Have we entered the twilight zone?

  • qprimed@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    yeah. a tad shocking… like, whats the angle here? guess we will see what shakes out.

    • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Gaetz is trying to raise his own profile and is only in this for himself. Basically the attention economy. Which he is getting plenty of by ousting the Speaker. Older politicians are facing more scrutiny and passing a term limits law would look good right now. He may be positioning himself to run for Florida governor in '26. Which means most of the stuff in Khanna’s reforms wouldn’t hurt him if he runs for state office.

      I’m all for term limits and if by some weird chance Gaetz being his prick self gets it passed, then sure why not. However, I really doubt a bill like that would get passed by a republican controlled house.