(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Republicans In "Problem Solvers" Caucus Threaten To Quit And BLAME Democrats For McCarthy's FALL. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-03 I saw this over on TPM, but the Republicans are already scrambling to their favorite media outlets to BLAME DEMOCRATS FOR NOT SUPPORTING MCCARTHY! And the so called Republican “centrists” of the “problem solvers” caucus have threatened to leave the group in mass. NOTE: I cannot stand today’s “centrists,” especially Republican ones. They might be in the supposed center of today’s political spectrum, but the Overton Window has been shifted so far to the right that they are really conservatives. And since when has the Problem Solvers Caucus come up with any solutions? Anyway, here is their beef, according to Axios: House bipartisan caucus risks collapse after McCarthy ouster Republicans in the Problem Solvers Caucus are weighing quitting the bipartisan group after Democrats opted against helping former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) keep his leadership position on Tuesday. Why it matters: GOP members in the group are furious at their Democratic colleagues who voted to remove McCarthy. The Republicans say he was punished for "doing the right thing" after advancing a stopgap funding bill on a bipartisan basis. Frustrated members said that Democrats in the group, which is aimed at finding bipartisan solutions, sparked chaos for political gain despite many Republicans in the group having faced primaries for crossing the aisle and taking difficult votes. A draft letter obtained by Axios took aim at Democrats for siding with "Gaetz and a single digit number of chaos agents in the Republican Conference." "It is unfortunate, for America and the institution of Congress, that Democrats in PSC chose not to risk the smallest amount of political capital or show the minimal courage necessary to merely vote against the Motion to Vacate. Instead, they voted for the chaos and now hope to benefit politically from it," the draft memo said. It gets worse, but you can go and read their screams of frustration for yourself. One little thing to note in their blame game. One of the REPUBLICAN MEMBERS of this centrist bunch is none other than Congresswoman Nancy Mace of SC, and she voted to VACATE! One of their own voted against McCarthy, but it’s all the Democrats’ fault! With Republicans, it is NEVER their fault when something goes wrong. Republicans never make mistakes. And they never lose elections. It’s always the scheming of the Deep State or Democrats who are responsible for bad things happening to Republicans. I have heard a lot on MSNBC today about the lack of trust between Democrats and Republicans in the House. At least one reporter pointed out that Democrats are justified with their distrust of Republicans because of a little thing called Jan 6th. But Republicans don’t trust Democrats? How fucking often have Democrats bent over backwards to make deals with Republicans? Democrats did not incite an insurrection that caused death and destruction. Democrats did not then provide cover for the insurrectionist and chief Donald Trump. Democrats are not the ones who went back on the debt ceiling deal, even though it went against many Democratic policies. Democrats were not the ones who turned every bloody issue into a political argument. Democrats did not weaponize the DOJ to go after their political opponents. Yet Republicans feel that Democrats cannot be trusted??? I knew they were going to try and spin this as the Democrats are to blame, and Democrats need to stress over and over again, “It’s The REPUBLICAN CHAOS CAUCUS!” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/3/2197217/--Republicans-In-Problem-Solvers-Caucus-Threaten-To-Quit-And-BLAME-Democrats-For-McCarthy-s-FALL?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/