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.

  • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    Republicans are at an infection point. They have to decide what their party will look like going forward. I think the last Democratic inflection point was 68 national convention in Chicago. This Republican infighting will continue until one side gives up.

    I’d really love it if some talented animator(s) made a Reagan vs Trump cage match cartoon because that’s what’s basically happening.

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      9 months ago

      The choice should be easy since most of their base is literally close to death. The trumpanzee wing is demographically doomed this decade. That’s what makes them so dangerous since they need to seize as much power as possible very quickly or they’re done forever.

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        9 months ago

        I think you’re right. Trump wasn’t a two term wildly successful president like Reagan. Really only time will tell.