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“Based on what is going on today, their ability to govern and pass legislation on their own, I think is tenuous at best,” said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.). “When you bend everything to an ideological position, as opposed to the work of Congress, this is what you end up with.”

Very astute. Republicans would rather look incompetent than compromise. And they are nowhere close to compromising.
It was no surprised tho. The party of obstruction actually obstructing themselves. >

True.  The party of no government choosing no leadership. >

The Republicans currently gobsmacked that trolling and memes won't govern the country >

Who would’ve figured that rhetoric couldn’t govern? >

I’m terrified that this gets resolved by tomorrow, if that’s what the article means by “terrified”. 
It’s too much fun to watch McCarthy and the GOP implode.
I want this to last at least through the weekend. >

Hoping for weeks of this in the news cycle inshallah >

Nope, I'm not terrified, this reckoning has been decades in the making. >

On the one hand—poetic justice for the anti-governing party that can’t even get their shit together long enough to form a governing coalition to elect a Speaker. On the other, there’s always the possibility McCarthy has to swear to do some batshit damaging stunt in order to secure the votes he needs, like defaulting on the debt or something. >

Agree. McCarthy already agreed to a House rule allowing just five members of the crazy caucus to present a motion to vacate the chair. They are going to put him on a spit and roast him anytime they're just bored or want to be on TV. It's going to be a madhouse. >

They’re pushing to get it down to one vote, but either way I don’t see this being bad for Democrats and frankly the country will be better off if Republicans are still in the locker room trying to get their shoes tied when 2024 rolls around. >

When I heard that their initial request was for a single member of the majority party to be able to make the motion I knew it was going to be a shitshow.
The wording on that would need to be really careful. Could a Dem officially change their affiliation to GOP and then immediately move to vacate just to stir the pot? Having it be five at least protects against a single Dem using the rules against the speaker for larks. >

Terrified?    Nothing in the article justifies the headline at all.    Even the anonymous staffers they spoke with just expressed concern that a MAGA Speaker would be harder to work with, certainly not 'terrified' about it. >

I mean, I'm a little terrified that there are actual people voting for Gym Jordan to be Speaker. >

On a side note, there’s no way in hell Gym Jordan actually wants that position. HBO still has a documentary in the pipeline highlighting his role in the OSU sex abuse scandal. >

HBO wants him as speaker >

"Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of the hard-liners refusing to back McCarthy, dismissed such actions as “messaging bills” during a press conference Tuesday. And, in a comment sure to be clipped and saved by the White House press shop, belittled the coming GOP investigations of Hunter Biden and other matters as “theater pretending to be oversight.”
What's the German word for the horrible feeling you get when you agree with Matt Gaetz on a topic? >

Gaetzenfreude >

“Biden world”? There’s only two “worlds” here; the world of the truth, which consists of the real events that took place, and whatever they call the world of peach tree dishes and the gazpacho police. Biden has no loyal cult, no screaming fans in the street. He’s a boring, normal president in abnormal times, after four years of a reality TV star in office. >

Terrified of what? >

Spend years saying the “do nothing democrats,” then can’t elect a speaker. >

This is one of those "be careful what you wish for" moments for everyone.   Yes, it's hilarious see this in- fighting and would be the chefs kiss to see McCarthy have to move his shit out of the speakers office...
However,  without a functioning house,  we cannot pass a budget,  increase the debt limit,  etc... make no mistake,  if it* goes on too long this is bad for EVERYONE >

Those issues are months off, and if a crisis comes up that needs a semi-functioning House before that then the Democrats could just lend their votes to one side or the other and end this stalemate. That's the beauty of this situation; as long as the Republicans can't get together then the Democrats have full control over when it ends. >

As I understand it, the House Clerk fills the seat until a Speaker is selected. At this rate, she may be in charge for a while.