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  THIS!? THIS raises questions about Republican governance? Not the last five decades?
context: “Raises worries”.  They were planning 2 years of Hunter Biden investigations.  How were they not worried before? “Confirms” is the word you wanted, not raises.
  Edit: punctuation >
  
  2 years of Hunters dick pics. They were obsessed with Clinton's dick to. These guys just love investigating big white hung dicks and what they do with them.  
  Dont worry about the absolute crooks and wanna be dictators in our party, let's get to the bottom of these naughty dicks >
  
  It's because that kind of stuff worked so well with Clinton. Be outrageousness of the  stain on the dress and what not. Sex scandals have been used to shame Democrats into quitting since then. 
  S***, look what they did to Katie Hill. That should have been a crime but instead Republicans shamed her into stepping down from her position. >
  
  Damn i just looked into Katie hill. Accused of having an affair, admitted a different affair then resigned, daily mail published her nudes, she sued, ordered to pay 200k to daily mail then declared bankruptcy last year.
  Damn >
  
  Why did she have to pay 200k to the Daily Mail? >
  
  Their legal costs >
  
  Hold on so they published nude photos of her, she sued them and then had to pay their legal costs?   Wtf >
  
  In December 2020, Hill filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, the Daily Mail, and RedState over "non consensual porn".[63] On April 7, 2021, a judge ruled in favor of the Daily Mail, finding that the photos are protected as "a matter of public issue or public interest" under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Hill's attorneys say they plan to appeal the decision.[64][65][66] The judge also ordered Hill to pay roughly $220,000 in fees to the Daily Mail and a couple of journalists.[67]  
  Yup. Aren't judges amazing sometimes? >
  
  Is love to hear the judge’s explanation as to why nude pictures are  "a matter of public issue or public interest" 
  Like seriously WTF. >
  
  It’s the anniversary of the insurrection, and you’re telling me this shit show is “raising questions”? >
  
  Also, didn't they remove all the metal detectors from the building? >
  
  
  "I think they need to be removed from the Capitol, filled with Tannerite and blown up."
  
  Lauren Boebert, the child. >
  
  The cursed child >
  
  The child who (shouldn't have) lived. >
  
  Like the two children she aborted? >
  
  The word the “freedom house caucus” would prefer to use is “murdered”. Except it now is about one of them and suddenly it is her body her choice. But for everyone else! >
  
  That's because they believe "The only moral abortion is my abortion." >
  
  The people who are voting against McCarthy indicated all along they'd do so. Republican leadership refused to develop alternate solutions. Instead Republican leadership just assumed the Redwave victory would be so large that it wouldn't matter. They misjudged. 
  Another Major problem is that Republicans have no policy agenda. Rather they are a party entirely built around personality branding. McCarthy doesn't care what does or doesn't get accomplished in the next Congress. He only cares that he gets to be Speaker. Likewise folks like MTG & Gaetz only care about booking podcast appearances and raising money. 
  When the fight is for fame and not policy no amount of compromise or concession is enough. >
  
  
  Rather they are a party entirely built around personality branding.
  
  Well stated. >
  
  Someone called them congressional kardashians >
  
  I prefer "legislative terrorists" >
  
  Yeah but do they legislate >
  
  When it comes to hurting women or minorities? You betcha! >
  
  But they didn’t legislate anything.  They let the Supreme Court overturn Roe.  Since they have tried to let the people decide like in KY and the people have shot down that BS and voted for choice. >
  
  Worry? The GOP hasn't been interested in governance in decades. We know exactly what we're going to get: phony investigations (and likely a phony impeachment as payback), government shutdowns, and lots of grandstanding about "illegals" while blocking all attempts at immigration reform. >
  
  And blocking all attempts at tax reform, healthcare reform, financial regulation, environmental regulation, etc….. >
  
  Why would they want to help their constituents? They’ll vote for them no matter what. 
  As the NRA lady so eloquently put it about Hershel Walker “ it doesn’t matter if he paid for a 1000 abortions he’s a Republican“(might be off a little but very close) >
  
