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Face-eating Leopard has entered the chat, to eat Kevin McCarthy's face.
A party that has spent decades appealing to backstabbers has morphed into the party of backstabbers who are now backstabbing each other. >


A party that has spent decades appealing to backstabbers has morphed into the party of backstabbers who are now backstabbing each other

When you gaze into the abyss, it gazes into you...and then it offers you MAGA merch >

Including NFTs! >

Collectibles no one wants! Who can pass that up? >

Right! Especially superheroes! >

stuporheroes  FIFY >

"How many days of disarray are yet to come" from the title made me think of Professor Chaos and his trusty sidekick General Disarray. >

The first day of a new Congress is usually a triumphant day for an incoming majority; a celebration of the changing of the guard as a mandate from the American voters to implement a new agenda. That was not the case Tuesday. >

Watched some C-SPAN today the Democrats were practically giggling. >

And eating the popcorn 🍿 >

This is why they got the funding bill done before this clown show started… >

It's short term, so it's coming up rather soon again.
But I'd think it's the perfect opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of spending limits  as Congress already approved the spending in question
And the choice is to raise taxes or borrow. >

I think they ended up passing one that goes until September.  There was the short stopgap one then another a week later >

Well, in 1856, this process went on for over two months so... >

4 years before the war? How reassuring. >

Well, in 1860, it also took multiple times. Not necessarily as long as 1856, but it still took multiple times. >

The GOP purposefully delay and destroy the legislative system. How can they be trusted to lead the country? >

Ask the people who still are voting for republicans. As an independent I don’t get it. I personally think it’s just ignorance. It’s tribalism. They listen to Fox News and that’s it. >

Don’t forget the social media algorithms spoon feeding them the same old same old every day.  And a.m. radio too. >

It’s funny to watch MAGA voters finally capture a majority, driven to the polls by fears of rampant crime, immigrants flooding their towns to rape their daughters and crushing inflation, only to realize the call is coming from inside the house >

They won the House pretty much exclusively because of redistricting >

True. >

Hopefully many days of disarray. Let the stupid American public see exactly what they voted into power. 
And watch them learn not a single goddamn lesson.
Who am I kidding. Most of the American public is blissfully unaware this vote is even happening today. >

This is all fun but oh my god the year is 3 days old and already we're dealing with another "once in a hundred years" thing. >

Consult your dictator if your election lasts longer than four hours. >

I cialis what you did there >

Lost control? He never had it. Anyone who goes into an election KNOWING they can’t win (he was always 5+ votes short) and negotiates away his power is just plain dumb. >


How many days of disarray are yet to come?

Hopefully every day for the next two years.  The more days they spend pummeling each other, the fewer days they have available to pummel the American people. >

They're making history and going down in infamy already...when failing upwards goes wrong. >

We need a head of lettuce >

Stop voting for these clowns. >

They can’t even vote for each other to the benefit of the whole party. >

God I love gridlock.     
MORE >

At least we get a show and the damage is limited to one party. Nothing else gets done though... >

They weren't going to do anything but impeach people anyway. >

This is Republican leadership. >

This is amazing ... According to McCarthy, he earned this! Why aren't the other shitheel, only in it for their own interest, criminals not seeing that?! >

He absolutely earned this .. if you're referring to disdain and contempt.  He's been two-faced for his entire career... This is how you collect >

We are watching the derpiest staring contest ever >

Get on with it.... Nominate a dem, add 6 Republicans and he's toast /s >

Kevin McCarthy sold his soul, ethics, and personal safety for this moment right here. >

An absolute shitshow. Stop saying the American people support you and you're doing what the people want, Gym Jordan. Qevin and the rest of that party including the fascists, unqualified liars and corrupt bigots are crashing and burning. Hard. This is the end of the Republican Party. >

And now begins, the Night of the Face Eating Leopards >

copies and pastes into translate.google.com for German >

The thing is, Kevin isn't smart enough to withdraw his name.  He isn't smart enough to see that today is symbolic for what the next two years will be like.
this is all you need to know about these people. >

Kevin McCarthy never had control of the House GOP. The Freedom Caucus, just like the Tea Party before it, believes in nothing. It supports nothing. It exists only to oppose things that make it’s voters feel icky. What happened today is exactly why Paul Ryan and John Boehner both bailed when they did. >

My money is on at LEAST two weeks. >

Interesting! After the third vote:

PredictIt now has Steve Scalise as the favorite at .39, McCarthy at .38, Jordan at .13, and Stefanik at .06. >

Snowballs chance in hell Scalise would get it even more than McCarthy... going even further right than batshit McCarthy would result in Republicans who supported Liz defecting.
Last thing I would trust is a sports betting company with no knowledge of how Politics works. >

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving political party and to a more deserving douchebag!   🤣
The GOP is dead on arrival. >

General Disarray >

Major Embarrassment. >

Private Shame >

The Republicans are revolting >

You are not wrong >

All the days. 
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McCarthy never had control, he just held on for the ride. >

So they decided not to appoint Trump speaker? >

Please let me know, I need to know how much more popcorn I need to stock up on. >

