So IMHO, Democrats should have unilaterally said "We will support Kevin McCarthy for speaker in exchange for X, Y, and Z."
That would have worked in keeping McCarthy as a Speaker, but there is no way the Democrats would have gotten X/Y/Z because any Republican that would have even hinted at following through with that promise would have faced getting ousted in this year's elections by some MAGAt armed with ridiculous amounts of campaign money.
The GOP, as it is, is fundamentally untrustworthy as long as MAGA and its supporters are not just willing but routinely doing anything they can to be as destructive as possible!
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That would have worked in keeping McCarthy as a Speaker, but there is no way the Democrats would have gotten X/Y/Z because any Republican that would have even hinted at following through with that promise would have faced getting ousted in this year's elections by some MAGAt armed with ridiculous amounts of campaign money.
The GOP, as it is, is fundamentally untrustworthy as long as MAGA and its supporters are not just willing but routinely doing anything they can to be as destructive as possible!