  
  (might be off a little but very close)
  
  It was even more histrionic than that!
  "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate!" >
  
  American politics is beneath satire 🤣 >
  
  Republicans can't govern.  They haven't been able to for decades. >
  
  They had literally no platform during the last presidential election.  It’s not just that they can’t govern, they don’t even want to. >
  
  They literally copied and pasted their previous platform at the last convention and forgot to change the year. Not even joking. >
  
  They did change the year. But they forgot to change references to the “tyrannical Presidential regime” (about Obama) in the platform, so their 2020 platform ended up denouncing the Trump regime. >
  
  They also kept PR statehood even though the current party doesn't seem to support that at all. Really shows how far down the toilet they've gone even since the W years when their President at least pretended to try to speak Spanish. >
  
  I hated W as much as the next sane person, but I think he was actually fluent in Spanish IIRC. >
  
  Idk if he was fluent, at least proficient, but Jeb is definitely fluent >
  
  Jeb is, yes. His wife is also Mexican American. I think the Bushes were at least slightly sincere about trying to make the party more inclusive. >
  
  The Republican party under Bush wasn't sincere about being inclusive of Mexican Americans and Latinos in general. They were pragmatic about their demographics in service to maintaining their own power.
  The current batch of Republicans just are more racist than they are power hungry. It's why they're going full speed on fascism, voter suppression and gerrymandering. They want the power and don't care about being viewed as legitimate. >
  
  
  The current batch of Republicans just are more racist than they are power hungry. It's why they're going full speed on fascism, voter suppression and gerrymandering. They want the power and don't care about being viewed as legitimate. 
  
  I'm absolutely convinced that this is because of short sighted propaganda meant to manipulate people into voting for Republicans. The people vote for the reps they want and Faux News, Newsmax, et al, all took the race bait method. Add in the racism shared around social media between individuals of the same political colors and it's no surprise that the GOP becomes more extreme over time. The people are getting who they want to represent them and they happen to be among the worst of us... 
  All because some ultra wealthy people want to keep squeezing every penny/effort out of the population and prevent any taxation on themselves... >
  
  Anyone who has been paying attention knows republicans haven’t had any interest in governing for a very long time. During the Obama administration, McConnell made it clear that their only priority was sabotaging Obama so he wouldn’t be re-elected. After the Affordable Care Act was passed they talked for years about how they were going to repeal and replace it. They had years to come up with alternatives and came up with absolutely nothing. 
  When Trump became president, they had the majority in congress and they still couldn’t come up with a replacement plan and tried to repeal it anyway. Fortunately a small number of republicans with a sense of self preservation saw the problem with this and stopped the repeal. 
  With the presidency and congress under their control their only meaningful legislative accomplishment was giving a tax break to their wealthy donors. >
  
  Say what you will about McCain, but his unexpected thumbs down that day was both hilarious and relieving. >
  
  The elephant in the room is who McCarthy is choosing to make concessions to.
  He can make either make concessions to more conservative Democrats to try to get them on his side and maybe try to govern for all Americans, or he can give concessions to extreme Republicans who aren't interested in governing at all.  
  He has chosen to throw in with the election deniers and insurrectionists. >
  
  Don't forget, kevin is an election denier as well.. >
  
  That's something that has bothered me about all of this coverage. They act like McCarthy is just a good guy trying to get this job and now he's having to concede to the crazies in the party. 
  He is also a fucking crazy in the party. My wife asked me why they were voting against him and I realized I honestly don't know other than they just don't like him and I'm not sure why they don't like him. I know why I don't like him, but I don't like him for the same reasons I don't like any members of the GOP, so I assume my reasons for hating him aren't the same as the 20 republicans voting against him. >
  
  They are authoritarians.  The reason they don't vote for him is that voting for him doesn't increase their own position in the hierarchy.  But NOT voting for him shows their power over him, and so does, in a way. >
  
