Caving to the Freedom Caucus on this sure does not bode well for McCarthy.wease wrote:Finally impeaching this senile, dementiated, so old he can’t even dress himself, liver spotted, criminal genius mastermind. It’s about time.
I understand the trap he was placed in….refusing impeachment was likely to result in a shutdown, which itself would be a brutal position for the party as the elections cycle ramps up.
But impeachment is likely to last longer and be in people’s minds much closer to Election Day…and it is going to be a shit show run by the biggest boobs in the party. It grants enormous control over the party’s messaging to the most stalwart and uncompromising faction of the FC at a crucial time.
It’s also an average of more than 15 points underwater among independent voters in swing states where Republicans have House seats. So it seems like the two most likely outcomes are that Republicans in moderate seats feel the need to vocally disapprove, leaving McCarthy’s Speakership a casualty of a divided and bitter House….or they risk posting L’s in keepable seats, and his Speakership is ended by a failure to manage elections.
Either way, it looks a lot like keeping warm through a winter storm by burning down your house.
