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    There’s a lot of doubt that Kevin McCarthy will be able to get enough votes to become Speaker. It certainly won’t happen on the first ballot. Already Boboert and MTG are publicly at odds over it.

    Maybe this is worth it’s own thread to watch. One person mentioned is Scalise.

     
    Well, maybe he isn’t resigning? And people say Ds can’t keep their message straight, lol.

     
    MT15 said:
    We all knew this was true. Trump doesn’t give a single crap about anything but his own interests.

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    Joe needs to put that in a commercial! Sure, it won't sway many R's, but Independents need to understand that in trump's mind America First means ME and ME ALWAYS!!!!!!!
     
    Some indications what McCarthy was trying to do by putting through a CR without Ukraine funding - he thought the Dems would reject it and then he could blame the government shutdown on the Dems.

    he got what he deserved.

     
    Jim Jordan is a terrible human who hangs with other terrible humans

     
    MT15 said:
    Some indications what McCarthy was trying to do by putting through a CR without Ukraine funding - he thought the Dems would reject it and then he could blame the government shutdown on the Dems.

    he got what he deserved.

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    Institutionalist. Very strong supporters of it. Christ this puts that face the nation interview into perspective. More should laugh in these "respectable" republicans to their face.
     
    MT15 said:
    Some indications what McCarthy was trying to do by putting through a CR without Ukraine funding - he thought the Dems would reject it and then he could blame the government shutdown on the Dems.

    he got what he deserved.
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    If that's true, he definitely deserved it.

    Considering McConnell's announcement to his caucus to not support the Senate bill he helped craft in favor of the House's CR bill, either McConnell underestimated the House Dems as well or he set McCarthy up to fall on his sword.
     
    Article from Hakeem Jeffries
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    In recent days, Democrats have tried to show our colleagues in the Republican majority a way out of the dysfunction and rancor they have allowed to engulf the House. That path to a better place is still there for the taking.

    Over the past several weeks, when it appeared likely that a motion to vacate the office of speaker was forthcoming, House Democrats repeatedly raised the issue of entering into a bipartisan governing coalition with our Republican counterparts, publicly as well as privately.

    It was my sincere hope that House Democrats and more traditional Republicans would be able to reach an enlightened arrangement to end the chaos in the House, allowing us to work together to make life better for everyday Americans while protecting national security.


    Regrettably, at every turn, House Republicans have categorically rejected making changes to the rules designed to accomplish two objectives: encourage bipartisan governance and undermine the ability of extremists to hold Congress hostage. Indeed, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) publicly declared more than five hours before the motion to vacate was brought up for a vote that he would not work with House Democrats as a bipartisan coalition partner.

    That declaration mirrored the posture taken by House Republicans in the weeks leading up to the motion-to-vacate vote. It also ended the possibility of changing the House rules to facilitate a bipartisan governance structure.

    Things further deteriorated from there. Less than two hours after the speakership was vacated upon a motion brought by a member of the GOP conference, House Republicans ordered Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and former majority leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) to “vacate” their hideaway offices in the Capitol.

    The decision to strip Speaker Emerita Pelosi and Leader Hoyer of office space was petty, partisan and petulant.


    House Republicans have lashed out at historic public servants and tried to shift blame for the failed Republican strategy of appeasement. But what if they pursued a different path and confronted the extremism that has spread unchecked on the Republican side of the aisle?

    When that step has been taken in good faith, we can proceed together to reform the rules of the House in a manner that permits us to govern in a pragmatic fashion……..

     
    GrandAdmiral said:
    If that's true, he definitely deserved it.

    Considering McConnell's announcement to his caucus to not support the Senate bill he helped craft in favor of the House's CR bill, either McConnell underestimated the House Dems as well or he set McCarthy up to fall on his sword.
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    True. Maybe he’s slipping….
     

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