House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to ā€œget their act togetherā€ and elect the next speaker while slamming the ā€œextremistsā€ within their party.

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      To be fair, he seems pretty clear that the he is willing to direct the caucus to vote for an agreed upon republican, rather than seek the speakership himself.

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        Right. Republicans would never agree to a Democrat speaker. They would rather watch the country burn down than to do that.

        Now there is an endless list of other things they may need to agree to for Democrats to partner.

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          Republicans would never agree to a Democrat speaker.

          You donā€™t know that. Their entire house is broken. Demā€™s need five. Its 100% on the table.

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            You think there are currently FIVE Rā€™s in the House who are willing to put the well being of this country before their party?

            HA HA.

            HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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              Oh you mistake me.

              I think there are 5 Rā€™s who are dumb enough to make a show of things by voting for a Dem, just to spite their opponents within the party. Its always the dumbest people who think they are the smartest.

              I quite literally think that some Rā€™s would actually cut off their nose to spite their face to ā€œownā€ their perceived opponents.

              I put nothing past them and leave everything on the table.