  This was the thing that did it? >
  
  As we should all be learning, there is no single tipping point. There are many tipping points.
  Each person is an individual who has a line that they consider the Point of No Return. For some, the inability to simply start the year. For others, it was racist remarks. For yet others, it was trying to overthrow the government.
  We all have different lines. >
  
  for me it was Trump mocking a disabled journalist
  That's the fearless leader >
  
  I will still never understand how that wasn't the end of it right there.  I've got a brother with several physical disabilities, and when I saw trump do that, I assumed that was the end of it.  No matter how cruel and immature his base was, they wouldn't tolerate that. >
  
  Howard Dean yelled loudly. I watched it live. Then I saw the headlines. I was totally confused on what they were talking about. How getting excited actually eliminated him as a candidate.
  USA is a bit fucked up with priorities though. You can watch a hundred people die on TV, but Janet Jackson flashed her nipple for 2 seconds and the religious folks acted like knowing nipples exist was somehow harming their children. >
  
  The thing about the Howard Dean "scream" is that they only had the direct audio from his mic isolated from the very loud, cheering crowd, so made it sound totally ridiculous out of context. Someone published a pretty biting paper about it going into the details. 
  So, yeah I agree it wasn't a good reason to tank a candidacy even as it appeared, but it was a completely overhyped "moment" in a campaign based on a mundane technical detail most voters wouldn't understand.
  It's crazy how just one little misunderstanding or disingenuous characterization like that can alter a presidential campaign, and at the end of the day, the history of US politics, and because of the fact the US is still a superpower, the history of the world.
  It also shows how much of a circus and  unnecessary drama the media likes to try to conjure up in presidential primaries - people think candidates often sound like robots, which they often do, but I can kind of see why with how vapid most voters and the media can be about what at the end of the day is just electing a person to represent your own beliefs on being governed. >
  
  To everyone that just started worrying about the GOP ability to govern over this, welcome! It's a shame you didn't realize in the 80s, or the 90s, or the early 2000s, or the early 2010s, but hey, better late then never. >
  
  The political media is either completely ignorant and incompetent OR it is actively aiding and abetting Republican fascism. >
  
  The second one. >
  
  Definitely the second one. >
  
  Hey!
  No reason it can’t be a little bit of both. >
  
  You are talking about a party in which 147 elected members voted not to certify the 2020 election. They and those who elected them have no credibility any more, so why would anyone expect them to govern? >
  
  
  147 members voted not to certify the election
  
  Including McCarthy himself >
  
  This isn't raising worries -- it's confirming our existing worries.
  Remember, McCarthy was pissed that McConnell went and did a budget deal weeks before the GOP was set to take over the House. Why did McConnell do that? 
  /waves arms to draw attention to current situation >
  
  Not pissed about the budget, pissed that he wouldn't have the opportunity to hold America hostage over the budget. >
  
  gotta wait for next year kids.
  this is like January 6th, but the terrorists got in there via legal means. >
  
  Which is funny because today is January 6 >
  
  I mean, there ain't exactly a disconnection between the republicans in that chamber and the republicans who were there 2 years ago with the terrorists. It's a very diminishing venn diagram. >
  
  There are two newly elected members who were in the crowd at the rally. >
  
  I wish the news media would get hip to the fact that this is literally all the GOP wants now.
  They are the party of purposeful inaction (progress is inherently progressive, after all) and show business. They have dominated the news cycle for a week+ and CSPAN has never had such ratings as they have had this week. It’s literally a perfect scenario for them.
  And once McCarthy inevitably gets the gavel they get to move on to the spectacle that will be Hunter Biden’s laptop. 
  This playbook has 2 pages and they are literally nailing every page >
  
  Let’s be frank Republicans have no concept of governance nor do they have any intent to govern. All that they intend to do is obstruct and score points to battle a non-existent opponent. This is the face and truth of the modern conservative movement - a cult of fraud, self promotion, grifting and scamming the public. >
  
