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  This will be the end of these clowns.
context: They never did want to govern. 
  Look at the last decade. Nothing Republicans have done in that time frame (and possible even further back) shows to anyone that they actually care about anything other than tax cuts for the wealthy. >
  
  Hey, that's not fair.
  They also really care about putting unqualified religious lunatics on the courts. >
  
  They don't want to govern, they want to rule =/ >
  
  This is kinda true. They want to be king, but then if they become king they want to establish that the only rule is there are no rules, unless you’re poor, they want a lot of rules for the lower class >
  
  As of Jan 1st, Missouri's GOP legislature has criminalized homelessness. Punishable by 15 days in jail and/or $750 fine. It's now a crime to be poor in the state of Missouri. >
  
  Which would be funny if it wasn’t so cruel and horrible. Homeless folks are going to get a lot of free heat and meals on taxpayers dimes through the prison system now. >
  
  That's what I was thinking too. They're just turning prisons and jails into homeless shelters. Dumbest damn shit that no one would vote for. Good thing their base is deaf and blind. >
  
  It's not dumb. They're doing it on purpose. They use prison labor to make and build and assemble and fix things that is cheaper because they don't have to pay more than like 60 cents an hour. >
  
  About 20 here in NC. Maybe less other places >
  
  Yeah but they didn’t elect them to govern. They elected them to “own the libs”. 
  I really don’t think the average republican gives a shit about governance. >
  
  Literally one of the main tenants of evangelicalism is that this life doesn't matter, is only a test, and our real reward awaits after we die.
  So why would you care about the environment or the cost of healthcare in this world when it literally doesn't matter? >
  
  The irony of that is I think passing the test would require not being a shitty person, loving your neighbor, and protecting the home god supposedly created for them. If what they believe turns out to be real, I think they’re in for a surprise. >
  
  Evangelicalism gets around this by proclaiming that people are so inherently bad and sinful that any good actions you perform cannot outweigh your sinfulness. Therefore, it's a waste to even try. And any call to do good by anyone, whether Christian or otherwise, is immediately rebutted with this kind of argument. >
  
  Wow so evangelicalism is basically nihilism...but mean? >
  
  Kind of. Within evangelicalism, the only surefire thing is to have faith in Jesus as the Messiah, as only through believing in him can one be saved from sin and eternal damnation. They took Protestantism's "saved by grace alone through faith alone" to the logical extreme. 
  But to evangelicals, any good or beneficial actions made on this plane of existence don't score you any good points for the afterlife. All that matters is trying to evangelize (read: push their religion onto) as many people as possible. >
  
  If you didn’t know by now the GOP is a circus and the only thing they stand for is their clown car. >
  
  Meanwhile their followers are charging after the clown car thinking its filled with drag performers. >
  
  And complaining that it's an electric car >
  
  Yet somehow being Musk stans. >
  
  They couldn't exist without hypocracy. >
  
  The problem is, the average GOP voter doesn't want any governing to be done either. They don't like the government, and don't want it to do things. So seeing an "entertaining" but unproductive shit show is exactly what they want to see. 
  This is another instance where what we're seeing isn't the problem, it is a symptom of the problem. >
  
  They don’t like the government doing anything. Including regulating the industries and corporations that are constantly, consistently, and increasingly fucking Over regular everyday Americans in the middle lower classes. 
  I’m dumbfounded by conservatives who support the gop and make less the 400k a year. 
  They would rather have their guns and oppress minorities then be able to live comfortably financially. 
  I’m beyond livid at the way we are being fucked over financially with inflation. I have continuously moved up in my career and pay scale yet I can never really get ahead and neither can these conservatives but they are blind to the fact that the GOP wants to keep it that way. >
  
  For a little window into the reasoning behind their seemingly baffling behavior and support of "conservative" (read: regressive) politicians, I highly encourage you to take about 15 minutes to watch The Alt-Right Playbook: I Hate Mondays. 
  Very short summary though, is that they don't believe problems exist to be solved. They think that problems are the world's (god's) way of enforcing a societal hierarchy, and that to try to change things or fix problems or help people is to unfairly shuffle that hierarchy, making "bad" people get better lives then they deserve, at the expense of "good" people who should be rewarded with all the good stuff in life. 
  To the right, problems are talked about so that you can identify your in and out groups. If you see a guy mad about the same things as you, you know he's safe, and part of your group. If you hear someone complaining about something else, you know they're part of the out group, and not to be trusted. The idea that the left wants to FIX poverty (for instance) is insane and bullshit to them, which is why they react to it the way they do. >
  
