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McCarthy pretty much has to virtue signal killing the first attempt or we will have to watch the GOP select a new speaker all over again.  He is set up to fight Biden and this is the first confrontation.  His party doesn't think he's equipped to do it.
What is McConnells job again? Oh yeah, to obstruct. >

And deflect >

And lay on a log soaking up sunshine. >

Hey, that lettuce leaf isn't going to lazily munch itself! >

I wish I could just announce I have no intention of doing my job and get away with it. >

Become a republican representative.  It's easy apparently. >

You sure about that? One of the newest additions to the GOP House is a world renowned nuclear physicist who also ended South African apartheid. Oh, and did I mention he personally breastfed over a million starving babies in the orphan crushing machine all while dressed in drag? >

You had me longer than I’d like to admit 😂 >


It's not yet entirely clear what McCarthy and his conference hope to reduce.

Basically the most important part of the story. They want a shotgun approach to "gut everything and anything" they can. It's not a very tenable position to start a negotiation. >

They’re not negotiating in good faith. They’re playing brinkmanship with default. 
Interesting strategy though, considering it will cost their biggest donors billions. >

Yep someone will post /r/TheyDidTheMath on how this wont be good and the GQP will fall in line pretty quickly. >

Huh… McConnell is throwing McCarthy under the bus… saying “if this goes wrong it’s on McCarthy, not me”.  Which is a distinct change from his unified republican front he usually shows.  This combined with some of the stories where republicans bad mouth him… they might still end up voting in line but this is way more externally exposed conflict than has been shown in a long time. >

To be fair any budget bill will have to originate in the house, so it is on McCarthy.  Wouldn’t surprise me if Mcturtle tanked a deal between the house and Biden though. >

It's a fucking BLUFF! You think the people that run McConnell would let their investments and currency go to shit if the US defaults?  They'd disappear his ass.  THIS is political theater, folks.