For all people pushing #FraudSquad, do you understand that if all ten @justicedems had voted present, @GOPLeader would be Speaker right now? What would that have accomplished? Easy being destructive. You have to come up with a plan for being constructive.
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Actually, I think it was *their* job to come up with a plan for being constructive.

Jan 4, 2021 · 2:36 AM UTC

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Thankfully they got some pretty big concessions in exchange for their votes as well.
Adam Christensen @A_J_Christensen
4 Jan 2021
For anyone confused as to why the entire progressive caucus voted to reelect @SpeakerPelosi as house speaker, it’s because they got serious concessions that allow M4All and a GND to move forward by exempting them from PayGo.
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You think they were going to wait for Jimmy Dore and the Movement for a People’s Party to tell them how to leverage their vote? You all came too late to the scene. But importantly: pressure has to be on the Dem Party - make public demands of them instead of trashing the squad.
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It's so sad to see progressives become weak neoliberals in front of our eyes. But if you watched Russiagate and watched lesser of two evils debates, you saw this coming
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Plans should have a chance of success. There was no other viable candidate. Sometimes you gotta compromise. Don't make enemies out of friendlies unnecessarily
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They did, risking a Republican Speaker for a simple floor vote wasn't a part of it.
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If they’d done anything differently we’d have a Republican speaker, and definitely wouldn’t get anything we want. Why is this so difficult to understand?
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Squad definition: a small group of people having a particular task. They failed.
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Marianne, huge fan here! But what??? If it was their job to replace her as speaker, okay they failed. It was an impossible task - to get a viable 3rd alternative and build a coalition big enough to unseat Pelosi without Ds losing it? In a week? Come on, this is nonsensical.
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With all due respect, it’s now very clear why your presidential run garnered no momentum or significant support.
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