  The fact that they don’t realize they are also in objective poverty also is what doesn’t make sense. I know for a fact some conservatives I know make less then me so if I’m struggling then they are as well. 
  One example was the whole net neutrality debacle.  They were so adamantly against regulating ISPs because “big” government… yet there paying 100 a month for 1.5 Mbps dsl internet. Or 200 for broadband or they cant get internet at all at their homes. >
  
  Another aspect is that even if they do see an problem, they don't trust the government to fix it. They want someone they DO trust to fix it. Their faith in the government is constantly poisoned by their very limited and very concentrated pool of "news" and so to them, a federal solution is PROBABLY only going to make things worse, or only going to enrich their enemies (somehow). >
  
  I don’t implicitly trust the government to fix it either  but at least we have a say by voting and holding them accountable.  I do believe there is a lot of corruption in government unfortunately and we need to weed them out. I’m guessing here but I’m sure there is more corruption in the GOP then the dems. >
  
  GOP - Gaslight, Obstruct, Project 
  They have zero interest in governing. >
  
  No ideas. Not one. Trump’s “greatest healthcare ever”….? Still crickets. Meanwhile, thanks to Dems, the fat Red State fuckers cruising Walmart on their Rascals get $35 insulin. You’re welcome, clowns! >
  
  Like their policies or not, at least democrats are trying to enact a real agenda based around helping  Americans.  
  Republicans (especially in the House) have just been a circus that stands for nothing other than culture wars and obstruction. >
  
  The democrats are doing something rather than nothing. The bar is so low and yet the Republican Party still cannot reach it. They would rather bicker amongst themselves and cry about being the victim of some nonsense that they make up. >
  
  The only governing they do is to reduce taxes for the rich and corporations. Scare tactics are just to get their base to vote then in so they can give tax tuts to the rich and corporations. >
  
  And this is nothing new. This has been the republican’s ideology since the 80s. It just ran its course and not many are tricked by it anymore. This is why they switched to culture ware bullshit and scaring white people with non-existent threats. Still, not working enough and younger generations dislike this shit even more. >
  
  Remember back in 2010 when the Affordable Care Act passed despite APOPLECTIC republican opposition?  That’s when they started swearing to high heaven that they were going to “repeal” the act “and replace” it with a republican health care plan (that never existed)
  Remember back in 2016 when Trump said he’d implement TrumpCare “on day 1” of his presidency? 
  Republicans have no plan nor interest in actually solving actual problems for actual Americans. 
  They only politic on fear and anger in a (very successful) effort to amass as much money and power as possible (while simultaneously punishing those they don’t like: gays, blacks, immigrants and women).  
  GOP can GFY >
  
  Obama care was some form or another of Romney care >
  
  33% of Americans vote for people who do not believe in the government and want to make it worse. It is by design, not a bug. >
  
  Most GOP members have no idea where they want to go.  
  They've cut funding to agencies to the point that they don't function.  They've cut taxes to the point that our bridges (and numerous other key elements of infrastructure) are not maintained and unsafe.  They've reduced taxes on the wealthy to the point that the wealthy don't know what to buy other than companies that can exert political influence.  They've refused to regulate so that we are bombarded by con artists through phone calls and the internet.  They filled the court with conservatives who have made a mess of any attempt at legal consistency.  They've taken away women's right to control their own bodies and health.
  There only way to maintain a following is to create an imagined menace, like immigration and the Democrats, and vow to fight against it. >
  
  
  point that our bridges (and numerous other key elements of infrastructure) are not maintained and unsafe.  They've reduced taxes on the wealthy to the point that the wealthy don't know what to buy other than companies that can exert political influence.  They've refused to regulate so that we are bombarded by con artists through phone calls and the internet.  They filled the court with conservatives who have made a mess of any attempt at legal consistency.  They've taken away women's right to control their own bodies and health.
  
