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  Always the turd polisher trying to sell turds.
context: You just wait until boebert or mtg pull their guns out on the house floor tomorrow. >
  
  So what would happen if a member brandished a firearm against another?  Sounds like the kind of thing the GOP would love, since dueling to resolve differences was a big thing in the time period they want to roll society back to. >
  
  If there were a speaker of the house, the speaker of the house would be required to have the sergeant at arms handle this with the mace of the house of US representatives, iirc...
  
  In accordance with the House Rules, on the rare occasion that a member becomes unruly, the Sergeant at Arms, upon order of the Speaker, lifts the mace from its pedestal and presents it before the offenders, thereby restoring order.
  
  There is precedent for this from the time that Charles Lafayette Bartlett was threatening another representative with a knife.
  
  It was used twice in the 1890s in incidents involving Representative Charles L. Bartlett, a fiery Georgia Democrat who hurled a volume of laws at one colleague and brandished a knife at another.
  
  If they actually used a gun to shoot at another representative on the house floor, that isn't quite the same as a duel and I would expect Capitol police to respond with Force. >
  
  
  If they actually used a gun to shoot at another representative on the house floor, that isn't quite the same as a duel and I would expect Capitol police to respond with Force.
  
  It would be pretty interesting to say the least. Do the capitol police have the authority to intervene between reps during a legislative session even if such a thing were occurring? I'm sure no one would fault them if they did, but it does seem like undiscovered country. >
  
  I am not aware of any provision of law that exempts them from ordinary criminal laws. >
  
  No, he doesn't. He's just saying this to pave over being a miserable failure at getting McCarthy installed. Even the MAGAs are abandoning him now, and it's driving him nuts. >
  
  Bingo. It’s so obvious. And then if McCarthy concedes, he’ll attempt to gaslight and act like he never heard of him. >
  
  
  he’ll attempt to gaslight and act like he never heard of him
  
  McCarthy? He's just a low-level leader of the party. >
  
  Future news from NYT:
  After hearing of McCarthy removing himself from consideration, a spokesman for the former president said today, "McCarthy stepping aside shows that he has the leadership and loyalty to the Republican party and America that the President knew he could rely on. This is the sort of selfless commitment to Americans that the sick Democrats and Nancy Pelosi never would have been able to achieve." >
  
  To be fair, he is an idiot. >
  
  And a criminal traitor. >
  
  And a woman beater. >
  
  And a sexual assaulter >
  
  And a ketchup catapulter. >
  
  And an eclipse gazer. >
  
  and a girdle wearer >
  
  Gotta hold-in those Depends. >
  
  I thought they were doing this on purpose to impede the congress from functioning >
  
  Using my handy dandy Trumplator, what he’s really saying is “this is bad, but if I say this is bad then people will think I’m a loser for endorsing a loser. So I’ll say it’s actually good.” >
  
  That’s a bingo >
  
  Trump Translation: “i reject reality and chose to believe my own” >
  
  On brand. Which is why it’ll be hard to replicate trump thank goodness. Tho Desantis is trying his damnedest >
  
  Didn't he JUST say it needs to end and the 20 hold outs should vote McCarthy? He's just saying this because he was rebuffed and he wants to pretend he wasn't so he doesn't look like his grasp on the Party is weakening. >
  
  “HA! Reverse psychology! I didn’t want to vote for him anyway! Ya! That’s it!…” >
  
  If you are on everyone’s side, does it mean you’re on no one’s side? Or does it mean you’re just an asshole? Could it be both? >
  
  Good for Trump maybe. Haven't seen many articles about his legal woes this week what with Kevin McCarthy's Humiliation Station getting all the glory. >
  
  "Conservatives" are starting to lean in on the idea that what they're doing is the same as old school policy discussion, but they seem to miss the part where we can all see and hear what's being discussed. >
  
  Complete dysfunction, divided factions and weak, feeble-minded leadership is what let Donald Trump roll into the Republican nomination, starting with only the most feral and angry segment of the Republican party voting base. The rest fell in line.
  There's similar dysfunction and leadership voids in this speaker debacle. The feral Republican Freedom Caucus shares the same authoritarian-prone impulses, the same exploitable vitriol towards basic foundations in American government that the base Trump supporters did in 2015. >
  
  So does every other Russian tool. >
  
  Boebert will nominate him soon. >
  
  A weak and divided GOP lets Trump stay relevant longer >
  
  Who gives a fuck what this person thinks. >
  
  lots of folks unfortunately >
  
  True enough but I wish he wouldn't get any press- he.lives for it- we need to cut him off. >
  
  Well, it does have one third of government shut down. Trump would be happiest if it were only the Executive branch standing, and he were in charge. >
  
  Trump behind-the-scenes: "How do I spin this... How do I spin this...." >
  
  The parade detoured down the wrong street and Trump is scrambling to catch up and pretend he’s still leading it. >
  
  "The ratings must be through the roof! I am very smart." >
  
  It is. Never thought I'd agree with him. Bringing out popcorn, blankets, and alcohol. >
  
