ZeroCool to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoTom Emmer withdraws from House speaker race hours after GOP nominationlockwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkTom Emmer withdraws from House speaker race hours after GOP nominationlockwww.nbcnews.comZeroCool to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square25fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoDemocrats aren’t going to support a Speaker candidate unless they get something for it. That is how legislative systems work.
minus-square@surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoAnd they won’t get anything because Republicans will go back on the deal the second they can. And Dems know this. So we’re stuck.
Democrats aren’t going to support a Speaker candidate unless they get something for it. That is how legislative systems work.
And they won’t get anything because Republicans will go back on the deal the second they can. And Dems know this.
So we’re stuck.
Hell, that’s how people work too.