  We are all Frank. >
  
  Frank Burns? >
  
  We are all Ferret Face on this blessed day. >
  
  it's going to be a real shit show >
  
  Part of me feels like this is performative at this point. The Sedition Caucus gets what they want: their names in the proverbial lights of social media; they Rs get to drive the narrative away from the anniversary of their attempt to overthrow the government of the United States, and McCarthy will concede, when the timing is right, to just about everything they all want so he doesn't have to move his shit out of the Speaker's office.
  Today, of all days, attention should be given to ONLY what these traitors enabled two years ago. Nothing more. >
  
  The one thing that keeps me from thinking this is all coordinated theater is how genuinely and desperately McCarthy has wanted this position. The 20 dissenters, sure they're doing this for fun. But the GOP as a whole, I don't buy it. No way Kevin would agree to put up with this many failed votes with the same exact results just to troll. >
  
  I feel like they all just got too used to voting No on everything that they just can't stop >
  
  Well if they don’t get this figured soon how are we going to get more pictures of Hunter Biden’s junk? >
  
  I know, right? They're thirsty af for that dickpic >
  
  It's become concerning the amount of times a 70 year old dude i know, posts pictures of Biden naked on his FB. Like daily doesn't cover it, and it sucks cuz dude was cool 10 years ago when we worked together on houses. >
  
  They will not willingly pass a single piece of legislation that solely helps poor, working, middle class or upper middle class Americans. None.  
  The majority of the tax cuts they will pass will mostly benefit the extremely wealthy with mere crumbs tossed to the masses.  
  The only time they might vote for something meaningful is when bills have to be reconciled after senate votes.  
  We’re fucking screwed. >
  
  As if January 6th didn’t already give us pause… >
  
  You mean that silly little fiasco that happened exactly two years ago, today? That nothingburger gathering of peaceful, like-minded patriots?
  Noooo. That’s just silly. Why would anyone be worried about a fascist group of wealthy politicians and the president himself supporting a bunch of degenerate morons wanting to murder our elected officials and overthrow democracy?
  Pssh. You’re making a big deal outta nothing.
  Edit: 1 year —> 2 years
  Save us Jeebus. >
  
  I’ve been worried about Republican gov since Sarah Palin made it big… >
  
  I've been worried since Eisenhower left office. >
  
  “Raises”. Republicans have been straight tearing the roof off the mutha for 7 years. Repubs have wasted zero time exposing who they are to the core since 2015. Let’s make sure this dose of consequence cures their illness please. I’d like to move back to the states. >
  
  
  Repubs have wasted zero time exposing who they are to the core since 2015
  
  This was apparent the day Obama won when Mitch McConnell stood on a stage and declared that the GOP was "The Party of NO"
  They have not been interested in doing anything but lining the pockets of the wealthy since then
  Its pretty sad when all your biggest "accomplishments" of the last 16y consist of enormous tax breaks and subsidies for the wealthiest people in the country 
  The entire party is holding the country back, they are "conserving" a garbage system that helps no one with a bank account with less than 7 figures in it and are uninterested in moving the country forward for the future >
  
  Agreed. my post originally included the recoil from Bush Jr to Obama but I edited it out to because you know concise. >
  
  Who wasn't worried before about this?
  You have to have been living under a rock for the last 20y if you were under the impression that Republicans were at all interested in Governing.
  All the GOP has done in the last 16y is obstruct. It's the reason the young and the middle are running away from them, they are "conserving" absolute garbage that doesn't help 90% of the country and the only "governing" they manage to do is pumping trillions of dollars into the military and corporations and wealthy peoples pockets
  Watching them fail at the most basic function of Government is delicious....so delicious that I might die from over consumption lol >
  
  The Republican party hasn’t been focused on real governance for years. They’ve only been focused on passing tax cuts for their donors when in power and tried to obstruct the Dems when their in the minority, that’s it. No real governance. Kind of hard to run a government like the one here in the US when one party doesn’t give a shit. >
  
  with the odds of physical violence ever increasing, I wish we would abstain from words like "Brawl" until there's actual hands thrown >
  