  Trump likes chaos.  He can't handle operating in a concerted way to achieve a common good.  He is all about chaos so he can take advantage of the gaps.  
  To Trump chaos means HE is getting what he wants. >
  
  I agree, Trumpy, an exhibition of republican incompetence and irresponsibility is good. I love that this clown show will be immortalized in history. >
  
  Trump yesterday:  Stop the Chaos
  Trump today: nvm, Make Chaos Great Again >
  
  Pigs love shit >
  
  Trump and 'thinks' are mutually exclusive constructs. >
  
  Why are the opinions of fools trumpeted as if they actually mattered? >
  
  That's been his default reaction to every single bad thing that's happened in the last several years. "It's actually good FOR ME. Which means it's good for America!" >
  
  In Trump's mind, anything that brings attention to him is a good thing (even a bad news story). >
  
  It’s a distraction from the Jack Smith investigation and his taxes which is great news for trump >
  
  Ah yes, the classic "complete shitshow where people struggle to do the most basic of tasks" will truly make us stronger. >
  
  It's great for fascism. >
  
  i just want to say i really like Paul Blest's reporting. he's been killing it since vice brought him on board. >
  
  If tRump thinks it’s good, it is bad for America! >
  
  JFC this guys an idiot. Or he knows his followers are. >
  
  to the people who follow Q and think Hillary eats babies, this fight is seen as a good thing. they think people like McCarthy are part of the swamp. these are the same people who think Biden is a socialist. the small group of republicans creating this chaos want these optics even if we're all laughing at them. >
  
  “D-“
  Donald, see me after class. >
  
  The shitshow is kind of good as it is going to root out a lot of the backroom corruption, it may be being done to fuck up the gov in the short term but long term having all the dirty laundry come out, and letting people see how truly messed up the republican party is will do a great job for democracy. There is a reason the Democrats are sitting back and enjoying the shit show as the the dysfunctional mess of the republicans is on full display, kind of like a Jerry Springer episode. >
  
  One raised on a diet of shit would consider McCarthy a tasty morsel...... >
  
  Somebody deciphered that word salad? >
  
  Trump right now >
  
  tRUmp should be proud! 
  His brand of abject face-planting, backwards thinking and unabashed failures, is on full display…again. Handing the keys to the House to a group who can’t find their own asses with a GPS & a map shows the nation that electing children to do adult work, just won’t pay off in the long run. >
  
  GOP incompetence makes Trump look more competent by comparison. >
  
  His whole premise for running is to “fix the mess that is the federal government and bureaucracy “.  This fits a perfect narrative for him. >
  
  “All part of the plan, people. All part of the plan.” >
  
  the man thinks you also have finite amounts of energy so..... >
  
  Well, it does paralyze the federal government, to a degree. Part of me thinks he and the Q caucus just earned a bonus from their handlers in Moscow. >
  
  Trump's a narcissist so if he's saying this what he means is that he thinks this is good for him somehow. Two options come to mind:
  1.)  He views this as evidence the GOP needed him in order to be united
  or
  2.) He's been reading the rumors that one of the MAGA heads in the house will nominate him as Speaker >
  
  to be honest i find it pretty hilarious they cant come together to vote for a speaker.  
  because Congress! >
  
  The biggest story out of all of this is that Trump's bidding doesn't mean a damn thing anymore. >
  
  Making a mess to impress the Don, that's Trump's Viagra >
  
  The Spin-master spinning it...
  unfortunately, the "it" is "shit" >
  
  Much like a parrot speaking random words that it doesn’t understand for attention, Trump may have said it, but he doesn’t think it. >
  
  God help me, I agree with Tangerine Mussolini…..just not for the same reasons.
  Americans….all Americans even the non-political have had front row seats for this shitshow. My completely apolitical mother has been asking me questions and shaking her head at the answers. Gaetz letter about McCarthy squatting in the Speaker’s office got a good long laugh out of her.
  The Fox people call it a circus. The rest of the “liberal” media (you know, the ones owned by multi-billion dollar conglomerates) are struggling with coverage because there’s no way to “both sides” this…but they are covering it.
  Every time a Democrat speaks publicly for the next two years, regardless of purpose or topic should begin with: During the two years Democrats had the majority we passed W, X, Y and Z, which helps the American people in this, this, this and this way….the day the Republicans won the majority……
  The GOP has learned nothing from these last 3 election cycles. Eventually, be it tomorrow or in 20 years they will….and they will moderate and clean up their own house, or not…and go the way of the Whigs. Something else will then form to fill the vacuum.
  All we can reasonably hope for until then is the preservation of something resembling a democracy. >
  
  This is yet another emabrassment and rebuke of his "power." 
  His massive ego requires him to take this posture. >
  
  Of course he does.  He gets off on seeing people humiliated. >
  
  If I see that little piss-hole mouth of his again I may throw up >
  
  Well….. Trumps a moron.
  And a loser.