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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
&gt;And the Democrats are just sitting back laughing at them.

In a way yes, but for OP's sake we should say that technically the Democrats are all voting for one of their own. That's why there aren't enough votes to get McCarthy elected even though most Republicans want him. 

McCarthy has been making deals and pretty soon he'll have to start promising stuff to some of the Democrats to get them to cross over and give him enough votes to win.
gpt
Unfortunately, republicans are untrustworthy so I would question whether any deals coming from them would be honored.  It will be interesting to see if the dems will cave anyway in the interest of the country.