It’s exceedingly difficult to see how Democrats could provide the votes to keep McCarthy as speaker in any sustainable way.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , right, hugs House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after handing him the speaker’s gavel on Jan. 6. McCarthy became speaker after 15 votes thanks to a deal he cut with hard-right Republicans. to a small group of House Republicans. Less than nine months later, he could be looking for what’s left to give Democrats if he wants to try to keep the job.
As for what those concessions could even be? It’s entirely unclear. McCarthy undoubtedly lost any shot he had at goodwill with Democrats by recently launching a speculative impeachment inquiry into President Biden that they regard as a cynical and baseless attempt to save his own skin.
Republican strategist Liam Donovan said significant concessions are so unlikely that seeking them would essentially just serve to build the rationale for Democrats to join with the likes of Gaetz in ousting McCarthy. He said the realchoice for Democrats is between taking McCarthy out and letting Republicans continue to turn on one another.
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