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  Or maybe Gaetz asked about his daughter.
context: Kind of obvious Gaetz has poor impulse control considering his relationships with highschoolers >
  
  This dude is pushing 45 and still grandstands like a teenager who just got THE BEST piece of advice from Andrew Tate >
  
  I bet Gaetz eats Hooters like a true ‘Alpha Male’. >
  
  He's such an oblivious, toxic "Alpha" goober, I wouldn't be surprised if he's banned from at least one location because he literally tried to mouth one of the waitress' hooters because his "friends" egged him on. >
  
  "I'll take the chicken breast, hold the chicken" >
  
  Oh, Michael. :( >
  
  this is what you get when you elect those without intelligence, class, or character...aka the republican party. >
  
  And critically, the maturity it takes to operate a government.  I don’t know when GOP voters will realize that this is all serious business that requires a real degree of competence and professionalism to get anything done.  People in this context don’t behave in a civil fashion because they all like each other.  They do it because it’s what the job absolutely requires. But so many GOP voters just want to see it all implode, until it inevitably impacts them and they turn to blame anybody else. >
  
  But I wanna own the libs! >
  
  They always need a personal enemy. >
  
  The real Enemy was themselves >
  
  McCarthy allies are probably pissed because McCarthy likely had to give away powerful positions meant for them to some of these loonies >
  
  Are the concessions even enforceable? >
  
  That will be interesting to see. If everyone is lying to each other it extra breaks down. >
  
  As far as I can tell the holdouts are just saying "do what we want or we remove you", which they could just as easily have done after the vote >
  
  A lot of their demands were related to house rules, which are voted on as soon as the speaker is selected. Those are many of the concessions that McCarthy had to give in to in order to sway the holdouts. If those concessions AREN’T in the rules package, the holdouts could vote down the rules package along with the democrats. Same scenario, nothing gets done in the house until the rules package is passed.
  The second bargaining chip is committee and subcommittee positions or gavels. For example, I read somewhere that the HFC is demanding at least 1/3 of the seats on the rules committee. Traditionally, there is some informal line of seniority for these committee and gavels. Rumor is Gaetz may have been angling to jump seniority for the armed services committee gavel. Rogers is in line to be the chair, so it’s possible he caught wind of Gaetz trying to jump him in line.
  We don’t know exactly everything McCarthy conceded to the HFC. We know of some concessions that will be in the rules package, but many of those were made before this week even started when he had over 20 holdouts. If he did promise committee positions and gavels, that’s a major risk as it could alienate establishment party members. >
  
  
  the holdouts could vote down the rules package along with the democrats
  
  This season of CSPAN is going to be interesting as hell. >
  
  Potentially. They all caved in the end, but they’ve had a major impact on the new rules package and could see increased representation on key committees. That’s a lot. They have a lot of leverage over McCarthy while McCarthy has only a very razor edge. Less flexibility for individual members to have cop out votes if it’s politically beneficial, and almost no room for significant opposition within the party. >
  
  
  They have a lot of leverage over McCarthy while McCarthy has only a very razor edge. 
  
  Yep, the clown car posse has McCarthy by the balls, so they'll ensure this circus will continue full tilt for the next two years. >
  
  "With Republican lawmakers growing irritable after days of fruitless voting, a heated argument broke out between several of them. But Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama, a McCarthy ally who is in line to become the next chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, took it to another level when he stepped toward Mr. Gaetz and had to be restrained.
  The dramatic moment was captured on C-SPAN’s video cameras, which, lacking the typical restraints placed upon them in a House with a speaker, were free to show whatever moments from the floor its operators deemed newsworthy." >
  
  
  which, lacking the typical restraints placed upon them in a House with a speaker
  
  What restraints?  You mean they are not allowed to film certain conversations when there is a speaker in place? >
  
  Yes. Once a speaker is in place, the camera operators are govt employees selected by the party in power. >
  
  This is a tidbit that needs SCREAMED from metaphorical rooftops >
  
  Ehhh it’s a two sided coin really. When there are no cameras in the chamber, there’s no one to perform for. Debate is just that— debate. 
  When they know the cameras are on, “debate” is about generating sound bites to raise you own profile.
  We don’t really need to see the debate portion. We can see what the bill is, and we can see how everyone voted. If any congressman has thoughts that he wants the people to hear, he can go on TV or release a statement or something. Hearing them talk back and forth for the benefit of an audience doesn’t help that much. 
  On the other hand, transparency is important. But we would have to assume that everyone is acting in good faith, which they’re not. >
  
  My man, I don’t have the cash to fly to DC whenever there’s a debate in the Chamber. CSPAN doesn’t do commentaries, they just show the event in the house because it is our rights as Americans to be in the gallery when the chamber is in session ( not during the joint session though for some reason). >
  
  A bunch of babies having temper tantrums who finally caved because they didn't want to give up their weekend. >
  
  I listen to CSPAN a lot and was like, why are their literal babies crying? Oh, right. There are no rules. Anything goes. It's usually gone in a flash, and it was surreal seeing the house as if it was the reality show big brother for a week suspended in rehearsals like it was a dark comedy. And then the grand finale. 
  Especially weird how CSPAN filmed the drama zooming into random interactions  because there were no rules. They had complete creative control. >
  
  C-Span were bragging about how the cameras were so good because of how much control they had lol >
  
  We wouldn't have got that awesome moment when they had to muzzle Rogers tho. So let em brag. This week was entertaining. They earned it lol >
  
  Maybe Rogers heard that Gaetz wants to be chairman of the Armed Services Committee?