  U.S. House brawl just the latest in a long, long line of events to raise worries about Republican governance. >
  
  So far the only things I hear them talking about are investigating the FBI, investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop, impeaching Joe Biden, “securing the border,” investigating Fauci, and helping Putin’s soldiers murder and rape their way across Ukraine (by cutting military aid to our ally) because doing so would appear to own the libs. 
  Republicans are nobody’s friend.   If Republicans were an ice cream flavor, they’d be pralines and dick. >
  
  Governance?  The GOP (or what passes for it these days) doesn’t want to govern - they want to rule, and if they can’t rule they want to burn it all down. >
  
  Perhaps electing unqualified and uneducated idiots wasn't a bright idea. >
  
  
  "It's all about empowering us to stop the machine in this town from doing what it does," said Representative Chip Roy, a leading McCarthy opponent.  
  "I am open to whatever will give me the power to defend my constituents against this godforsaken city."
  
  Why are straight up self-proclaimed enemies of the United States like this allowed to sit in positions of authority?  If you're that convinced a "godforsaken city" is somehow attacking you, you should be under observation, not performing it. >
  
  Yeah. This is what raised my concerns. On the anniversary of January 6th I can certainly say that the recent speaker fight is what makes me worried at the prospects of the right in power. >
  
  Oh now you’re “worried”? It wasn’t the insurrection? It wasn’t the orange buffoon? Or heck even the WMDs? Now, now it’s time to worry?
  roll eyes >
  
  "Raises worry"?
  Is there anyone who honestly though they were going to do any governing?
  They'd try to refuse to raise the debt ceiling and hold endless investigations into why Nancy Pelosi didn't stop Antifa from trying to overthrow Biden's election and into why they weren't allowed to retweet pictures of Hunter Biden's penis.
  They admit they have no interest in governance. >
  
  While the Dems in the House are paying tribute to the injured and fallen from Jan 6, 2021 the House Republicans are beginning to seriously consider installing Donald Trump as speaker to close in on the finish line for the job two years later. >
  
  “Republican governance”
  That is the biggest oxymoron ever. >
  
  This is the kind of obstructionism they planned to use to undermine social spending and further insulate wealthy oligarchs by blocking budget bills piecemeal. Why passing the budget omnibus was important for the last Congress.
  Now threatening govt shut downs every 6-8 weeks will have to wait til next year. >
  
  Matt Gaetz nominated Trump yesterday. The sly grin when he sat down made me sick. This is a joke to them. Him and MTG sat and laughed about what he had done. >
  
  Yeah, they're worse than just vile people. They legitimately enjoy seeing government burn because the Right has been pushing this narrative that government is inexplicably bad no matter what for decades. 
  They're reaping what they've sown, but now we all get to fall with them. >
  
  Man I hopped right into these comments to see who got laid tf out 
  Disappointed >
  
  same >
  
  If I don't see a sword cane brandished soon, then Im gonna start doubting someone wants to win. >
  
  Because electing a game show host for president didn't raise any worries about republican governance? >
  
  This party deserves to go the way of the Whigs. >
  
  The Dems had two members that blocked a lot of legislation. The GOP has 20 they have to figure out if they want to get anything done. This term is going to force the party to work across the isle with more middle of the road legislation if they want to pass anything or go extremely right chasing the support of the 20. >
  
  It's 2023. If you still think republicans have a want or a desire to govern after Trump that's your hang up. >
  
  THIS is what’s finally raising worries about Republican governance?!  How about (checks notes) practically everything they’ve done over the past decade? >
  
  What a shit show.  The 20 clowns are holding the whole Congress hostage.  Need to vote those knuckleheads out.  When asked what they want, they respond with “Leadership”.  What that fuck do they mean by that?   So tired of the extreme right and extreme left.   Let’s get back to the peoples business. >
  
