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BUT WHERE IS THE R3 KEY??!! 

— R’s
Poor Kev didn't think those leopards would eat HIS face. >

The tyrannical minority experiences tyranny of the minority. >

The irony is great. I am curious why the dems haven't reached out to the more reasonable republicans to nominate one of them. The chance to stop the MAGA and crazy legislative slate is pretty much there for the taking. >


reasonable republicans

Lol, there are none, that's why >

Liz Cheney did lose her primary after all
Also 🤮 that she was even in contention as the last reasonable Republican in the House >

The Speaker need not be a House member, so Cheney is still elligible. >

Wait.... Does this mean that Trump can become Speaker ....? >

He could, you could, I could.... it's litterally that loose on requirements. >

sigh I'll do it. >

Fuck it lets just have this guy do it >

Let's try the same thing again.  Hope it's 19 again. >

I want to see it go up or down by one or two votes each time, just to screw with him. >

Supposedly 25 republicans are actually against McCarthy and the plan is to increase the number of votes over time opposed to him to make it seem like opposition to him is growing. >

Wouldn't doubt it. Plus, blood is in the water, I'm not sure what Kev could offer that'd make and keep the sedition caucus happy. >

McCarthy can't offer anymore political favors. Now they are talking about removing Republicans from committees who vote against him. The problem with that is there are no committees until a Speaker is elected, so the holdouts  don't have anything to lose. >

I'm not even sure what they're trying to prove by doing this, McCarthy was going to give them everything they wanted.
Bogus investigations into Hunter Biden, Fauci, Afghanistan, THE BORDER... He'd have greenlit all of those and more.
Biden impeachment hearings, sign Kevin up.
Office of Congressional Ethics? What Office of Congressional Ethics?
I can't figure out what they're hoping to get out of Jim Jordan or whoever that they couldn't get out of Kevin. What's the angle? I must be missing something.
I mean, whatever, these are all shit people tearing into each for little to no reason. Let them fight. >

It's not about getting concessions.
It's about flexing to show that the whole GOP is at their whim. >

True but, man, this can't be getting them friends from anywhere outside the sedition caucus. All this does is make Republicans look like asses as they fail at getting the most basic of tasks done. I mean, whatever, hopefully people remember this crap the next election (spoilers: they won't) and think twice before giving the Republicans more authority. >

You're assuming that they care about being in the majority. They absolutely don't; in fact, being the minority party is great for them. They don't have to govern, take hard stands, or negotiate complicated legislation. All they have to do is whine and cry about what the adults are doing. 
They're in safe districts, and they're certainly not the first people whose employment philosophy is "I came here to make money, not friends." >


"I will always fight to put the American people first, not a few individuals who want something for themselves," McCarthy told reporters after a contentious conference-wide meeting at the US Capitol, adding: "I'm not going anywhere."

Both statements are up for debate. >

Not even up for debate, absolutely laughable >

The Stormfronter Mantra℠ style of shotgunning lies and b.s. to "flood the zone", that they've made sure is the only way they communicate, has turned even the most basic of statements a subject of scrutiny. I wouldn't trust one to tell me the time >

Bingo.  If their lips are moving, they're lying. >

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump...swear to God!” 
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) June 15, 2016
I just love to post that quote whenever there's a thread about McCarthy to remind everybody he knows Trump was and is horrible for the country but he didn't do anything about it and actively protected him. >

Average GOP voter knows deep down too. They just can't be grown ups and admit it.
Thankfully, that means we continue to watch their party fall apart year after year. That's nice. >

The Republican Party are putting the nails in the coffin, that party is dead and co-opted by the American fascist party >

The analogy I used is that they pushed the party off a rightward cliff on January 6, 2021.  It's been in a slow-motion free fall ever since.  The GQP is going to smash into the ground and fragment, it's just a question of when.  We're seeing the start of that process here.  IF Democrats can hold their shit together for the next three to five years or so, they will rule for a good long while. >

This will be good in the short term, but all that means is that the dollars that were used to corrupt both parties (at least the majority of members who are "centrists") will become focused on the Democratic party.    
In no time the "Democrats" will be having debates over cutting taxes for the rich, etc.   
Also remember that the "conservatives" own the Supreme Court for the next few decades potentially. >


This will be good in the short term, but all that means is that the dollars that were used to corrupt both parties (at least the majority of members who are "centrists") will become focused on the Democratic party.

Bears repeating and considering. Everything that happened to the Republican party can and will happen to the Democratic party too, unless and until serious reforms can be made in campaign finance law and electoral mechanics >

I think that the corruption and self-dealing-dealing, etc. has been the norm until racism and pandering to bigots entered the chat.
Democrats will not be a coherent party if they embrace misinformation and vilification of “out” groups. >

And he just lost a third time >

Surely he can just call another vote right away and it'll go through this time! >

They have no choice. They can’t do anything else until a speaker is elected. >

float a democrat for funsies and let's see what happens. some of them republicans are bound to want to go home. >

Both sides get to vote for the house speaker. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrat minority leader, had 212 votes last I heard. 218 votes are needed to elect a house speaker.
But don’t expect any republicans to actually switch sides to vote for a Democrat house leader. They would spin their wheels all the way to the next election cycle before that happened. >


They would spin their wheels all the way to the next election cycle before that happened.

This is acceptable. >

That would actually be pretty devastating for almost everything except judicial nominations.
But, knowing a GOP House, they’ll only pass things totally unable to pass the Senate. >

Fast Forward to end of June - The House of Congress continues to try to elect a Speaker. Gaetz has nominated Gym for the 300th time and has gained one vote to increase it to 17 in favor. Don't have to govern if they get stuck at the tutorial. What a way to start the year...