McCarthy likely saved 6-10 seats by allowing those members to vote for the BIF. He didn’t fascilitate the passing of the bill because I just don’t believe that in the scenario where literally no Republicans voted for the bill, that the squad, who cast “principled” no votes… 1/5
“because BBB wasn’t being voted the same day”, would have in the 0 Rs scenario not have just voted for the bill.
Once it was clear to McCarthy that the bill was going to pass, the question became what was the best way to play THAT hand. 2/5
Once it was clear to McCarthy that the bill was going to pass, the question became what was the best way to play THAT hand. 2/5
Those arguing that McCarthy is weak because he let his members “help Pelosi pass the bill” just misunderstand how the process worked. Each of the factions were leveraging to get the most value out of a vote that was inevitable. 3/5
Sequentially: Pelosi let the squad save face AFTER McCarthy let his vulnerable members vote in a way that benefited them BUT he only released those votes AFTER Pelosi had the votes. 4/5
And how did McCarthy know Pelosi had the votes? BECAUSE IN HER CAREER AS SPEAKER PELOSI HAS NEVER STARTED A VOTE THAT SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE VOTES TO WIN. 5/5
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