To be honest, I am not mad at the Freedom Caucus for this stunt.
For two years we had to watch as Dems tried to beg Manchin and Sinema to get on board with bills, only for them to blow them up and not even negotiate in good faith.
And the pundit class regularly carried water for them by saying, "Manchin and/or Sinema said where they stand. If Dems don't like it, they should have won more seats."
It's literally the exact same thing here: Gaetz, Boebert, et. al all made it abuntantly clear that they are not voting for Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, and have proven that
eight times in a row now. And it was Republicans' historic underperformance in the midterms that led to them having this much leverage.
So either McCarthy can sit his ass down or keep getting embarrassed. And for once, it's nice to watch Republicans' futile attempts at scraping for votes from their own party.
So fukk em.