18-24-61-B-17-17-4 to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoJim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first trywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down10
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minus-square@SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.calinkfedilink11•2 years agoI think this gets things backwards. MAGA is the party as far as I can see. Trump has dominant support in the primaries. So who is kicking out whom? Even the non-freedom caucus members have to be MAGA-lite.
minus-square@Astrealix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•2 years agoI mean, yes, but the leadership is still nominally under control of the old guard. Then again, if Jan 6 didn’t stop them, nothing probably will.
I think this gets things backwards. MAGA is the party as far as I can see. Trump has dominant support in the primaries. So who is kicking out whom? Even the non-freedom caucus members have to be MAGA-lite.
I mean, yes, but the leadership is still nominally under control of the old guard. Then again, if Jan 6 didn’t stop them, nothing probably will.