What does McCarthy lose if he relents on the debt ceiling?

[underpants]

The media I’m seeing isn’t right wing so it’s mostly common sense statements and analysis. “Oh they won’t do this”. Discussion of deep red districts and somewhere between 5 and 20 hardcore debt Republicans.

Let’s look at it from McCarthy’s point of view. If he relents on this so soon after finally become Speaker what does that do to him? What does he lose? Could there be a vote on his Speakership?

[gab13by13]

1. McCarthy is the worst one of them all because he enabled them,

why should he change? The traitor caucus can keep a debt ceiling bill from making it to the floor to vote on.

A discharge petition needs 218 signatures to get a bill to the floor, that may be the only hope.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Well, he probably knows that we have to pay the debt incurred.

He may want to to finally have a vote when they capitulate on the debt limit. That vote to remove the Speaker will probably fail and the idiot that brings the vote will look pretty stupid.

[underpants]

5. Yeah. They don't have anyone else close to replacing him.

No one who can get the votes.

[Gaugamela]

3. Even if they called for a vote, the treason caucus wouldn't get enough votes to

replace him. Seems like McCarthy’s speakership is pretty safe for now.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Not enough.

[sabbat hunter]

6. the GOP would

immediately call to vacate, remove McCarthy as Speaker. He is so desperate to be speaker, he has given up any power the Speaker ever had.

[Javaman]

7. His other testicle LOL

😂 😂

[Silent3]

8. Maybe if we promised McCarthy a few Democratic votes to keep him as Speaker...

...if he brings a clean debt ceiling bill to the floor, perhaps that would give him enough guts to do it.

I wouldn't count on that though, so I hope we get the discharge petition process up and running as quickly as possible.

[Mr.Bill]

9. Trump might say bad things about him on the internet.

Bunch of idiots acting like 12-year-olds.

Apologies to any 12-year-olds.

[gab13by13]

10. Why do people think that McCarthy is reasonable?

He is taking his orders from Donald Trump who takes his orders from Putin. Mccarthy will crash the economy if he can.

[lapfog_1]

11. he loses the speaker ship

unless a few Democrats vote "present" or for Kevin on the forced vote by MAGA.

The debt ceiling is raised because it only takes a very few sane repukes to vote with Dems to raise it.

But the threat is that any given member of the House can now (according to the rule he adopted) can call for a vote of confidence in the Speaker. If the Dems all vote for a Democrat, then Kev needs the same number of votes from Repukes including his MAGAts. And that they won't give him if there is a clean bill on the debt ceiling.

QED Kevin won't bring a simple clean bill to the floor for a vote.