Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?
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John Boehner received a vote in this last tally. Lol. That’s a great ‘fuck you’ to Jordan, recall Boehner once called Jordan a ‘legislative terrorist’.
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Interesting piece about how limping along with McHenry might work, written by a former staffer to Speaker Boehner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/opinion/patrick-mchenry-interim-speaker-powers.html
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I ain't skeered...
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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The pro tempore guy Rep. McHenry is threatening to quit if the House GOP pressures him to move legislation without explicitly voting to expand the pro tempore's powers.
I don't blame him. It would be chicken shit of the House GOP if they force the pro tempore to move legislation without having the courage to vote to give the pro tempore that power.
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Jim Jordan gets the axe from his caucus.
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There wasn’t even another name considered. Literally a majority of the conference just voted for him to drop out of the race.
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Best comment:
GOP Moderates to Jordan: Who's the squish now???
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LOL
Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,
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At this point, every outcome is as likely as any other,” former Rep. Peter Meijer, a Michigan Republican who’s considering a Senate bid, told The Dispatch on Friday. “Might as well just start throwing a 222-sided die and keep holding votes round and round until January 3, 2025.”
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@taiwan_girl said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
LOL
Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,
If that guy's the most popular Republican, imagine how hated the rest of them must be.
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@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
I ain't skeered...
Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.
What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?
DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
I ain't skeered...
Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.
What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?
Machts nix.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Wow. What’s the resolution he’s asking them about?
DON’T let them eat cake.
- RFK Jr
