OPINION: 'Assuming McCarthy honors the spirit and the letter of this deal (we’ll see), this agreement means we can expect more Matt Gaetzes and Lauren Boeberts,' writes mattklewis
McCarthy’s speakership may be a personal Pyrrhic victory, but the larger problem—for those of us hoping to fight back against the radicals on the right—is that McCarthy’s compromises will hurt mainstream conservatives, while emboldening the radical Republicans and even swelling their ranks.
This wouldn’t have happened if McCarthy’s enemies had simply accepted his ascension to the speakership as aInstead of picking a speaker, they picked a fight. And in so doing, they were able to win concessions that will make the contingent of mainstream “moderate” Republicans both weaker and smaller, while growing sway and swelling their own ranks.. It was written by California state Senator H.L. “Bill” Richardson, who also founded Gun Owners of California and Gun Owners of America.
Consider the “tactical retreat” that Richardson teaches in his book. He describes it thus: After picking an unprovoked fight, a radical “accepts ‘compromise,’ having gained some ground, not all that they ultimately wanted, but more than they had before the confrontation began.” Then, “Once the ‘compromise’ takes place, the status quo side happily retires from the fight, slightly disgruntled over the loss of territory but relieved the conflict is over.
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