@TNLNYC they booted McCarthy for marginally working with the democrats. They’ll draw and quarter anyone that votes for Jeffries.

@wwew

Well no.

208 Democrats voted to boot McCarthy and shut down the house because they figured they could win political points with their base from the chaos.

It had nothing to do with marginally working with Democrats, and Democrats will likely end up with even less power from the episode.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023519?

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@volkris @wwew They didn't vote for him in the first place? Were you expecting them to vote for him after he complained that they were responsible for the near government shutdown, when they weren't?

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I *hoped* Democrats wouldn't vote to shut down the House. But they did. Unanimously.

That's different from what I *expected*, though.

I expected they would, regardless of my hopes.

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