Congressman Matt Rosendal tells the press that he blames Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's staff for the deal that Johnson is making with Democrats to keep the government from shutting down. When Kevin McCarthy made essentially the same deal last year, the party's right flank threw such a temper tantrum, McCarthy lost his job as speaker. But the bottom line truth is that a government shut down will hurt the GOP in an election year and there really isn't a better deal to be had that would avert a shutdown.
So maybe the play is for Johnson to close the deal, but get everyone to blame his anonymous staffers for it. Then after the government is funded, they can fire the staffers and keep their speaker. Yeah, it's a stupid and transparent ploy, but all it would take is for Fox News to whip up the base against Johnson's treacherous staffers, and Johnson might be able to keep his gavel.
Also if someone doxes the staffers, their houses might get firebombed. But you can't keep a speaker without breaking a few expendable eggs!
