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These chucklefucks always say "we need to come together" after being the ones who always tear shit apart. They play stupid games and damage our democracy. I wish nothing but the worst for them.
The schadenfreude is strong watching Jordan, who in 16 years hasn't had a single bill he sponsored or cosponsored pass, has done nothing but rail against compromise and negotiations, now desperately plead with people to negotiate to make him speaker. Good on the hold outs for having an ounce of guts.
Their version of "come together" always has been "We get everything we want and get to continue shitting all over you while you get to sit there and thank us for it". Even within their own ranks.
The holdouts most likely realize that Jim Jordan's word is about as valuable as dogshit, and there'd be nothing they can do about it the minute he tells his own allies to go pound sand. This is also why the Democrats should not be supporting any kind of "consensus" speaker, because they would have exactly zero leverage to enforce whatever deal they strike, and there would be nothing stopping any GOP speaker from reneging on the deal and telling the Dems to fuck off.
"Only by working together side by side can we support the American people. Don't you understand that you stupid Democrats? Your idiocy is why we're banning abortion."