Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that if Kevin McCarthy wants to win the speakership he should negotiate with Democrats and offer concessions in some form of a coalition government.
— could emerge and gain a consensus, which would create a dangerous scenario in terms of key votes on issues like the debt ceiling or even the 2024 election.
But if McCarthy wants to negotiate with Democrats and offer concessions in some form of a coalition government, it could be a win-win scenario in which McCarthy gets the votes to become the speaker and Democrats could gain control they wouldn’t otherwise have under the Republican-controlled House. “Whether McCarthy pulls this through or not, the core concern here is, who would ascend to that seat? I do not believe that Kevin McCarthy has the votes,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “If McCarthy really wants this, he really needs to look at how he can get to the 218 that he needs. You’ve got to find that math somewhere if you can’t get those votes from the House Freedom Caucus — he has provided many, many, many concessions, and it’s just not working out.
As for the Democratic Party, Ocasio-Cortez added that it is crucial for the party to act as a block in order to take advantage of the current chaos within the GOP. “The acknowledgement of how fragile our democracy is in this moment is a critical part to [Democratic] unity,” she said. “We absolutely have differences, but I think a willingness to put that aside in order to figure out how we can navigate and exploit some major moments to advance, really, the issues of working people, raise wages, protect health care, and really defend a lot of the gains that we have made in the last two years is really going to be critical.
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