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  Trump behind-the-scenes: "How do I spin this... How do I spin this...."
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.