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This sort of framing is really unhelpful, though, even as it's sadly common these days in #USPolitics.
The US system doesn't work without consensus, and it's adamantly not about individuals like McCarthy or McConnell.
The representatives in the House and Senate that Americans elected represent strong disagreements. We should be talking about how our elected representatives have to find common ground to move forward, not about the Senate jamming the Speaker of the House.
That dramatic line misses what actually goes on even as we're relying on the gears of Congress to turn.
These folks all represent disagreement. They all need to find agreement.
