Depending on how many people show up for the final vote, McCarthy can only afford to lose between four to six Republicans. So McCarthy’s best bet is to win over some of the aforementioned lawmakers. Burchett is the only Republican on this list who didn’t repeatedly block McCarthy’s bid for House speaker back in January, so he may be the easiest to sway.
Democrats could have swooped in to save McCarthy, but on Tuesday, the caucus unified against doing so. CNN’s Manu Raju reported that “every Democrat I’ve spoken with has come out of the meeting ready to sink McCarthy.” One Democratic lawmaker told Axios that there were “surprising” members who spoke out against saving McCarthy, including many moderates. Even Representative Jared Golden, of the infamous “Blue Dog Democrats,” confirmed he saw “no reason” to save McCarthy.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the burden is on Republicans, not Democrats, to figure out what to do with their speakership drama, which he referred to as the “House Republican Civil War.”
SphericalBasterd on October 4th, 2023 at 20:12 UTC »
He's going to get people murdered.
Brnt_Vkng98871 on October 4th, 2023 at 19:02 UTC »
He will not stop until this gag order is actually enforced. At the end of the day, its a simple matter of getting the balls to treat Trump like any of the rest of us. Hold him accountable or suffer the consequences.
fight_your_friends on October 4th, 2023 at 18:56 UTC »
At this point, I think he wants to get locked up before the end of the trial so he can tell his idiot horde that he was locked up without a trial.