Bipartisan discussions about how to end the two-week speaker vacancy are growing in seriousness as Republicans’ chaotic efforts to elect a permanent speaker struggle to gain traction.

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’d never happen, but, I would love to see a handful of moderate/establishment Republicans join with the Democrats to make Liz Cheney the speaker. Just a big old fuck you to the insurrectionist wing of the party.

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      10 months ago

      The Overton Window is deeply askew when Liz Cheney gets described as a “moderate” and no one bats an eye.