They still counting votes for the 3rd round despite needing to do a 4th round already. Maybe start with a weeks worth of popcorn. >

"How many days of disarray are to come?"
As many days as the Republicans can get their hands on. All they do is disarray, either among themselves, or among everybody else. >

Lets see, 2024 is a leap year... >

How long have we been pointing out that fascists always turn on one another? >

"'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party." >

He never HAD control of the House. >

McCarthy moved his stuff into the speakers office this morning proving that he can't even count votes. >

Best solution here is to just make Santos the speaker. >

He already was once >

I don’t know if I should join Ted Lieu with the popcorn. Or be fucking worried that this is only day 1 of the next two years of our lives. >

730 days. >

Part of me thinks this is the plan and they want to gridlock the Biden administration from being productive. 
The other part of me thinks the GOP is just insane. >

This particular gridlock doesn't help them, though, with the Biden obstruction. 
They can't form committees to harangue Biden about his son or send hit squads of litigators against the Jan 6 committee members. This is what their fanbase wants, and until there is a speaker they can't make grandiose announcements like, "We've formed a super-select committee, even more select than the last, to investigate the investigation into Jan 6!"
They can't introduce bullshit bills nor posture on the floor until they get past this impasse and it's not going anywhere right now. >

Yeah but that dog isn’t hunting these days. Their show trials and “blue ribbon committees” all fell flat during the Trump administration- they might actually benefit from showing off the fact that they’re all out of routines and scams. >

"... and Why It's Bad News for Biden" >

Just make a rule that the last speaker of the house remains speaker until a new one is voted on. That would solve a lot of the bullshit >

Doesn’t work that way.  The last Congress is relegated to the history books.  All bills not acted upon die.  The Speaker is the Speaker for that Congress.  Everything starts anew. >

Perhaps a plurality rather than a majority of the votes then? >

That has happened before. In 1856 the House voted to change the rules to vote in a speaker by plurality instead of a majority after 133 failed ballots >

Mediocrity thy name is GOP. >

And this is just the beginning!, they can’t even agree on this!, this country is fukd!! >

I hope they can beat the current record. :) >

They just adjourned. >

right wingers are hilariously inept... no wonder they cling to their guns with dogmatic fervor... power through violence is all they can manage, but its not sustainable. fucking sad sack fucks. >

Theyre really going after each other, and lying about things about each other. >

Would it be crazy for a group of moderate Republicans to tell the kook wing of their party that either they get in line and vote for McCarthy or they (the moderates) will vote for Jeffries? It seems like there is no end game and it's just a stunt by the worst members of the House. >

Imagine sucking off all the right wing think thanks, and greenlighting some horrible policy decisions in their favor for decades. Just to be called a RINO and ostracized from your party when you had a smidgen of backbone against Trump world and it's various shadow machinations. >

Can we hope for 730...minus a couple to pass budgets? >

GOP Buffoonery is actually pretty entertaining. Can't wait for them to start swinging punches or worse. >

Two years. >

Look at the All the traitors… Mitch McConnells plan to be useless and bring Congress to a halt finally might come to fruition. >

How many days?  At least 730 >

I could watch this for two years >

The problem is that the house and senate leadership actively fund, endorse, and promote incumbents, and bring tremendous financial resources to those incumbents.  The problem is some of those incumbents lose to a primary challenger, who then goes on to win the general.  And then what?  Many of the legislators whose votes McCarthy needs are the people who just a few months ago, McCarthy fought tooth and nail to keep out of congress, and they’re pissed.  They hold the keys and they know it, so he’s going to have to meet with each one of them individually and negotiate what they want in return for their vote.  Some will demand pet project legislation, some will demand nicer offices or new furnishings, and some will want committee seats to which they would not normally be entitled.  Then there’s a game-within-a-game…  The best concessions will only go to the first ones to capitulate.  Once he reaches 218, if you are 219 you are shot outta luck, so there’s a whole game of political chicken that has to play out. >

Isn't this kind of what they want though? Since at least the Reagan days, their whole platform is creating government dysfunction via gridlock and budget cuts and then pointing to that dysfunction to justify more gridlock and budget cuts. A House that can't function at all is a feature, not a bug to them. What would these nutbags pass that would pass the Senate and that Biden would sign anyway? 
Sure, this is holding up their agenda of investigating Hunter Biden's non-existent laptop and some buttery males, but they can wait to do that next year when the next election cycle is in full swing and Fox needs some talking points. >

Of the House cannot act without a speaker, could it be some of these Rethugs are trying to intentionally shut it down?  Is no action the feature not the bug? >

No speaker means no committees for these scum to sit on, nor any way to hold sham investigations. >

A lot, I hope. >

2 years = 730 days >

cant loose the party when you never had control of it to begin with >

I came here to ask where were the headlines screaming "Republicans in Disarray!" 
Glad to see some others had good ideas too. >

More. >

Repugnant Republicans. >

Oh, No!! wHo EvEr CoUlD hAvE sEe ThIs CoMmInG..? >

Hopefully starting in such disarray means the Dems win much larger majorities come 2024. Considering how badly they underperformed in November, the GOP doesn’t appear to be in good shape for the next two years if this is how they start off.