  All of that is intentional.  They know where they want to go and they're going there. >
  
  That's the actual title, btw. >
  
  Salon and VanityFair often have good titles with good articles. They are somewhat done with Republican bullshit and have no problem talking about it.
  First sentance,
  
  If anyone still labors under the impression that Donald Trump invented the shitshow that is the modern Republican Party, Tuesday's performance on Capitol Hill will have disabused them of that notion. >
  
  Unfortunately they’re the only ones who seem to be. Meanwhile you’ve got POLITICO and Newsweek, who launder their bullshit for them >
  
  Newsweek was purchased by a Christian cult, and they are slowly leaning it right. They didn't go full Twitter and promote far-right overnight. I have no idea if the cult's political leanings (they aren't American) but I believe it is getting less critical of the GOPs problems. >
  
  I noticed Newsweek was like wet toilet paper lately, but I did not know why. >
  
  They are waiting for democrats to bail them out, as they always do. They just really don’t know how to actually govern. They aren’t interested in legislation, just social media. >
  
  correct on every point >
  
  McCarthy is currently in the middle of a 4th failed vote, and Gaetz is demanding he/his things be removed from the Speaker's office lol. Very rare I agree with Florida Man. 
  The Republican crazies are eating themselves; I'm just surprised it took this long. >
  
  It's very easy to unite around obstructionism. Anyone can have problems with things that are happening for all sorts of reasons.
  Actually agreeing what the problem is, or doing something to fix the problem, requires cooperation and agreement. And Republicans struggle to admit what the problem is (because most of them aren't politically able to express their ideology aloud, but the wingnuts try anyways).
  Being in power, and the act of governing, is much harder than just petulantly sulking in the corner and throwing tantrums on Fox News's Primetime Opinion hugboxes. >
  
  Since Reagan Republicans have typically run on a platform of "government sucks, elect me and I'll prove it". 
  It never ceases to amaze me how far that gets them. >
  
  They're the obstructionist party.  The do-nothing party.  The "government doesn't work" party.  This isn't failure.  They're in their prime right now.  They could keep this going for months. >
  
  
  They could keep this going for months.
  
  No, they can't. At some point some republicans will leave the room and we get Jeffries as speaker. >
  
  That’s what Republican voters want. They want a non functional federal government. >
  
  And then they wonder why everything is so damn expensive and why they feel like they are becoming poorer >
  
  Demmy-krats! I knew it was them! Even when it was the Republicans I knew it was them! >
  
  Buying Orville Redenbacher stock. >
  
  You're falling right into Big Popcorn's hands! >
  
  The GOP hasn't had any real skill or interest in governing for over two decades.  They want party power and the money that comes with it.  Governance is not something they actually know how to do. >
  
  Tax cuts and deregulation for the wealthy is all they legislate >
  
  that R next to their name just means they're professional complainers and spokespeople for bullshit...i mean, i cannot remember the last time i saw a republican really do anything at all
  didn't they have the presidency, the house and senate just a few years ago? and wasn't that a fucking utopia >
  
  John McCain with his infamous thumbs down just before he kicked the bucket >
  
  And that whole thing was just to take rights away from Americans by repealling the ACA with no replacement. >
  
  Does the fact the he doesn't even lead his own party in the House mean he shouldn't lead the whole House? It's weird he will be the House leader when his own party members don't want him to lead. >
  
  Intransigence is the GQP branding for a decade. It's the only way the individual reps remain compete in their districts by "dying on the hill" of various moral issues.  Once the Speaker is picked then they're expected to fall in line with what the donor money wants. >
  
  Their platform is basically "vote for me, and I'll show you why you don't need me." >
  
  It’s a feature not a bug
  “Government doesn’t work, elect me and I’ll prove it” has been the conservative playbook to privatize services that should be provided through our taxes. >
  
  No matter what he says publicly, you can’t convince me that the Orange One is not egging this on behind the scenes.
  This benefits nobody more than him.
  The nonstop investigations of Biden the loons are demanding and their third-partyish “break off” totally support Trump’s 3rd party 2024 threat to destroy the GOP if they don’t nominate him. >
  
