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  I hope the Dems hold the line
  This only hurts Republicans at this point and shows how incompetent they are.
context: Why doesn't he claim there was widespread cheating and he actually won?? >
  
  Well he has already claimed to have gotten the most votes, despite being behind Jeffries in every single vote. >
  
  The fact he’s behind (D) Jeffries is what cracks me up the most. >
  
  Fuck it at this point just make him the speaker, it's not like the constitution says you can't. ^^^^I ^^^^think >
  
  If I'm not mistaken, you don't even have to be a member of Congress to be voted as Speaker >
  
  Oh hell, so it's possible that nuts like MTG could start casting votes for write-in candidates like Ted Nugent, Alex Jones or Kyle Rittenhouse? >
  
  That was actually one of the plans floated to get Trump back into the White House:
  
  get a majority in the House and Senate in the mid-terms - history shows this often happens.
  vote Trump in as Speaker - a possible prior step would be to get him a House seat in the mid-terms to give it some semblance of propriety.
  impeach Biden and Harris simultaneously so that the Speaker becomes President.
  
  Step 3 has to oust Biden and Harris at the exact same time.  If only Biden goes, Harris is promoted and picks her new VP.  If only Harris goes, Biden picks a new VP.  If one party has a big enough majority in both House and Senate, they could eject the President on any made-up charges.  Luckily that didn't happen.  This time...
  Note: this plan was floated before Trump's sycophants began to defect bigly. >
  
  It would take a 2/3rds majority in the senate, which isn’t happening ANYTIME in the next 30 years or so >
  
  Not like Republicans have shown to care about such formalities as "the law" before tho >
  
  Except this is explicitly stated in the US constitution. Going against that would be treason, literally. Biden would be full within his rights to not only ignore the decision, but arrest every single member of congress who goes along with it. That would not end the way republicans think it would >
  
  This whole thing really isn't losing its humor yet.  I want it to continue. >
  
  Losing humor? We haven't even crested, let alone bottomed out! >
  
  Let me tell you something. We haven't even begun to peak. And when we do peak, you'll know. Because we're gonna peak so hard that everybody in America's gonna feel it. >
  
  Stop!  I’m peaking! >
  
  This is a vote of attrition.  Democrats have rallied around Jeffries, if Republicans vote "present" and lower the threshold, we could have a republican majority house, but a democratic speaker. >
  
  I think moderate Republicans from Biden counties (or more likely, retiring Republicans who DGAF) could threaten to go for Jeffries, but that would most likely be a chess move to get members to back McCarthy.
  My big fear is McCarthy gets Democrat votes because the old farts get sick of the circus and thinks that making him Speaker will fix ever'thing all nice and bipartisan-like, when really it would just mean clean up this elephant shit; here come the clowns.