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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂ SILVER
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Subject: Re: Trump Torches Emmer
Date: 10/24/23 6:50 PM
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And isn't it interesting that Gaetz initially backed Emmer and then stabbed him in the back? What's the game plan? Is the plan to kill off all the "moderates" in order to force the House to elect a shut-down-the-government-to-hurt-Biden far right crazy to the speakership?

I don't think you need to get that far into the weeds in trying to find motives. There are a lot of hard right conservatives in the caucus, and they'd prefer to see a hard right conservative be Speaker than someone who's more moderate. Whether they have a specific budget negotiation strategy or not, they just want to see the next Speaker be from their faction within the caucus than a more moderate one. It's not like Emmer was ever close to 217.
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