Sure seems like a number of folks on here that complain about the RINO’s in Washington want the real conservatives in Congress to fall in line with the establishment. This fight needs to happen. That massive spending bill McConnell and the other RINO’s pushed through in the senate effectively neutered the incoming Congress. The conservatives holding the line here and not ushering McCarthy into the speaker’s chair know that the only way anything remotely conservative will get done now is by sending a message to the establishment GOP that they cannot ignore. The establishment has for far too long taken for granted the conservative base and pushed aside the talking points they sold to the base during campaigns to get their vote. By forcing McCarthy to agree to votes on true conservative agenda items like balanced budgets, border security, and term limits, it will expose those that like to claim the conservative label only when it is convenient.

If this stalemate lasted until 2024 that wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world either. The longer things stay gridlocked in Washington the better.