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Gaetzenfreude
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?