Playbook: “Now for the big question driving the week. There’s plenty of speculation that Democrats might help step in and help save McCarthy’s gavel. But in conversation after conversation with Democrats yesterday, we heard nothing but scorn for McCarthy.”
“The party is still smarting that McCarthy refused their pleas to give Democrats a mere 90 minutes to read the CR text on Saturday. And they were downright disgusted to see McCarthy blame their party for the shutdown brinkmanship on ‘Face the Nation’ yesterday — just hours after they put up votes to help him pass the CR.”
Said one senior Democratic aide: “It was an astonishing show of bad faith. The dumbest political move I’ve seen in a long time. You need us, you fucking idiot!”
“Beyond that, Democrats have massive trust issues with McCarthy — particularly after he reneged on the budget caps deal he struck with the White House.”
Politico: McCarthy’s speakership now at the mercy of Dems.
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