  That doesn’t make sense, because McCarthy already agreed to the demands for non stop Benghazi style investigations into Biden >
  
  Just magnifying how shitty leadership and focus only on raising money and making sound bites eventually leads to a collapse in an organization >
  
  Water is wet.  Republican voters would also rather be Russian than a Democrat. >
  
  They're UNABLE to govern, because in order to govern you have to have a plan and all they STILL have is hate and shouting and hate. >
  
  They’re still working on repeal and replace of ObamaCare >
  
  And that whole "who let black people vote?" thing. >
  
  They are literally showing you the swamp y'all hate a much. >
  
  Since the rise of the Tea Party and now Freedom Caucus there is a portion of the republican party that are basically political nihilists and I am so thankful for them. These handful of conservatives have completely sabotaged a good portion of the conservative agenda for the last 15 years. Look at the failure of Obama's and Boehner's Grand Bargain, the mess of Trump's first two years in office when R's controlled the entire government and the only thing they could really get done were tax cuts. It's been amazing to watch them cut off their nose to spite their face. >
  
  A few years ago Republicans were hoping this would be the situation with the Democrats and the progressives. The difference is the progressive wing of the Democrats actually wants to accomplish something, and it seems like they will play hardball until it's not viable. The Republicans don't want to accomplish anything, the only thing that unites them is hate and grievances. Some commentators on Fox News complained they lost the midterms because people didn't hate Biden enough like Hillary Clinton.  Really that's your strategy? I hope the circus for Republicans gets worst. Karma. >
  
  It’s true. Just to underline Freedom Caucus don’t want to do anything because they truely believe less/no goverment is better - hence the difference between left/right. It’s like GOP reached a dead-end where a big enough portion of the party simply wants to dismantle goverment as a whole. You obviously can’t govern under such conditions. GOP will fizzle out imo. >
  
  Anyone have an update from /r/Conservative on how, exactly, this is "owning the libs?" I would love to know the spin that's being put on this massive display of buffonery. >
  
  I want to see MTG for house speaker!
  (99% /s but what a wonderful shitshow that would be to watch wouldnt it?) >
  
  It'd be hilarious but having her be second in line for the presidency is not worth the laughs. >
  
  
  second in line for the presidency
  
  opps, forgot about that. Canadian here, excuse my silliness. >
  
  at that point you are asking Canada to be invaded because they are the headquarters of the jewish space laser association. All a lir of course but mtg is fueled by lies >
  
  Their entire platform is accusing the democrats of ruining everything, if they were in charge they’d have to rethink everything >
  
  There aren’t 5 decent, moderate, republicans that would join democrats in selecting Rep. Jeffries as speaker? They could champion moderate, bipartisan legislation and save the next two years of chaos promised my the GOP whackos >
  
  If there are, they’re holding out for guarantees of status or support. Smart move if the other side pulls off a win - “I switched my vote because they promised me my preferred committee or some pork for my district.” >
  
  Do the libs feel owned yet? >
  
  Wow, the insurrectionists are having a hard time choosing a leader, shocking. >
  
  They have gone from obstructing any Dem agendas to obstructing their own party.  Love it. >
  
  Despite all evidence that the GOP was not interested in solving any problems, the media was pumping inflation stories every hour. The 2022 but her emails. >
  
  Their base doesn't care. All they want is to stop Democrats regardless of the consequences of supporting the disaster that is the GOP. >
  
  Or as P.J.O'Rourke once said, "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." >
  
  It's because the GOP doesn't have a leader or leaders anymore. They only answer to whoever is willing to pay them the most. >
  
  The GOP doesn't want to govern, they want to rule. >
  
  They’ve had nearly two months to figure this out, imagine what they’re going to do if they have to craft any form of legislation. >
  
  Why can’t they just let the guy who had highest numbers of votes be the speaker?  Lol.
  At least as acting speaker until next one is elected. >
  
  Because then the Democrats would already have won because their guy has got the most votes all three times. 
  This is all political theater for the powerful lobbyists as they jockey to see which lobbyists will get to steer the narrative the next two years. >
  
