Hard-line Republican threats to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post could soon thrust Democrats into a difficult decision:

Do they save the Speaker who opened an impeachment inquiry into their president or join Republicans in booting him?

Top Democrats say they have not formulated a strategy for handling such a vote, dismissing questions as hypothetical and insisting that they are focused on funding the government and averting a shutdown ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline.

 

But Democrats’ votes could save — or end — McCarthy’s Speakership, which he clinched after a marathon 15 rounds of voting in January.

“It would be a big question,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the House Progressive Caucus, told The Hill on Tuesday.

That question, however, is of high interest, and Democrats may have to answer it sooner rather than later.

McCarthy hasn’t been able to unite his fractious conference around a plan to fund the government, threats to oust him are growing louder, and internal GOP sniping is spilling into public view.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of McCarthy’s top adversaries, put the Speaker on notice last week, announcing in a floor speech that he would force a vote on booting him if he does not meet a list of demands on spending and legislation.

On Tuesday, a reporter found what appeared to be a House resolution drafted by Gaetz in a Capitol bathroom that said “the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives is hereby declared to be vacant.” The Hill could not independently confirm the authenticity of the document.

 

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I would think if Kevin knows he can count on the dems if he’s being reasonable about things it would go a long ways towards nullifying the hard core magga nutters in the republican caucus and perhaps allow some meaningful legislation from congress 

No need to save him. Let the GOP choose another speaker. The GOP will come to the party and fund the government anyway. The dems should use their power to divide the GOP and get a centrist speaker who will deal across the aisle.

14 hours ago, ozimoron said:

No need to save him. Let the GOP choose another speaker.

Yes, let them clean up their own House.  As McConnell said during the previous presidency, the GOP doesn't have to get rid of DT, the Dems will do it for them.  How did that work out, ol' buddy?

Yes, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is the old chestnut, but the moment that adversary is defeated it's a whole new game.  If this Speaker ploy backfires it could cause rifts in the Dem caucus, the blame going to those that thought this was a good idea.  A potential divide-and-conquer tactic.  I hope Jeffries doesn't fall for it.

 

 

The Democrats don’t face any big decision, they can sit back and enjoy the blood sports going on in the Republican Party.

 

Matt Gaetz has said:

 “We will have a government shutdown and it is absolutely Speaker McCarthy's fault. We cannot blame Joe Biden for not having moved our individual spending bills. We cannot blame House Democrats. We can't even blame Chuck Schumer in the Senate”

 

While Chip Roy was a bit more graphic, I’ll leave it to the DM to explain:

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12541667/amp/Republican-Chip-Roy-says-colleagues-going-eat-s-sandwich-deserve-it.html