  I don’t like this headline very much. 
  Why, ‘brawl?’ There’s been no such behavior. 
  And I don’t think you could possibly increase the concern about Republican governance, not among anyone with a brain anyway. We all knew this was going to be a disaster. >
  
  Republican governance? Never heard of it. >
  
  Can we talk about the quality of photojournalism these days? They fired all the photographers and now everything’s shot with a phone camera and you can tell. That photo is a blurry mess.
  Now that that is off my chest… McCarthy is screwed here. He looks weak no matter what he does. He already looks weak, and if he capitulates to the MAGA 20 he’ll be even weaker and they’ll steamroll him every chance they get. If he gives up and they nominate someone else the MAGA 20 get exactly what they want again. It’s win / win for them. 
  Maybe they’ll get to voting so late in the night a bunch of the really old republicans go home and then Jeffries win by default. That’d be fun to see. >
  
  For the last 30 years, starting with Newt “divorce my wife who is suffering from cancer” Gingrich, they’ve had no interest in governing and have shifted to just scoring points against Dems. Maybe this is due to the unpopularity of their political positions and their shrinking voter base, but rather than move to the center to remain relevant they’ve embraced this lunacy.
  Tell them to vote for Hakeem if they want unity! >
  
  The Dems should back Chris Gibson, a Republican House member from NY.  He is considered more liberal than several democrats based on his voting record.
  Imagine how foolish the GOP will look when the dems pick their leader for them. >
  
  “Republican Governance” is a goddamn oxymoron. >
  
  After surfing on r/conservative for a while, I've learned that Republicans don't want to be "governed". They want to be "represented". They want the Federal government to do nothing and let the states do whatever they want without any interference. >
  
  They attempted a literal coup. This bickering actually lessens my worries a bit. I'm glad to see they can't get their shit together. >
  
  You know what else raises concerns over Republican governance. The last 7 decades >
  
  Republicans are so busy looting the country and making their rich friends happy with tax cuts, they don't have time to govern. They bullshit their way into power and then it's just a free for all as they give CEOs, fellow crooks, racists, fascists and family members high level government positions.  Steal classified documents, force the Secret Service to stay at resorts they own so they can pocket the tax payer money.
  And then once they get numerous and powerful enough they start attacking and eating eachother. 
  Absolutely useless political party that is an abject failure to the American people in every way >
  
  Believe me when I say this because I say it with utmost sincerity, 
  Uhh-Duh-doy. >
  
  What governance? >
  
  The best part in all this is none of these idiots are getting paid to be there until they elect a Speaker. >
  
  Just coming to this conclusion now? >
  
  If someone JUST figured this out, they clearly have had their head up their ass for a long time.  It has been known Republicans can't govern for a long time. >
  
  I’m sure they’ll pivot to being a real party any day now, just like Trump pivoted to being presidential after…wait… >
  
  Alternative governance. >
  
  Only now? >
  
  Are they using "brawl" incorrectly or was there actually a brawl? >
  
  Republican governance is an oxymoron. >
  
  Republicans don’t govern. They just slow progress and repeal as much as they can. >
  
  Really? After everything that’s happened since 2016, this raises concerns for Republican governance? >
  
  Sorry, but these questions were raised long ago. We already know they have no intent to actually govern, they're going to spend the next 2 years jerking themselves off over Hunter's laptop. >
  
  Amateurs, I’ve doubted Republican governance since I was old enough to pay attention to politics. >
  
  I have no more hope.  Our country is so irreversibly fucking stupid in spite of the average citizen having access to all of the accumulated knowledge of mankind in a device that fits in their fucking shirt pocket. >
  
  Republicans have no desire to govern. What we are seeing right now is a byproduct of a feature, not a bug, in their party. They only want to obstruct. They have no reasonable or realistic policy objectives. The only bills they pass are tax cuts, which they dress up as a benefit for working families, but they’re actually (mostly) tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
  Chaos is the point. Chaos and tax cuts. Expect at least two years of it. >
  
  Is THAT what raises worries over republican governance? >
  
  So wait, THIS is what finally raises worries?