• eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    No way Bakersfield isn’t returning another maga republican.

    This affects fundraising. He was Mr Moneybags, that’s how he held the caucus together to the extent he did.

    I think the count of Republicans is going to be the same.

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      11 months ago

      If there is a single moment where the Democrats can have the majority, before the Republicans are replaced, then they will have the opportunity to do some worthwhile actions. There is also one other Republican who is expected to leave to take a job at a college.

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        11 months ago

        Could be nice, but the Speaker has absolute control even if his party loses the majority.

        Nothing in any way positive is being allowed to even be DEBATED on the full House floor as long as the Jericho Johnson is Speaker.

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          11 months ago

          Thanks to the new rules from the Gaetz wing though, the Democrats can rather easily remove and replace the speaker. And they just might if they end up with a majority.

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              11 months ago

              There was a point, around the time the Tea Party astroturfing was in full force, where Republican planning and messaging was unified and tight. Trump showed up and didn’t know why things worked the way they did, and Republicans eating themselves is the result.