January 3, 20232 yr Author 1 minute ago, vikas83 said: Gaetz and the others are going to nominate Trump for speaker, aren't they? Why, so he can lose another election?
January 3, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, vikas83 said: Gaetz and the others are going to nominate Trump for speaker, aren't they? My wife and I were watching the news, and her reaction was "Oh good, maybe the republicans will vote for a sane person instead of McCarthy". My response..."Um, they're republicans. They think McCarthy isn't crazy enough. They want MTG or Trump".
January 3, 20232 yr Jeffries will likely get all of the Democrat votes in the House. So Republicans have to make their vote known from the start. Jeffries can win Speaker if too many Republicans skip the vote. I still think McCarthy has the majority of GOP on his side. So he is the odds-on favorite to win, at least as a compromise candidate. The ultra-MAGAs will make sure it won't be on the first ballot.
January 3, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, Gannan said: My wife and I were watching the news, and her reaction was "Oh good, maybe the republicans will vote for a sane person instead of McCarthy". My response..."Um, they're republicans. They think McCarthy isn't crazy enough. They want MTG or Trump". Biggs is the rumor. He's nutty enough. But I don't think he gets any more than a few dozen votes.
January 3, 20232 yr Not in 100 years has a Speaker not been chosen after the first vote. Total embarrassment. If McCarthy was smart he would work with moderate/conservative Dems to get over the hump.
January 3, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said: Not in 100 years has a Speaker not been chosen after the first vote. Total embarrassment. If McCarthy was smart he would work with moderate/conservative Dems to get over the hump. F that. Republicans created their lunatic fringe, they can live with the results.
January 3, 20232 yr Second House Speaker vote: Jim Jordan nominates McCarthy, but the 19 MAGAts unify their vote for Jim Jordan. Jeffries 212; McCarthy 203, Jordan 19... All are short of the 218 majority. Going to a third vote.
January 3, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, toolg said: Second House Speaker vote: Jim Jordan nominates McCarthy, but the 19 MAGAts unify their vote for Jim Jordan. Jeffries 212; McCarthy 203, Jordan 19... All are short of the 218 majority. Apparently republican doners are complaining that this is making the party "look stupid"
January 3, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: F that. Republicans created their lunatic fringe, they can live with the results. The Lunatic fringe will make McCarthy give all the power away to them if they vote for him.
January 3, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said: The Lunatic fringe will make McCarthy give all the power away to them if they vote for him. So they can continue to make the Republican Party look stupid and incompetent for the next two years? Oh no.
January 3, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: So they can continue to make the Republican Party look stupid and incompetent for the next two years? Oh no. Yeah, maybe they will still be voting for the next 2 years. LOL.
January 3, 20232 yr What is most ridiculous is the 19 MAGAs think they hold all the power to sway the other 203 GOP reps from McCarthy. 🤡 No business can be done until there's a speaker. At this point it looks like the MAGAs will hold forever. Typically with the way the House wheels and deals, this means the 19 will lose appointments and power within the House. But they are the same reps who are criminal and ought to be removed from office anyway, so that point is moot.
January 3, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, toolg said: What is most ridiculous is the 19 MAGAs think they hold all the power to sway the other 203 GOP reps from McCarthy. 🤡 No business can be done until there's a speaker. At this point it looks like the MAGAs will hold forever. Typically with the way the House wheels and deals, this means the 19 will lose appointments and power within the House. But they are the same reps who are criminal and ought to be removed from office anyway, so that point is moot. Funny, but I thought there were far more Maga Cult Members than 19. Tyranny of the minority.
January 3, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said: Funny, but I thought there were far more Maga Cult Members than 19. Tyranny of the minority. Me too. It seems like the rest went for McCarthy. There seems to be 19 holdouts.
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