Marjorie Taylor Greene gets what she deserves in ultimate humiliation

this is about right, okay Tim, we have a pretty massive

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for Marrey Taylor Green as he tried to flex his muscles and issue an override motion against Mike Johnson as the Speaker, where did it all go wrong? Well, a birth, um. I mean it's been going bad for a while because for old Marge, she had no strategy, she had no real plan, she had no allies, she only got 11 Republican votes for this override motion that didn't include people who are like their supposed allies. like Matt Gates um she didn't bring Trump in for this and basically everything went wrong you know um

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Gates understood that Marg's green tail missed was that she timed this in such a way that like the Republicans were upset with McCarthy, the base was upset with McCarthy, it was early in the presidential race and the Democrats hated McCarthy for good reason because he was a liar and because he single-handedly rehabilitated Trump almost after January SE and was so much like McCarthy while he felt like he had most of his lecture, like there were all these other factors that were working against him.

Gates pulls the trigger. I didn't even think Gates expected him to do as well as he did, to be honest, uh, but like he timed it. at a point where it was conceivable that he could win as Marg teror Green just didn't read the room, yeah, I mean, it's the worst possible time, the Republicans finally reached their capacity for

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in the chamber like their colleagues did. I don't want to do another humiliating round like they did with McCarthy, the Democrats who don't really love Mike Johnson, weren't going to like playing with her, especially right after Mike Johnson cut a deal with them on Ukraine and Aid Palestine too, so you know, it was a horrible read, the strategy was wrong, the timing was wrong, everything was wrong, it's just that it was like she was stepping on rakes all over the floor of the house and you have to do it.

Add in the fact that the Democrats just got another member of Congress and therefore the merger is down to a single vote in the chamber, so she is really playing with fire here by trying to cast a motion to cancel. when you know, if that's the case, all it would take would be for a single Republican to flip and then all of a sudden Hakee Jeff would be the speaker, yeah, and this is interesting and I think this is part of the reason why his colleagues they're so mad at her she's right that they are like you know you're really playing with fire here there was a desire to fantasize that Hakee Jeff could come out of McCarthy's melee as the speaker but it was never a real possibility um but

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Do you really know that this time that is perhaps the only argument that the Democrats abused this right? Maybe the Democrats will say okay, we'll take this override motion and see what happens, maybe some Republican you know will back out. or he

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caught at a NASCAR race and decides not to show up he wants to go to dinner at Mar Lago instead of voting and the next thing you know Jeffers is a speaker so I can tell I've seen some criticism from the left As for I don't really believe that, although this shows once again that the main framework for Democrats throughout this year is going to be that we are the ruling party, we care about results, we care about preventing, in fact, ending policies that are good for the people, these other people are crazy, they want to end democracy, they only care about Donald Trump, they're right, and you know it, being a good faith partner that says, hey, if you deal with We will work with you like me.

I think that kind of um, you know, burnishes the brand that Democrats have really earned as the only adults in DC, yeah, Tim, does this impact the perception of Marger Tayer Green's strength at the conference or is she still exerts only as much influence as before, I think so, um and they are two hairies, they actually hit her strength within the conference, um, because, uh, McCarthy understood that she had influence in the crazy caucus and that's why McCarthy tried to keep her nearby, you know there's the famous photo of them taking the selfie on the floor of the house it's kind of a kind of sensual selfie, even um, you know, it seems at least a little cozy for Comfort, um, but you know, Kevin He tried to keep her close. to protect him, that didn't work, um, they overthrew him anyway, you know, so Johnson didn't work that hard to keep her around, he met with her for a few hours, so it was probably time not very well spent, but, um, you.

I know she tries to chase him and fails, so it's really a big 0 to two for Margie Taylor, green on the power of her within the conference now. I don't think you should misinterpret this to say that you know normal Republicans are back in the House. of Commerce Republicans are back. I think this is more about her personality and the fact that she's just bad, you know, she's bad at politics, right, she's bad at the strategy of this and I think she's a more competent nut. You know, she would still wield a lot of power at the conference up until that point, so does an embarrassing moment for someone like Mar Taylor Green really matter for someone who doesn't exactly have a lot of embarrassment?

Is this really going to have any tangible impact? I mean, I don't know if it will have a good impact. I'll let you answer before I intervene um yeah, it looks like she's not going to lose her seat, she's in a safe red seat, of course um and so I think what it does is that there's an aura of fear that she has to like the regular Republicans, right, who say, oh, we better not piss off Margorie because she'll just make us stink and then, you know, the right. The media will come after me and Maga came after me, it's just not worth it, so her power was somewhat related to the fear that she could wield that power through Maga's influence in the world. and, in that way, I.

