in and the ONLY hope left to stop these people and protect this country is for the 40% of Americans who can't take the five freaking minutes to vote is for them to vote. If they do the GOP will be powerless on a federal level and it's long overdue. There can't be another election driven by apathy and ignorance.

JPWhoo · 36-40, MVIP

@Ynotisay They might have gotten bullied into it.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@Ynotisay I suspect (with no proof) that Republicans have decided anything is more acceptable than appearing as ineffectual (and thats being kind) as they did by being unable to decide. Time will tell how the voters feel about this.,..😷

Ynotisay · M

@whowasthatmaskedman You might be right. McCarthy OK'd the new rules that allowed him to be ousted so maybe we'll see Johnson's ouster coming up soon too. Because he's a relatively young man with the potential to serve for a long time. They need to own it now. At least until he decides some compromise is in order, like a real governmental leader, and then he'll be on the chopping block too.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@Ynotisay The Republicans are still the rabble they were yesterday.... If the new guy starts making pro Trump statements about the legal cases hes going to alienate a lot of people..😷

Ynotisay · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Yeah. At least privately. Where it seems Trump game doesn't go over well. But publicly it's a different story. He won unanimously.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@Ynotisay One must not lose sight of the fact that there are two American games being played out here. The internal one, where quite frankly not much anyone can do will make a lot of difference, and the global one, where the Democrats are usually more consiliatory and the Republicans take a more aggressive stance. But Trump is an outlier. A complete sell out for money or trickets to anyone. That guy trashed Americas reputation overseas almost beyond repair then Biden spends most of his time trying to save the ship..(And hes not really the man for that job..)

Ynotisay · M

@whowasthatmaskedman I'm on board with most all of that but the perception of the U.S., by both populations and leaders, has rebounded pretty damn well under Biden. So I have to think he is the right man for the job. He was dealt a shitty hand, didn't whine, got to work and it's paying off. Which seems to be a pattern for all Democrat Presidents over the past decades.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@Ynotisay We agree. However, part of that is not down to Biden. Its down to it simply not being trump this time. You could have elected Phil the Groundhog and things would have got better on their own. Although fair is fair. Biden does get some credit..😷