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Imagine selling your soul to Trump only for it to destroy your political ambitions and sink your party
Hahahhahaaa. Fuck off. Who would have thought that letting crazies take over your party would have consequences. >

It's why him being voted in doesn't matter. Once the first even remotely controversial bill comes up for a vote, like even just normal government funding, McCarthy will not have enough support to appease the crazies. His speakship is dead on arrival even if he is voted in. >

I'm not sure why he even wants the job at this point. I really don't see the upside for him now that they have made it clear they don't/won't respect him at all. >

Power and status. >

Boebert just said that McCarthy gave in on the single member motion to vacate.  This is where Boehner was smart enough to realize he was done and Ryan was smart enough to refuse to allow if he was going to take the job, because a Speakership where one person can force a vote to vacate isn't a Speakership at all. >

If he gives in on single-member motions to vacate, every week a Democrat should temporarily switch parties to call for the motion. It could be a permanent shit-show. >

It would be a single member of the MAJORITY party. >

Exactly, 1 Dem switches parties each week (D -> R) and calls a motion to vacate >

Oh geeze I cannot read lol >

Yeah.. but presumably the D switch  calling a motion to vacate would then be ignored simply cause he is not "real R" >

McCarthy is weak and so is the GOP. >

All day I have had the bit from Hamilton going "You don't have the votes. . . You don't have the votes. You're gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes!" >

Daveed Diggs is a treasure >

Does anyone just think that this Republican lead house will be an utter abject failure? My prediction is that nothing will get passed and the Hunter Biden hearings will be a clown show of ineptitude and frivolity. >

I mean there is a chance these idiots could elect Trump as speaker and then the house would literally just not function at all. >

This would be next level stupid even for a party that has Gym Jordan in their leadership. >

If the vote is split on the Republican side and the Dems all voted for a single nominee would they Dems get the Speaker position or is it always from the largest party? >

I may be wrong but I think it requires >50% of all members that cast a vote. So if nobody gets a simple majority they start over and vote again. >

Yes, this.  They have to elect someone with >50% of the whole house.  And they can’t really do anything else as a body until they do. >

is it >50 of the whole house or the  present members of the house? >

I found this in another article:

But lawmakers can decide to skip the vote, or vote "present," which reduces the vote threshold needed to win the speakership. Speakers Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and John Boehner, R-Ohio, both won the speakership without reaching 218 votes. >

Lol what a fucking loser >

The only reasonable response to this news. Perfect. >

Trump gave the marching order to elect McCarthy and the party is defying him. 
Trump meltdown in 3...2....1 >

I don't know. It's Trump loyalists who are blocking McCarthy. There are things being discussed in backrooms which we don't know. >

The nutjobs want to get rid of the OCE committee on ethics.  They investigate house reps, on ethics complaints.  Now why would those far right nutjobs want to get rid of that? Hmm.  And McCarthy may well do it to get speakership.
Edit: committee not vomit tie. I corrected it >

I think you meant to write committee but it came out of spell check as “vomit tie” -not completely inaccurate >

Thanks for heads up >

Oh no...
Anyway. >

Popcorn stocks skyrocketing. >

I’m on the popcorn patch. See your doctor to see if this prescription is right for you. >

If watching the GQP trip over their own feet right out of the gate gives you an erection lasting more than 4 hours then consult your physician >

Forget the physician, I'm telling everyone. >

For those interested, the vote prep (quorum) is currently being livestreamed at PBS Newshour.
It's sad to see 222 Republicans being present in the house now though. :(
(Versus 213 total democrats)
But, now our watch of the clownshow re-begins. Good luck, everyone. >

Reports on BBC News Live were saying that he started moving packed boxes from his current office into the Speaker office. Haha. >

It is kind of funny but he had to move out of the minority leader offices and I dunno where else he would go. Kind of weird they do the moving before the vote. >

I don’t want to ruin everyone’s popcorn enjoyment, but please don’t discount that the GOP will at least temporarily pull their heads out of their asses and elect McCarthy and generally fall in line outside of someone squawking to get air time on Fox News with threats of dissension.
Edit: though, he did just become the first nominee to fail on his first vote in a century. So maybe I’m the asshole? >

I feel like at least some of the in-fighting is deliberately staged to make us think they're incompetent, when they're slightly more capable than we assume >

It looks like Democrats are all expected to vote no, why would Democrats not vote for McCarthy to try and eliminate the power of the 5 or so crazies? >

They're not likely to vote no. All 212 Democratic representatives are likely to vote for Hakeem Jeffries. If they did not vote, that would lower the threshold by which representative McCarthy could be made speaker because it only counts the majority of the votes that were cast.
McCarthy as such absolutely needs 213 to win but if the Republican Representatives that disagree with McCarthy refused to vote at all, there is a slim margin of possibility for the Democratic party to elect the Speaker of the House.
Why would the Democratic Party get in the way of a fight for Republican leadership? Let them duke it out and we can all hope that they fuck it up so badly that we will be saying speaker Jefferies for the next while. >

McCarthy needs 218 votes to win (assuming all 435 House members vote), not just 213. 
And there are 213 Dems in this Congress, not 212. >

