Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.
Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.
Dems support in his keeping the speakership may have been part of a deal for the funding extension.
But why would they make a deal with Kevin, when he has already reneged on a deal with Joe Biden?
If they do make a deal with Kevin, they will need to get immediate concessions, because they can’t rely on him to live up to any future part of any deal.
If they found a moderate R to deal with, though, they can restart the trust form scratch…