At this point I’m not sure why House republicans wouldn’t want Hakeem Jeffries as the Speaker. At least then they could run home to their constituents and pretend to be a united party that’s accomplishing nothing just because the Speaker is from the Democratic Party. Their base won’t care that they’re the majority party and would’ve had to let it happen. They’ll just accept that everything from here on out is “the democrat’s fault” as they always do anyways.
Simply select Hakeem Jeffries and get on with it. Easy stuff.
At this point I’m not sure why House republicans wouldn’t want Hakeem Jeffries as the Speaker. At least then they could run home to their constituents and pretend to be a united party that’s accomplishing nothing just because the Speaker is from the Democratic Party. Their base won’t care that they’re the majority party and would’ve had to let it happen. They’ll just accept that everything from here on out is “the democrat’s fault” as they always do anyways.
Whoever votes Jeffries would get primaried next election.
If 10 Republicans voted present or were conveniently occupied elsewhere, Jeffries would win.
They could not vote, but also there are purple districts where “I’m doing what’s best for the country” would play better than endless bickering.
Great points! GOP voters don’t have a clue anyway.