One member died after election so I think 213 were elected but there are 212 right now. >

Yep, Don mceachin of VA. This is also why they are only reporting 434 present votes. >

We will see but my money is Steve Scalise steps in after McCarthy has to promise the store, kitchen sink and all, and still comes up short.
Or he promises everything under the sun, can’t deliver any of it, and is out on his ass in less than a year to a cushy private sector job…and Scalise takes over then >

I think there's a very good chance Scalise steps in and wins by being someone who isn't Kevin McCarthy. Probably has to grant some committee chairs to some radical folks too but that comes with the territory apparently. >

I get the feeling that we're going to be seeing this headline for a while. >

What a weak, dumb, pathetic loser >

Watching this live right now… GQP is now in charge and leading the House of Representatives. YET. They are all standing around wasting taxpayer money. Don’t worry Americans you only have two more years of his bullshit. So much for the Red Wave. Looks like a slim majority means nothing >

Good. I can’t wait for this shitshow to play out. >

I want McCarthy to not get it more than I want anyone else to actually get it. >

The Freedumb Caucus has realized that they can be 100% Trump without being Trump, by talking the talk in support of Trump but then doing whatever serves their political fancy that is post Trump. Satisfy the man's ego, but then throw him under the bus to work on setting up your own power base.
And McCarthy is probably realizing this horrible truth, and Trump is too daft to put 2+2 together. >

"I swear... this- this never happens..." It's okay Kevin, lots of men struggle with impotence. >

Space truckers!!! >

Did Kevin McCarthy literally find a cursed monkey paw one day and tell it he wanted to be Speaker of the House? Because that would explain a lot. >

I think he sold his soul to the devil saying he wanted to be part of a historic Republican speakership and this sure will be historic that they have to do multiple rounds of voting for the first time in 100 years. Speakership might not be his. >

Good >

You know who didn’t have a problem getting the votes? Nancy Pelosi. >

That is not actually true. 2021 she nearly didn’t get the votes. There were many logged as present giving her the ability to move forward. >

Which either means he'll be rejected … or he'll have to make terrible promises to horrible people in order to win their support.
Anyone who's rooting for the former would do well to recognize the high likelihood of the latter.  The House is going to be a nasty place for a while. >

This seems to be the given statement everywhere.  The real question is: Does anyone have the votes if he doesn't? >

Hunter’s Penis for Speaker! >

I don’t really care about politics I’m just wondering, was this bring your kids to work day? Why are so many kids being forced to sit through this? I’m confused…… >

Fuck McCarthy, but my biggest concern is will the Republican Party goose step in line behind someone even worse?
My money’s on yes. >

Ha ha ha ha. The idiot moved into “his” new office yesterday. >

This is what happens when you invite clowns over! >

Watching the role call. The GOP side is like a "Where's Waldo" scene. Find the GOP of Color. Can you? That side of the house is sea of fat white men. >

I’m a Republican, but I can’t believe how stupid we have been. The democrats should get to have the speakership to teach us a fucking lesson. >

You should leave the GOP. Republicans have taken their idea of "small government" to where it resembles the Articles of Confederation while implementing big brother policies in other areas. >

Democrats support crazy things and have annoying people running their party. Republicans do also , but my concern is people who think it’s ok to give 8 year old boys and girls hormones and beta blockers and that is Democrats. I remember when people could be friends and have different views. That’s not our country any more. >

Firstly, I have not heard of beta blockers for 8 year old children being supported by the Democratic leadership. Secondly, the "crazy things" that Democrats are accused of are exaggerated and don't have any support within the party. I agree that there are crazy people who identify as Democrats, but they don't represent the majority. Chesa Boudin for example was recalled as AG in San Francisco. 
What Republicans support is worse for the country imo. They want to shrink the federal government as small as possible and isolate the U.S. from its foreign allies. The truth is, this country is successful because of a strong (but limited) federal government giving economic and social support to its people, and having foreign relationships. Wealth inequality is at an all time high, the cost of healthcare is astronomical, people are dying from mass shootings, and the environment is heavily polluted. Democrats are the only side trying to address these issues. Republicans have offered nothing but tax cuts for the rich and more power to corporations. 
And I have gotten along with people in my age group (early 20s) who are Republican. It's not all lost. From my perspective, right-wing media outlets are the ones instigating the division. They are the ones accusing Democrats of being communists when all we're trying to do is fix problems. >

Shame >

So they just keep voting until he wins? What’s the point of holding a vote if that’s the case ? >

They could refuse until someone else is picked. >

Couldn’t happen to a bigger piece of garbage. >

How long before they realize they can nominate Trump as Speaker? >

Non American here, what’s the big deal if this guy doesn’t get in, don’t they just put in another R candidate or the other one they voted for goes in? >

Seems to me that he could have the same luck cutting courting votes from Democrats. This is what stuck between a rock and a hard place looks like. >

Since there is no Speaker of the House right now, the next in line to become President behind Biden and Harris is Chuck Grassly. >

The children suddenly realize they need the adults. >

There is at least one person who really really wants him to be speaker >

Republicans may be curious to see how much of his soul he is willing to part with at this point. >

Whole thing is pretty bleak