It's time again for Guess the Speaker!
"We? So, it's clearly a Republican House member."I’m angry about it. You know why? They’re making the Republicans look ridiculous. First of all, I like Kevin McCarthy, OK? Why wasn’t this done ahead of time? Why are we doing this in front of the public? We look like a bunch of fools, OK?
Nope. It's FOX News.
Congrats Kev, you've bested the second place record for 'number of voting sessions needed to secure a house speaker' and are still going strong.
If you last until March, you can beat the National Record
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"The customer is always right" is a nice way of saying "I will put up with your bullshit as long as you pay me"
It amazes me that the Republicans take credit for things they voted against while blaming Democrats for things they did.
It is a pure abusive relationship with them. "It is your fault you didn't stop me from screwing over my constituents." And the bigger problem is people BELIEVE THEM. They outright lie about things, that are so easily verified.
And it isn't all Republicans that do this, some still have basic respect; but that number is shrinking and so many stay silent. The fact that they got people to believe Liz Cheney of all people was a RINO is insane.
Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion I gain strength. Through strength I gain power.
Through power I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken. The Force shall set me free.
–The Sith Code
Is #12 the one. We're about to find out soon, but it's not looking great as there's already 2 GOP defections.
Bye ... don't come back!
McCarthy staff is advising members to walk off the floor while Matt Gaetz is nominating Jim Jordan. A number of members walked out.
I dont get this maneuver, but I'll take it. Maybe they should just stay gone and hand Jeffries the win lmao.
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https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/s...45699868557338
GOP staffer sent me this to highlight how drawn out speakership race is impacting offices: “The response we got when we tried to contact the IRS on behalf of one of our constituents. Not sure people realize the non-political ramifications this has on our ability to help folks.”
Reminder that there's a lot of like, "normal shit" that still can't get done because there is no House of Representatives.
Republicans are a joke. Also, lots of great civics lessons for Very Smart People in the replies.
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Man, don't Republicans complain about performative politics and shit? Because this sounds like performative politics.
Annndddd that's 5 Republicans not for McCarthy. Unless my math is off, he loses again.
https://www.businessinsider.com/janu...oration-2023-1
In which, unsurprisingly, all but one House Republican misses a bipartisan ceremony that was scheduled for this morning to commemorate the officers who died or suffered injuries defending the Capitol building last year.On Friday morning, lawmakers gathered on the East front steps of the US Capitol to honor the police officers who died or were injured during the Capitol riot two years ago to the day.
Just one Republican appeared to show up to the ceremony: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
"I wanted to be here," Fitzpatrick told Insider after the ceremony, saying he didn't know if he was the only member of his party on the steps. All members-elect were invited.
The 10 am ceremony seemed to overlap with a scheduled 10:15 am conference call for Republicans to discuss the latest round of negotiations in Republican leader Kevin McCarthy's quest to become speaker of the House. However, the ceremony had largely concluded by 10:18am.
Ehhhh
People that accuse-the-Libruls-of-preformative-bullshit. It's like 50/50.
HArd to tell the difference. They both grew up in suburban households were the TV was set to FOX News.
- GEneric right-wing hack
- Cosplay socialists
Their lives are a bit of a disapointment, because they couldnt replicate the suburban success of their parents. They default to blaming Dems for these disapointments, because they went through puberty watching Alan Combs.
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Congressional reps also can't renew their security clearances. So, they can't attend meetings which require security clearance.
It's a total mess right now. House Armed Services Committee and House Homeland Security Committee currently can't receive briefings that require security clearance.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c50499...ndale-trolling
Rofl, Republicans are just trolling each other now.
Truly, they're showing that they're an organized party capable of compromise and governance as we enter the fourth and final day of the first week of the year without a Speaker and no House of Representatives.
I'm kinda surprised they haven't tried shifting blame to democrats for not voting for mcarthy or non-voting, saying the deadlock is all their fault.
That is after all, their usual playbook.