The #GOP #Congress bears full responsibility - they supported his #WarOfAggression, they ratified his Cabinet choices, establishing manifestly unsuitable Hegseth as the "Secretary of War", and they have refused to use their power of impeachment to address the numerous abuses of power by the White House.
And the #FederalistSociety #SCOTUS has given the White House cover with their rulings. They too are culpable.
Nonsense. Democrats in Congress cooperated when they could have taken control of the House already.
The procedures are there, and they've been demonstrated.
Unless we're going to stop reelecting Democrats who aren't interested in putting up an opposition, we'll get more of the same, but the first step is pointing out their share of the responsibility.
@PaulWermer hmm, I was thinking of the Motion to Vacate whereby mainly Democrats put leadership changes on the table but then let Republicans have it back for some reason.
Now I remember that they made changes to that rule when they reconvened.
Still, there are simple majority processes in the House where Democrats could make significant gains by breaking off a tiny number of Republicans since their majority is so small.
@volkris
💯 Re needing a few Republicans. And the #GOP #CravenCongresspeople are the collaborators in the crimes the #WhiteHouse and #cronies are committing.
And the motion to vacate would need some Republicans with backbone to pass, but even with that, the new Speaker would almost certainly still be a Republican
We already saw exactly that play out, though. Democrats partnered with a couple of disgruntled Republicans to pass the motion to vacate and then held fast with them to prevent Republican speakers from taking the chair.
Until Democrats didn't.
The other thing is, remember that the Speaker isn't king. Much of the work of the House is shaped by things like committee membership, and Democrats have a TON of leverage to influence that.
They already demonstrated that they have this leverage. They're just not using it for presumably political reasons.
We should hold them accountable for that choice.
@volkris
What procedures would allow the minority to take control of the House?