  I have been following the news. Why do you think I suggest that?  😉 >
  
  It’s bizarre that no one seems to care about the slow march to fascism. >
  
  to many people stuck on the 'everyone gets their own opinion and you cant say anything about it' mindset. They act like terrorists all the time and we are expected to deal with it while they target aoc acting like shes some big time criminal for going to the met gala >
  
  But both sides >
  
  It’s been a real joy to watch.
  This is the anger/blame/hatred party and the end result of this cycle is implosion and canibalizing  themselves. >
  
  That’s what happens when you elect literal morons, and I mean that from a clinical sense. >
  
  Just more proof that the Republican Party/GOP is America's biggest problem. >
  
  Extensive R gerrymandering has come around to bite them in the ass. Now, in a district totally assured to vote R, the R candidate can completely ignore the D voters.  Whoever appeals to the most bible-thumping, gun clinging, MGAG, racist whack-a-doodles wins. >
  
  It's harder to garner uneducated votes by complaining about random problems if you are in charge >
  
  They can't govern.
  They don't actually have any one else to nominate who has the support he currently does. 
  They're a cult of no principles, only amassing dark donor money and white nationalism and they don't actually have any sort of long term governing plan.
  All while we are a few months away from the biggest chance of a debt default which will be armegeddon
  lol Murica >
  
  They only are able to govern through outrage. Luckily for us the outrage has been inhouse and they keep squabbling at how awful thier extreme positions really are. >
  
  Vote for a bunch of clowns/Expert a circus >
  
  My Fellow Americans 
  We the People need to clean house of all the republicans and the Treason they represent >
  
  I wish the media would stop trying to portray fascists as Republicans. They're not. They're fascists who do not believe in a representative democracy. They want authoritarian theocracy. They should rightly be referred to as FIRCs: fascists in republican clothing. >
  
  When you elect turds you get a shitshow. >
  
  "We can't organize our own selves, but trust us, we can make decisions for America." >
  
  How long before people realized these Republicans are in our government to enrich themselves and orgasm on political power.  These Republicans are so AntiAmerican is overwhelming ! >
  
  Wow Relublicans are pathetic... >
  
  Like dogs that finally caught a car. >
  
  No leopard? >
  
  This would be shocking if the Republican voter base cares about governing but they don't. Hell, they think it's a good thing for their candidates to not be interested in governing, according to their logic. >
  
  We found this out 6 years ago.  Where have you been? >
  
  Grand Oaf Party >
  
  When your whole platform is "Not the other candidate" it leaves you woefully unprepared to do actual governing when you win. >
  
  Trump only won in 2016 primaries because the GOP (Pre-GQP) didn't have any valid presidential candidates - Ted Cruz? Mac Rubio? Ben Carson? >
  
  Please clap. >
  
  Anyone who cared already knew this and anyone who needed to hear this won't, or just won't care.
  These people don't want government to function. They don't want a country. They only want to hurt the people they dislike. That's all that fuels them. >
  
  Something something Hunter Biden's laptop >
  
  "Republican Approval Rating At Record High After Bringing Congress To Grinding Halt"
  You know it's bad when the Babylon Bee's satire is closer to reality than anything Fox News or other GOP Establishment news sources are saying.
  I don't think the GOP establishment understands the level of disdain their base feels towards them or Congress's "business as usual." >
  
  It's easy to point out problems. Real leaders provide solutions >
  
  The bigger story is that Republican voters don't want representatives who govern.  All they want is the fighting.  All they want is the hate. >
  
  Saw a news article where Newt Gingrich is pleading for the unbending ultraconservatives to back down.  Now he knows what Dr Frankenstein felt like when his creation turned on him. >
  
  They have spent so much time being obstructionist and critical of the Dems that they have completely forgotten how to govern, and the people they have gotten elected are completely incapable of governing (e.g. Boebert, Gaetz, MTG, etc.) >
  
  This is what you get when you vote in qnuts ass backward thinking rednecks and fake Christians
  They will never compromise 
  Remember their leader had dinner with the leader of the neo Nazis and batshi# crazy Hitler loving morons
  Greene also attended his Nazi rally
  The gop wants the crazy vote now they have crazy leadership >
  
