House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to ā€œget their act togetherā€ and elect the next speaker while slamming the ā€œextremistsā€ within their party.

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    1 year ago

    I agree, but so far the extremists have been proven right. Their way or the highway has, so far, worked for them to get them to where they are at: minority rulers within their party.

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      They are, but theyā€™re also destabilizing their party with petty squabbles. They havenā€™t reached some kind of political equilibrium where they can keep doing this indefinitely.

      The Soviet Union seemed like it was here to stay right up until the moment it suddenly wasnā€™t. Things happened very fast over the course of just a few days, and everyone was blindsided by it. I think the GOP might be heading for that same situation.

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        Definitely wonā€™t last forever, but hard to say how long they have. Hoping things fall apart for them sooner vs later so we can actually have a functioning government.