Recent retirements announced by the GOP mean that Democrats may get a chance to make an "unprecedented" power play that would expose the "fragile" Republican majority, according to a writer on Saturday.
Journalist and political analyst Hayes Brown appeared on MSNOW over the weekend, where he was asked about the recently announced Republican retirements, including that of noted conspiracy theorist and ex-Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene. More recently, another MAGA lawmaker announced he was retiring, resulting in speculation running rampant online.
When asked about how Dems might be able to make the most out of the retirements, Brown explained the source of some GOP discontentment with, "Youhave a White House that sort ofdoesn't even really bothergoing to congress for mostthings at this point and justsays, 'We can do it on our own.' So there's that feeling of sortof inept, like inability toactually get anything done."
Then, Greene changed the game by opening a new door for Democrats, according to Brown.
"With Greene's exit, I think thatopened the door to, if enoughleave to deny Mike Johnson amajority, even temporarily, that would be chaotic andunprecedented in a way wehaven't seen," he said. "Because what doeshappen if enough Republicanlawmakers leave that you dohave a situation where you wesee, like with Kevin McCarthy,where the speaker is removedfrom power and the Democratsare the ones with a technicalmajority, enough to put Hakeem Jeffries in the seat?"
He further asked, "What doesthat even look like? How howdoes that work?" before adding, "And the factthat we're even considering itshows how fragile the Republican majority really is."
The host called the potential upcoming situation "another unprecedentedscenario."