  I hope Green is excluded again from any committees as Loser loses for the 7th, 8th time and they ditch him! Lol >
  
  They've spent so long obstructing and in it for personal agenda's that they've completely forgotten how or what it means to govern. >
  
  If you have shit candidates it pretty much guarantees a shit show. >
  
  They want to rule not govern is the difference. >
  
  Know Nothing Party 2.0 >
  
  "Government is a waste of time and doesn't work! Elect us and we'll prove it!" >
  
  I have a really bad feeling about Gosar and Gaetz making big fun about AOC confirming that Dems would not leave the Chamber during the speaker votes and then the metal detectors disappearing right before the anniversary of Jan 6. >
  
  The shitshow that certain people voted for. MTG, Boebert, Gaetz, Jordan, etc, are still in their seats because people were like “Yep, that’s m’candidate!” >
  
  But yet somehow this is entirely the democrats fault. >
  
  The GOP is the party of Putin. >
  
  It seems plainly obvious that the GOP has no interest in leading and are only interested in the perks and privileges allotted to them for being in charge.
  I really wish that the older generations were more inclined to critical thinking and could see through all of the lies and stories they're told by conservative media sources.
  It just seems to me that there are 3 types of Rebublican voters:
  
  Uninformed Christians who think R = their team b/c they claim Christianity.
  Uninformed Older voters who don't know what's going on in the world at all b/c they have no real source of truth in their lives. All of their pain meds probably don't help their critical thinking.
  Those who clearly see the GOP as the White Christian Nationalist party that it has become and which they support.
  
  Overall, I believe time and education will ultimately save us if we can hold out long enough. >
  
  Don’t forget the wealthy capitalists and their workers who are invested in the system that sustains them. 
  I remember having lunch with my banker/best friend and some of his colleagues in 2015. All very educated and intelligent people, generally very friendly and mostly Canadians living in the US. Trump had just been elected and I made a comment about how the next 4 years might be a bit wacky in the US. The guy I was speaking to straight-up said that he supported trump and thought a pro-business leader would be good for the country. This was a (Canadian-government subsidized!) graduate-school educated Canadian saying this. He just happened to work for Credit Suisse and seemed to think that profit for big corps=good for the country. >
  
  Honestly, if the only thing the House gets done over the next two years is publicly kicking Kevin McCarthy in the balls three times a day, I would consider that a net positive. >
  
  their platform is quite simple ..democrat retribution….the party as a whole has been watching far too much professional wrestling and evangelical programming since they partnered with the orange hued insurrectionist in 2016 >
  
  I was elected to lead, not to read!! >
  
  It is probably not a good idea to lie to the opposition because you may ask them for favors one day and if you have zero credibility they will throw it in your face. >
  
  Yep, exactly. We saw the same thing during Trump's administration when the Republicans held Congress. The Democrats happily sat back and let the Rs flounder, without lifting a finger to help them out.  Why would they?  Republicans had made it clear throughout Obama's administration that promises would be ignored, and compromises would be abused, so there was zero goodwill towards them on the other side of the aisle. >
  
  You can say shitshow on Reddit. This isn't your granny's house. >
  
  They are achieving their goal.  Republicans hate government and by holding up the speakership, nothing gets done, which is what the donors want.  It’s on purpose. >
  
  The Republicans are all a bunch of assholes that ran a campaign of hate, fear, and being disruptive. Unfortunately the Republican-Fox propaganda bubble has convinced their sheeple of the fear and hate. >
  
  I wish more attention was being made to that  second point.  They'll burn it down, not really wanting it to ever work. >
  
  It’s obvious.  They only went to be against Biden and not “for” America. >
  
  Biden should welcome McCarthy as the new Speaker publicly.  Just to throw more fuel on this dumpster fire. >
  
  That would be glorious >
  
  Those are 3 hideous ghouls >
  
  That BS Chip Roy said about diversity is such a slap on the face. They are nominating Byron Donalds of Florida now just cause. When have they gave a shit about about  anyone dark than a shade of peach.
  I think the 20 that are voting against McCarthy are going to rotate as nominees untill something happens.
  If I were Democrats I honestly would bring snack and just enjoy the scenery >
  
