'Start the Kevin McCarthy death-clock' after compromise with Biden: Rick Wilson

[hookaleft]

Appearing late Saturday night on MSNBC after it was announced that Preside t Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had reached an agreement "in principle' on a budget deal, former GOP strategist Rick Wilson claimed this could be the beginning of the end for McCathy's speakership.

Sitting in on a panel with guest host Michael Steele, Wilson suggested that McCarthy's decision to compromise with the president to avoid a default that would spin the economy into chaos will not go over well with far-right members of his House caucus who could make a motion to "vacate the chair" to express their displeasure.

Asked by host Steel about what comes next, Wilson stated it was a win for the White House which will not make conservatives happy.

"Great night for Joe Biden, great night for the White House even though I think their messaging has been kind of tentative the past few weeks" the Lincoln Project founder began. "I think though we are now going to start the Kevin McCarthy death-clock. He has certainly got a very angry part of his caucus tonight who probably burning up his phone no matter how good it is for the country not to default."

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[TeamProg]

1. He's probably right. nt

[C_U_L8R]

2. Who else do they got?

Who can get the votes?

[keithbvadu2]

5. Yes! It only took 15 votes and lots of ass kissing for Kevin15.

[allegorical oracle]

9. Green and Gaetz probably believe they're potentials. In Repug world, it's the loudest and

rudest who "never back down" nutjobs that end up on top (apparently). McCarthy now appears overly "soft" and reasonable.

[ananda]

11. Steve Scalse MTG....

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[Maeve]

3. The death-clock started for McCarthy the moment he took the gavel

He was never going to get thru four years

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. The House MAGAts were banking on CHAOS.

TIFG will be angry at Kevin for sure.

Ettu, Kevie? Watch your back. The daggers are out.

[Ray Bruns]

6. Any one know how many scaramucci's it has been so far?

[Thunderbeast]

7. I am glad that we MAY have avoided default...

However, I find it hard to celebrate the erosion of democracy by legitimizing the tactic wielded by Republicans to circumvent the appropriations process in which they lost the debate on budgets and appropriations. These spending bills were hard-fought..with Democrats compromising to arrive at budget bills that met the test of majority rule.

Republicans have crafted a way to take another bite from the apple. Rather that use regular order to craft a budget, they instead imposed a spending cap that requires the President to do the triage on which programs are cut...thus avoiding the blame for the realized pain.

When Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison, I was happy for her. We gave up a dangerous spy in trade which was an asymetric barter. It only encourages the Russians to do it again...which they seem to be doing with journalists and others.

Like Putin, the Republicans now see hostage taking as a legitimate political tool. In Oregon, a GOP walkout has shut down the legislature because they are not happy with the will of the people as expressed by their elected representatives. It is a scary pattern of behavior.

We may have avoided a catastrophic default, but the price paid was VERY high.

[Marthe48]

16. Well said

The debt ceiling is to cover money already spent, like the tax cuts and golf trips during traitor's criminal rule.Budgeting for the future is a different matter entirely.

I figure that the deal will be voted down because mccarthy has no friends on either side of the aisle. And then who knows?

A dog tearing its bedding to bits has a better plan than r's intent on destroying our country.

[NowISeetheLight]

8. We Will See

I'll wait until it's voted and approved in the House and Senate. The MagaT wing of the Repukes wanted to crash the economy to hurt Biden. They could care less about our national interests as long as they could "own the libs" and rile up their base. You just know there will be more than a few Repukes voting NO on this agreement.

[GreenWave]

12. Our guys will have to shore up McCarthy

if they try to oust him, perhaps with censure motions on the idiots trying to sabotage our economy.

[Johonny]

13. I was thinking it would be the Dems best move

No way they could oust him with Dem support. If he got tossed the next GOP speaker would be worse, much worse.

[Demsrule86]

15. If we support him...he needs us and owes us...win/win. Total Biden move.

[Demsrule86]

14. The Democrats will keep him speaker...he is better than say Gaetz and that takes away

power from the traitor caucus.

[roamer65]

17. It's going to take a coalition to get it passed.

Maybe we can extract more out of him as the fight happens.