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  Oh look! Absolute proof they aren't taking this seriously! 
  What a fucking disgrace. "Haha, see? I voted for Trump! Isn't that funny?" Meanwhile a part of the government remains paralyzed because of these stupid antics. 
  Fuck these people.
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  Buddy your team is representing the same folks who brought confederate flags into the Chamber not too long ago, so I don't know how effective this speech is gonna be >
  
  But they doubled the number of black republicans in the house! Hahaha, 2 to 4. Oooh. >
  
  LMAO at Dems giving a standing O and chanting Hakeem at this guy's line. "we could've elected the first black speaker of the house." They are having a good time indeed. >
  
  "We could have had the first Black Speaker in history!"
  Crowd starts chanting Hakeem's name >
  
  You guys, I can't stop laughing. Trump was probably scarfing down a burger at Mar a Lago without realizing he was about to lose yet another election today. >
  
  IRS agents don't "pick people's pockets." They enforce the tax laws.
  Sadly, they don't enforce the tax laws against the wealthy nearly enough. >
  
  Interesting note, John James worked for his father and they took between $1-2M in PPP loans.  But Socialism, amirite? >
  
  "The democrat side looks more like the United States than we do."
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  Yeah, man. The solution is to expand the Republican party. Not restrict the rights of citizens until there's only rich white men left. >
  
  These commentators who think Dems should work with Repubs crack me up. Did they forget that some of the people in this room openly advocated for the murder of their colleagues not that long ago? >
  
  <@U026BU7QQVD> indeed. >
  
  Yeah, what's up with that? >
  
  Think the bot is having a struggle. The post ends mid-sentence too. >
  
  Once again, Trump fails to secure the popular vote. >
  
  Jefferies? You mean 6-time winner Hakeem Jefferies? >
  
  "There is no victory in adjourning without doing the business of the people." YUP. >
  
  Look, it would be the easiest thing to just sit here and mock the GOP for their incompetence, inability to govern or their inability to behave like adults and we should definitely do that right here in this thread. >
  
  It is the easiest thing, it is the right thing  
  It is the thing we shall do >
  
  Um, is this guy just basically reminding all of us that the primary reason for the Civil War was slavery?
  All of my Southern textbooks and "historians" (ahem) have taught me the War had nothing to do with slavery...but was about, uh, "state's rights", or some such... >
  
  Fuck John James. This guy is a nobody putz who had to move to a safe district to not lose an embarrassing third campaign.
  Actually, he's the right person to be at the podium. >
  
  I am not sure how else to say this:
  Please, PLEASE hire more people for the IRS.  As a small business owner who has to try to resolve minor issues with them, I cannot tell you how infuriating it is to have absolutely no ability to speak with a real person who can fix it with a 5 minute phone call.  Please hire service reps, IT professionals, and -- yes -- agents.
  Frankly, I don't care how many agents you hire. Why? BECAUSE I DON'T BREAK TAX LAWS >
  
  "McCarthy wants to double the number of black republicans in congress." 
  Andy Bernard: From what 2 to 4? >
  
  I think it is important to note how integral gerrymandering has been to the ugly transformation of the Republican Party to where we are now. Gerrymandering is how the most extreme politicians (such as the current MAGA 20) get into office, because they are in such safe seats that they don't have to worry about moderates or Democrats whatsoever. To the contrary, some of them have unseated more moderate reps by "primarying" them. 
  I have seen it happen firsthand with my district, represented currently by Dan Bishop--the hillbilly who was just up speaking earlier. A decade ago, our rep was Republican Sue Myrick. She was your typical big business Republican. Not my choice, but certainly not a "crazy". That was back when our district covered part of South Charlotte and the surrounding suburbs. 
  Once the GOP took control of the state legislature (a disaster from which NC still hasn't recovered), they gerrymandered the district such that it snaked all the way to the coast, touching all these rural areas along the way, so that the district got redder and redder. 
  And over the years, the rep for my district has gotten increasingly insane. It has gone: 
  Sue Myrick (normal person) > Robert Pittenger (redneck realtor) > Mark Harris (tossed out for voter fraud) > Dan Bishop (part of the MAGA 20)
  And this same thing has played out all over the country. >
  
  Is it dystopian to anyone else that one of our representative bodies starts it’s day of “work” with 
  1) a prayer to a god that huge amounts of Americans don’t share belief in;
  2) an oath to a flag; and
  3) a reminder not to be assholes to one another without telling the clerk to do it?
  What a nightmare. >
  
  You could play basically any clip from CSPAN at the beginning of a 90's apocalypse movie and it would fit right in. >
  
  Total Black American House members: 58
  Democrats: 56
  Republicans: 2 >
  
  But that's DOUBLE what they had, before!!!! >
  
  I nominate <@U026BU7QQVD> for Speaker! >
  
  
  U026BU7QQVD
  
  whose sleeper code is this >
  
  John James had to run 4 different times for 3 different positions in 2 different districts to get where he is.  He is a DeVos stooge and an absolute moron.  He can give a speech, but he is not at all intelligent nor does he lead or give a shit about anyone but himself.  Typical Republican, except that he is a multi-time failure as well.
  And this is the guy they put up to nominate McCarthy.  Because he’s black….I hate the GOP so fucking much. >
  
  "kevin mccarthy has a 90% approval rating"
  among republican congressmen sure. among actual people not so much >
  
  GOP gonna run out of people of color to send to the podium at this rate. >
  
  
  "If he WERE a prop, he wouldn't be sitting here today!"
  
  Yeah dude, that's exactly where he'd be sitting. That's the point of a prop. You put them where you want them for optics.
  He's been in Congress for ONE TERM. He's 44. The idea that he's remotely qualified for Speaker, over 200+ other Republicans, is a complete fucking joke. >
  
  Republicans really think that we (black people) can't see through their bullshit. Calling out racism doesn't mean anything when it comes from the party of racism. C'mon. >
  
  They call Kevin McCarthy 007
  0 talent
  0 negotiation skills
  7 straight losses >
  
  It's hilarious that the entire nomination speech for Donalds today was about how he isn't a prop and people genuinely want him to be Speaker, meanwhile one of the holdouts voted for Trump and proved to us all that Donalds is a prop and they're just stalling the vote. >
  
  Trump is about to lose yet ANOTHER election >
  
  "They nominated a black guy yesterday - quick find a black guy to nominate Kevin!" >
  
  I will never not roll my eyes when these morons cite historical Republican figures, and intentionally leave out the rather key fact that they were the "liberals" of the day. >
  
  Yes. The average American cares about the IRS going after tax dodging millionaires and billionaires.  THAT is what the average American is worried about. 🙄 >
  
  I like how the first win is shutting down the gov for a day lol >
  
  There is no victory in adjourning without doing the work of the people... Fucking nailed it >
  
  "Byron Donalds is not a prop."
  Based on the Republican speeches of the last few days, every black person is a prop. I've never heard Republicans "care" so much about black people. That is... until a speaker is elected. Then it will be all about old white people again. >
  
  "Donalds ain't no prop," said the propmaker, making Donalds a prop. >
  
  This guy thinks raising his VOICE in various PITCHES and VOLUMES is what MAKES a good SPEAKER! >
  
  I really hate how self-righteous Republicans are. They keep talking about shrinking government and fighting for the people while at the same time trying to control every aspect of our lives from birth control and abortion to sexuality and entertainment. They don’t want small government, they want full control and they’re barely trying to hide it >
  
  Gaetz voted Trump. 
  Trump loses another election. >
  
  Matt just made it so Trump is going to lose another election