robert At a philosophical level, you have a valid argument.  When we get into the details, we see that 20 Representatives are holding 200 Republican Representatives - and by extension the goverment - hostage for concessions, when they haven't put forward a reasonable replacement Speaker.  That is, they exposed the problem, but they haven't offered a solution.Our elected should be about solving problems.  The Republicans aren't interested in governance.  They are nihilists.

robert At a philosophical level, you have a valid argument.  When we get into the details, we see that 20 Representatives are holding 200 Republican Representatives - and by extension the goverment - hostage for concessions, when they haven't put forward a reasonable replacement Speaker.  That is, they exposed the problem, but they haven't offered a solution.Our elected should be about solving problems.  The Republicans aren't interested in governance.  They are nihilists.

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