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Let's talk about Dems helping McCarthy....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Let's talk about Dems helping McCarthy....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again.

0:03.0

So today we're going to talk about whether the Democratic Party should save McCarthy

0:10.0

because that

0:15.0

we've been talking about over the last few weeks,

0:20.0

maybe months, saying that it was kind of McCarthy's only real move was to reach across

0:25.6

the aisle.

0:27.6

And that conversation and the terms of any kind of deal are reportedly being lightly discussed right now.

0:37.8

So first question is why would the Democratic Party want to do this?

0:44.3

The answer is simple. They get the same thing out of it that McCarthy does.

1:00.0

McCarthy has the far right faction of the Republican Party that is just disrupting everything that he is trying to do, ruining his

1:05.2

speakership. For the Democratic Party that far-right Republican faction, that's where all the bad policies come from.

1:16.0

So if they were to render them irrelevant, it's good for them.

1:22.3

Now does that mean that the Democratic Party gets to move

1:24.4

progressive legislation forward? No, absolutely not. If this deal goes through

1:30.8

this is what happens. Nothing but bipartisan stuff. Nothing but

1:36.1

nothing except for stuff that would appeal to Bush-type Republicans and what most people watching this channel would call corporate

1:48.0

dems.

1:49.2

That's what moves forward.

1:50.9

Nothing else.

1:51.9

No progressive legislation. no landmark stuff, nothing. But that also

1:57.6

goes for the far right as well. They don't get anything either. Basically, the house freezes except for stuff that just has to go through

2:10.0

until the next election. That's what occurs.

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