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  I saw somewhere else that he had to vacate his previous office because his old job -- House Minority Leader -- has already been replaced. So I guess he had to put his crap somewhere.
context: The hits keep rolling in. I demand a recount! >
  
  
  One for Martin, two for Martin. Would you like another recount? >
  
  How many for Bart? >
  
  None. I do have a write-in for "Bort", though. >
  
  21 Republican rebels.  Needle has not even moved despite 'negotiations'. >
  
  What are their demands? More M&Ms? >
  
  Its been reported elsewhere they want to jump the pecking order for important committee assignments, defang the House ethics committee, all new spending to be offset by equal cuts to social programs rather than new taxes or cost saving measures, a guarantee the debt ceiling bill wont be 'clean' so they can force through all kinds of nonsense under the threat of a shutdown, to be able to bypass McCarthy to introduce bills straight to the floor, and a single vote threshold to remove McCarthy as speaker if he crosses any one of them. >
  
  Wow...that makes me want to vomit. >
  
  Don't forget they also want as much media exposure as they can get and no amount of concessions will get them more than they are right now blocking everything >
  
  Looking more and more like a handful of Republicans will have to vote with the dems then >
  
  Let the Republicans burn. No concessions beyond AOCs suggestions. >
  
  A handful of dems are saying that they are willing to support a compromise candidate, but that the cost will be high and that interested Republicans need to have their conversations with Jeffries if they want to get anywhere >
  
  GOP: “Jeffries!! I’ve come to bargain.”
  GOP: “Jeffries!! I’ve come to bargain.”
  GOP: “Jeffries!! I’ve come to bargain.” >
  
  Thats really good. >
  
  So he agreed to lower the threshold for a recall vote for the Speaker to... one. One single congressman can force the Speaker to defend his title at any time. And it return for this insane concession, he got... exactly 0 new votes. 
  Good Job Kevin. Absolutely killing it out there. >
  
  Democrats should recall him every day just for the hell of it. >
  
  They'd only have to do it once, that's the hilarious part. Every dem + 5 pissed off conservatives and McCarthy's out. These concessions are so moronic he truly doesn't deserve to be the Speaker because he's just not smart enough. >
  
  Not smart enough but certainly desperate enough >
  
  I think something getting lost in this is that Kevin McCarthy simply isn't a great politician. I saw one quote that said his support was an inch deep and a mile wide. He doesn't have anyone truly loyal to him. His support is superficial.
  Boehner was a better politician and he couldn't keep the clownshow together with a 30+ seat majority. Even if McCarthy makes it to speaker, he has no shot. >
  
  Boehner was a giant sack of shit, but even HE saw the writing on the wall and got out before shit really went sideways.  I hope he's got permanent sunburn, but that motherfucker has been sippin' margaritas and enjoying his life while the GOP he left behind is busy trying to burn the country down. >
  
  I remember when Boehner went off stage from the loonies and said “I didn’t sign up for going up against the president.” He at least had some awareness of how fudged up the House was becoming and stepped down. >
  
  That's actually really nice to read. I remember he and Obama worked on 2 major omnibus bills ("Grand Bargin") which would have given both sides major wins. Boehner's House Tea Party members killed that for America. >
  
  He's a republican. I don't understand why he doesn't just claim victory despite losing. >
  
  Well he did already move into the Speaker’s office… >
  
  This has to be a joke >
  
  It's not. Gaetz sends letter to Architect of the Capitol asking why McCarthy is occupying Speaker’s office