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Interesting history lesson on how we got here: Steve Scalise destroyed the conservative Republican Study Committee on John Boehner’s behalf 10 years ago (RSC members and staff weren’t sufficiently supportive of Boehner’s garbage budget deal with Senate Democrats), sowing the seeds of Boehner’s eventual ouster, the creation of the House Freedom Caucus, and the widespread conservative distrust of leadership that led to McCarthy’s ouster (over a budget deal).
If you’re bothered by the ongoing House drama, direct your ire to Scalise, because he paved the road directly to where we are today.
It rarely gets noted, but Scalise is personally responsible for much of the so-called “chaos” surrounding GOP speaker battles over the last decade. Were it not for him firing staff and gutting conservative House institutions under the orders of milquetoast GOP leaders like John Boehner, it’s unlikely that any of the current speaker drama would be occurring.
Those facts paint his intransigence in this speaker fight in a much different light. Members who remember what Scalise did to RSC and Paul Teller will never vote for him under any circumstances, and as a result, he will not ever become speaker of this GOP majority. It’s mathematically impossible.
So what’s his endgame? At this point, no one seems to know. But for those who wanted a shutdown of garbage spending bills and fake CRs, they’re more than happy to ride this fight out for weeks, if not months. If there’s no speaker, there’s no more spending, which is what the conservatives all wanted in the first place.
If you’re bothered by the ongoing House drama, direct your ire to Scalise, because he paved the road directly to where we are today.
It rarely gets noted, but Scalise is personally responsible for much of the so-called “chaos” surrounding GOP speaker battles over the last decade. Were it not for him firing staff and gutting conservative House institutions under the orders of milquetoast GOP leaders like John Boehner, it’s unlikely that any of the current speaker drama would be occurring.
Those facts paint his intransigence in this speaker fight in a much different light. Members who remember what Scalise did to RSC and Paul Teller will never vote for him under any circumstances, and as a result, he will not ever become speaker of this GOP majority. It’s mathematically impossible.
So what’s his endgame? At this point, no one seems to know. But for those who wanted a shutdown of garbage spending bills and fake CRs, they’re more than happy to ride this fight out for weeks, if not months. If there’s no speaker, there’s no more spending, which is what the conservatives all wanted in the first place.
https://twitter.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1714363338795139424
You cannot fully understand GOP House dynamics today without understanding what went down with Scalise’s firing of RSC executive director Paul Teller in 2013. dailysignal.com/2013/12/12/con…
Shortly after Scalise fired Teller, Teller was hired by @chiproytx , who was Ted Cruz’s chief of staff at the time. cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
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