Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of Democratic leadership, said he had never before seen a speaker lose a rule vote so many times — three times in four months, and twice this week alone — something that had not happened for two decades before Mr. McCarthy assumed the post.
“I don’t quite understand this,” Mr. Clyburn said of Mr. McCarthy’s strategy, before suggesting he consider cutting a deal with the top House Democrat that could pass both chambers and keep the government open. “My advice is, ‘Go sit down with Hakeem Jeffries.’
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Democrats, who have become accustomed to disarray on the other side of the aisle, were nonetheless flabbergasted on Thursday morning when they realized the vote was going to fail after Mr. McCarthy tried a second time.
“Just really a collapse,” said Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. “There really isn’t any leadership.”
On Thursday, a group of hard-right Republicans made it clear that they would oppose any stopgap funding plan, no matter what Mr. McCarthy offered them. The group included those who blocked the military spending measure — Mr. Biggs, Mr. Crane, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Bishop — and others, including Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, the ringleader of the Republican opposition to Mr. McCarthy’s plans.
I don’t claim to be able to get into Republican heads. So it just appears to me as a human being looking at these vessels that there is something personal going on: “no matter what McCarthy offered”. During the Speaker fight Gaetz (rhymes with Rapes) just seemed to hate (rhymes with Gaetz) McCarthy personally.