I think this has hurt her, do you know that she will live to fight another day and advance other crazy conspiracies and do you know that all of this could change? You know in the future, of course, but for now I think it has affected her political power, yes. I think a lot of her power came from the perception of her power. Obviously, she's just, you know, a singular congresswoman from a deep red district in north Georgia, but again, it was like her proximity to power was the optics of power. the fact that she, you know, had stumbled into a lot of victories before, so she just gave like these Optics that she had outsized influence and then, when, when things came to an end and it was just raw politics versus Margie until she lost because Even this Republican Party, even this House conference, recognized the abject stupidity that would result from vacating their own president with 6 months left until the election after they already have a terrible reputation for keeping speakers in place and I mean it's going to be difficult. that they would continue the election campaign after this and say and say: you know, give us, give us back the majority of the House when in reality all they have achieved by virtue of their time in the majority would have been to vacate two speakers and then pass 16 months into an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden that went nowhere and trying to push through a bill to protect gas stoves that were never actually at risk, yeah, well come on, let's not underestimate the importance of Appliance Freedom Brian, um, yeah, yeah.

Look, she got, she only got 11 again, she only got 11 on her side. I mean, think about um, off the top of your head, you can find 12 Republicans who are lunatics, uh, so even among the group of lunatics he couldn't get. Full support, so yeah, and I think that tells you everything you need to know. I would just note it here for anyone watching. If you want to hear and see more from Tim, subscribe to the Bullworks YouTube channel. I will put the correct links. Here on the screen and also in the post description of this video, it's very important to do that to build this pro-democracy ecosystem that will spread from left to right and especially with Republicans, former Republicans, um, in the media ecosystem politicians that provides a permission structure for other Republicans, disaffected Republicans, soft Republican voters to hear a pro-democracy argument and to be able to move away from the Republican Party as it is today, so again, the links on this screen are also on the post description of this video, Tim.

The flip side of Margery T Green's attempt was that there was a time when Democrats and Republicans largely came together and were successful in a time of bipartisanship. Do you think this portends any signs of greater bipartisanship on the horizon? This is only because the prospect of unseating another Republican speaker was that stupid and Republicans couldn't stand it and that's why we're happy to have bedfellows on the left for this moment. Yeah, I think it was a It's a matter of timing and just like the chips falling in the right place at the right time, um and Mike Johnson came to Jesus basically in Ukraine and Mike Johnson didn't have to mention this right and we had a alternate universe where Mike Johnson didn't I didn't mention Ukraine and he didn't make this deal, yeah, um, and he chose to do it in part because I think he really believed it was the right thing to do.

I know that's how it is in the Republican world these days. like, wow, someone did something because they thought it was the right thing to do, they were a total nihilist, it's like it's too, too unusual to believe right now, but Mike Johnson, I think that's what motivated him and It turns out you knew that there were enough votes to get it and then the threat that that might have come from closing such a deal didn't materialize because what we've been talking about as it would have been, so you know. Cut your nose despite your face.

You know Republicans like to go after him right now. So no, I think Mike Johnson survives. I think you know that emergency bipartisanship is still possible in this Congress. But I, you know, I believe. they'll end up on a short leash, you know, and if they come back next year, um, a lot of warnings about who's the president, who's the leader, you know which party has the house, but I don't think there's going to be a big incentive for them. Republicans work with Democrats in 2025. Yes, I think I agree with that. I think this was just a time when even the Republicans were happy to align with the Democrats to avoid a disaster for them.

It didn't really help the Democrats, this really helped the Republicans use the Democrat's help to help themselves and of course the Democrats are happy to know they didn't give more power to Margie Taylor Green and the added benefit of make it shine. As a clown is always welcome, that being said, Tim, do you think seeing what this House Republican conference has accomplished or hasn't accomplished will have any impact on the election or do you think it's just political polarization? so intense that regardless of what we've seen in this historically unproductive Congress, it's not going to matter when voters go to the voting booth and they're just going to dial d r, I think it's going to make a difference, um, I also think the perspective of this Choice is another motivating factor.

I mean, you mentioned that, but just to be clear, you know there's um uh somewhere in the double digits. No, I don't top, let's just say, Republicans who are in Biden's districts, right, yeah, I think it's 19 19, yeah, I'm trying, I was looking for memory there, um, 19 Republicans and Biden's district, so You know, those guys who I think seemed very vulnerable at the low water mark for Republicans where you know, they're ousting their former president, impeachment is a disaster, the immigration bill is sinking, so which I think they're all still in pretty vulnerable situations, but now they're trying to stabilize and and trying to figure out how to survive in what's going to be, I think it's going to be a pretty difficult environment for any Republican that's in a Biden district, so, you know, I think that was one of the factors at play here and I think in these key districts, you know, there are still enough swimming voters, that's what's going to matter and I think the House of Representatives will will turn in one direction or another towards the members. who are in purple states or purple districts, where there is a group of voters who are willing to cross the aisle if they think a party is running a candidate who is too extreme or too willing to embrace extremism.

We saw this in 2022, you know, and the reason Republicans have such a small majority is that in the purple states and in the red states really, in addition to Florida, in the purple states and in the purple districts of the states red, the Republican members of the house were seen as two. extremes on abortion and two anti-democracy and they lost a lot of elections that they should have won and that's why they have such a small majority now and I think the Democrats could take advantage of that this time, well I'm sure It will only get better for the Republicans whothey've now supported tracking women's pregnancies so we'll see what happens on that front again for those watching right now if you want to support the work that Tim and his team at the But it works make sure you subscribe to the link here on the screen.

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