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    Quote Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet View Post
    I mostly agree, but it’s pretty fucked up that the Dems voted with him on a 45 day CR & then almost immediately after made an unholy bipartisan alliance with the Freedom Caucus to oust him over some petty imaginary slight. They got rid of a RINO willing to compromise with their party and likely won’t get that with whoever replaces his Speaker position.
    He needed the Dems, and said he would not negotiate to save his job. That’s on him. While I applaud him for crossing party lines for 45 days and CR, a one time thing isn’t enough to save his job, especially after what he said.
    Last edited by Solkern; 10-05-2023 at 10:04 AM.
    The idiot award goes to…

    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    The Constitution is not the Declaration of Independence. (I'm not at all surprised that you don't know this)
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    "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government." ~ The Constitution

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