US Politics, Speaker of the House
“In many ways, the events of this week should be as frightening to us as the events of two years past, if not more so. This, too is an insurrection.
What they really want is chaos … They want to throw sand in the gears of the hated federal government until it fails and they’ve finally proved that it is beyond saving.
Governance is not the point, it’s the enemy. Government is not the point, it’s the enemy.” #USPolitics #SpeakerOfTheHouse
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/mccarthy-speaker-vote-jan-sixth-again.html
US Politics, Speaker of the House
*sigh* Insurrection? It really cheapens the word when it's thrown around so lightly like this.
No, this is not insurrection. This is how the system is SUPPOSED to work. When the people we elect disagree on the way forward we're supposed to stop and not proceed, as we'd be moving in a direction that doesn't represent a consensus of the people.
It's silly to describe this as chaos. This is nothing happening, neutrality, the opposite of chaos.
Anyway, at any point any of the vast majority of House members-elect can cross party lines and resolve this question. All the talk of "they" ignores that simple fact.
