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McCarthy dares GOP detractors to 'file the f---ing motion' if they want to remove him
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I’m honestly having a fantastic time watching the Republican Party implode :D
Me too, but also this is going to fuck a lot of people over if the government goes unfunded, and it doesn't look like they're going to figure it out. The only reasonable option currently seems to be any decent Republicans left side with democrats. I don't really see that happening, but who knows at this point?
At this point, I just assume the GOP will just do the most harmful thing possible. Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised; otherwise, I’m prepared for the inevitable.
I don’t think they’re going to stop until they break something important enough that normal people start calling for blood.
The frogs have been boiled for too long for there to be any chance of that happening. If they wouldn't side with democrats and remove trump from office after Jan 6, they're not going to switch sides now, when doing so would tank their party for ages
Yeah, this seems suspiciously timed
Their goal is to weaken government, to make it as ineffectual as they believe it to already be. The circus is just part of their act, it’s a feature of the GOP, not a bug.
Right wing parties in general have a tendency to ultimately self-destruct under the groaning weight of their own ineptitude. It's just that in America they do it with so much more passion than anywhere else.
But don't get complacent. Their idiots still vote them into office regularly and we got Trump before. We are still at great risk no matter how funny it is.