  They have been tasked with ending the Constitutional Republic in order to build a much darker society based on the Koch Manifesto. Bankrupting the government and packing the courts with Zealots that also want to end the Constitution is all they care about, and all that most of their voters care about. >
  
  Take the “spirit stick away” and honestly lines from Bring it On work well in this scenario. 
  If the GOP ain’t got a tellin speaker then fuck… they need to keep quiet while the rest of us work it out >
  
  If you elect clowns you get a clown show. >
  
  GOP only cares about power, because power = more money for the rich. >
  
  See, see! Big government doesn't work. The next step is for conservatives to stop voting altogether! >
  
  Please do. They only need a majority present to do business. They only need a majority of votes cast (not counting "present" votes), so if republicans stop voting then democrats can pass anything they want. >
  
  Boy isn't that the truth!! Completely clueless on how to take care of the people. >
  
  It's hard not to agree. Whatever McCarthy thinks about himself, the party should have shaken this out before yesterday. In the long run, it's kind of a tempest in a teapot and someone will have to be chosen, but why make all this public drama when they could have done what they needed and learned what they needed to learn without the embarassment?
  Publicly it looks really shitty. I'm all for shaking up the institutions for the better if it happens, but this just looks like chaos. >
  
  Failed and broken political party on full display >
  
  An older relative once told me “politics is all BS, but if you end up getting rich you’ll probably start leaning republican” and it all started making sense as I became an adult.
  The GOP= Getting Our Pay
  That’s all they’re in it for. >
  
  They don't want to get their shit together because that would mean they have nobody to blame. Right now it's easy to blame the Democrats and people believe it. You take away belief and they have nothing to hold onto. >
  
  If you're just now learning that then you've been ignoring the last 14 years. They quit caring about governing the day Obama took office. GOP have just officially announced they don't give af >
  
  Republicans need to get their shit together or they can kiss 2024 goodbye >
  
  Good. >
  
  GOP never pays a price for any of their sh**shows. >
  
  McCarthy lost MAGA when he initially criticized Trump after Jan. 6 and lost the rest of the self-respecting Republicans when he flip-flopped and made pilgrimage to Mara Lago >
  
  Finally the truth comes out >
  
  GOP self destructing as planned >
  
  Here at 4:33ish after they adjourned. Kevin’s now lost 6 votes. So much losing. 
  My favorite part was when the final vote tally’s were called, dem’s had a fairly resounding huzzah followed by chanting Hakeem, and had to be told to stop by the clerk. Right after when the clerk calls that Kevin has lost, the GOP kinda attempts to clap, but its clearly not as enthusiastic and dies on its own. Then when the clerk calls out the Donald votes, you hear the twenty gleefully celebrate them shooting themselves in the foot. >
  
  Conservatism is never about governing, it's about trying to keep control. >
  
  I’ve been saying this for years…McConnell taught them to obstruct, trump taught them insurrection, it’s all they know now. >
  
  There are many people that know this. They don't vote Republican. >
  
  are we changing anyone’s minds at this point anymore? I really had hoped at this point that more grownass adults would come to their senses but I feel like at this point the ones that remain are lost causes. >
  
  They don't want to govern; they want to rule >
  
  This isn't new.  They never had an intention of governing. They have done nothing but obstruct for the last 10 years. Unfortunately gerrymandering 5 seats in Florida and New York Dems taking their seats for granted and not seeing what was coming plus 2 natural GOP flips made all the difference in the house. They can lose 4 seats on any vote. There are 20 lunatics holding the speakership hostage.  Just wait til the debt ceiling explodes bc they want to destroy the full faith and credit of America >
  
  No disrespect to the Originals but it's a picture of the Three Stooges! >
  
  Nancy is just thankful the “squad” didn’t have the balls to pull this stunt with her. >
  
  what do you expect from a party whose entire platform is built on obstruction? >
  
  Should we let them govern? They have some concerning ideas about women and children, who together make up a majority of the people in the country. >
  
  I have no idea what the path forward is for the GQP and don't care, this shitshow is the personification of their incompetence and backstabbing. >
  
