YTA. It is just unreasonable to expect a party to vote for the opposing party’s Speaker, and if a Speaker can’t get enough votes to save themselves, they aren’t about to lead an effective coalition.
The option was already dysfunction vs a different kind of dysfunction because of the Republicans who turned against their own Speaker. They would either get a Speaker they approved of or they would bring the House to a standstill. They had already taken to blocking all House business under McCarthy. You just have to blame the dysfunction on them.
AITA: I’m a Republican
YTA
How come?
A vote for a Republican is a vote for misogyny, bigotry, racism, authoritarianism, and class warfare on the side of the rich and powerful. There isn’t a single Republican leader looking to move the nation forward, only backward to preserve the privileges they’re losing.
If you know this and you vote for them anyway, you’re an asshole. If you didn’t know this and were just voting for them because that’s how you were raised, here’s your opportunity to not be an asshole.
Blaming Democrats is outright idiotic. Republicans have a majority, and offer no compromise for Democrats to vote for.
90%+ of what Republicans blame Democrats for is idiotic.
The question is answered in the first three words. “I’m a Republican” = YTA.
The democrats are not to blame. They have been consistent throughout. They didn’t want McCarthy back in January and they didn’t want him three weeks ago. The GOP filed the motion to vacate, forcing the democrats to answer honestly: Nope, We Still Don’t Want Him. At any time it would have taken about five republicans, fewer than half the number of republicans (and only republicans) that held the chamber hostage for three weeks, to cross the aisle and elect Hakeem Jeffries. If anyone thinks the D bear responsibility, they must admit the GOP bears tenfold.
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I don’t. I’m not sure who had actually read the article…
Did you expect pro republican comments?
That’s not really what they’re saying. Instead, they’re saying that it’s obvious which commenters only read the headline.
Which is due to the headline being phrased in the same way as the commonly used Reddit theme of AITA. It makes it seem as if the OP is asking the question, rather than it being the headline of an editorial.
Or people are just lazy and self-righteous.
