House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to “get their act together” and elect the next speaker while slamming the “extremists” within their party.

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    1 year ago

    It’s not hard to find five Republicans from a moderate district full of Never Trumpers. They would secure their seat voting for Jeffries and see their own legislation get pushed through.

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      If the moderates voted in the primary, perhaps.

      They should, but I don’t think they do.

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      I would personally love to see that happen, but I think it’s unlikely. It would probably be more likely to get a more conservative compromise Democrat as speaker of the house, but only after the Republican party festers for another week or two.

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      It’s not hard, huh?

      Then why does it never happen? At most you only ever see one or two. Five? Never.