  What if this is just a big setup for Paul Ryan's return and he gets enough Democrat votes to put him over the top by promising to be a moderate? >
  
  Is anyone more shocked than McCarthy that insurrectionists be insurrectioning…? >
  
  Their all just really happy to be there. A s s clowns >
  
  They don't want to govern, they want to rule >
  
  Guess we have to outsource Congress to Koch Industries. >
  
  There has long been an ironclad, unspoken bond uniting all republicans: taking money from the public (us) and giving it away to really, really ridiculously rich people. You look at their actions, or rather inactions, it’s basically all political theater to mask their true intention which is, essentially, theft.
  But it’s kind of a funny thing how all these bullshit theatrics give them a perverse incentive to grandstand like this. When dems break from the party, it’s to vote with the GOP. When republicans break from the party, it’s to go even farther into lala land.
  These disgusting malcontents have played an insanely dangerous game by disconnecting their constituency from reality. It’s… truly amazing that they either haven’t figured it out yet even after trump, or worse, that they have no idea how to fix it. >
  
  Hopefully the rest of the country will wise up to what most have already known. Get these assholes outta government >
  
  This little stunt just brings home what the GOP is all about.  They want to rule, govern and dictate from the minority. >
  
  No duh, been obvious since at least 94 >
  
  GOP is a circuit, nothing less nothing more.
  And yet nearly half of voters still voting for them. And here we are, for the next two years US once again bevome a laughing stock of the world >
  
  If you're just now figuring this out, YOU'RE the problem >
  
  The GOP is the guy on shift who hung out in the bathroom on his phone most of the time, and still complains about being tired and “all the work” when you clock out. >
  
  Hunter Bidens laptop has all the answers. :/s >
  
  Too bad that America is really bad at understanding things... >
  
  Really. Nobody will remember this in 21 months at the next election.  There's absolutely zero consequences for this behavior so they'll keep repeating it. >
  
  the propaganda will have them raging at something else at that point, probably migration. I agree we have an issue at the border but the gop plan is terrorize them to make it stop and not only does that make us villains but history shows that will not work. They should work with the dems to find a real, humane solution. I think maybe buying land in the us and mexico to make an immigration town where people can live and be safe but also be vetted and have a chance to prove it is not a bad idea to let them in >
  
  America: Yeah, we've known, it's really fucking obvious. >
  
  The most extreme GOP voices makes the most in fundraising from the base. There is no money in anything but being contrarian. It’s all faux victimhood and performative, fake, self righteous, virtue signal, ranting. >
  
  That's objectively false. The biggest fundraisers are milquetoast centrists such as McCarthy and Scalise. >
  
  Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.
  RIP PJ. >
  
  This is nothing new >
  
  It's a clown show >
  
  I like how authors of articles feel the need to censor swear words on the internet. It's okay to say shit >
  
  Or fuck. >
  
  "you're a big fat curly headed fuck" "Hey, you don't say that!" >
  
  Just interested in hunter Biden laptop >
  
  Why? Is he an elected official? Does he play a part in government or leading this country? Are you as equally concerned by the blatant lying by a newly elected GOP representative. Or the unprecedented access Trump’s children had in policy making despite them also not being elected or qualified. 
  I’m trying to figure out the line where the moral outrage turns to hypocrisy by conservative supporter. >
  
  The point is an attempt to show the Bidens are corrupt like the trumps and then to make everything a wash. >
  
  They can govern but they want new leadership >
  
  So smoke more copium and continue fooling yourself that the Republican narcissists are a)capable of governing and b)give a crap about you. >
  
  This is a process that everyone should educate themselves about instead of just spewing a collection of talking points. >
  
  What, specifically, do you think people are missing about the process? >
  
  Democrats could have solved climate change by now, but yet we continue to elect clowns to serve their own self interests and not the peoples'. >
  
  Republicans run on the narrative that the government doesn’t work, then win and prove it. >
  
  What a surprise that the party that believes government doesn’t serve a purpose is bad at governing. /s >
  
  Gym’s look says, “ hey, how did that kid get through unmolested?”. >
  
  We know this - Americans don't want to be governed or they'd have never elected them in the first place. >
  
  The problem is, their base does not want them too either.