We seriously need to get spineless rats unwilling to stand up for anything out of congress and replace them with people actually willing to do anything other than hand the democrats the keys to making the country worse.

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    1 year ago

    I’m part of “the country” and am glad the government didn’t shut down last night.

    The actual headline here says “House Speaker McCarthy faces ouster threat for avoiding shutdown.” Notice where it says “threat,” because as usual the “hardliners” are all talk and no action. They threaten and threaten but do jack shit because they know vacating his speakership would probably result in them being cut out of the process entirely.

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    1 year ago

    He stood up against the worst of his party. If nothing else, that is respectable. I’m sure this cost him the speakership, but he’s certainly changed my opinion of him.

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      1 year ago

      I mean no shit a Democrat supporter would like him for siding with democrats

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    Maybe don’t shut down the government every couple years? Is that an unpopular idea? If we could go back to once per decade for a day, I’d be happy.

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      1 year ago

      I’d take a government shutdown over a shitty spending bill every year

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, because spineless cowards like McCarthy and his ilk refuse to stand up for anything

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            1 year ago

            Please tell the class what meaningful governance the republicans have done in the last 20 years.