the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion

[henrygandorf 29,194]

i know this has been discussed on a couple of threads, so not sure if they can be merged here, but this needs its own thread.

 

first vote starting soon.  for those unaware of how this whole mess works...

 

[Homercles 10,206]

Santos trying to vote

[henrygandorf 29,194]

[henrygandorf 29,194]

aguilar bringing the heat.

[Pancho 44,935]

[Beau Vine 54,346]

[henrygandorf 29,194]

biggs votes for biggs.

bishop votes for biggs.

boebert votes for jordan.

the math might get interesting if people start voting "present".  none of that so far.  6 non-mccarthy votes will mean at least one more round.

someone voted for banks? while i was typing.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,521]

Boebert votes for Jordan, which seems like a 4D chess move since Biggs was the symbolic alternative

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

Another for Jordan

[TheStoicPaisano 9,923]

 Kevin, Kevin, bo-bevin
Banana-fana fo-fevin 
Fee-fi-mo-mevin 
Kevin!

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

Another for Biggs

[Pato del Muerto 52,555]

Joe bob briggs?

[henrygandorf 29,194]

mccarthy is a complete piece of shit and there are a number of reasons i don't want him to be speaker, but the top of the list is that he just wants it so badly.

[PhillyD 1,257]

The woman counting the votes acts like she drew the short straw in having to count this.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

Going to go to second vote

[Beau Vine 54,346]

1 minute ago, PhillyD said:

The woman counting the votes acts like she drew the short straw in having to count this.

Well, it looks like she did.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,469]

So the choices are big 'ol liar # 1, fantastic liar # 2, sexual predator#1 and seditionist? 

What a glorious time to be alive.

[henrygandorf 29,194]

gaetz votes for biggs.

mtg coming up.  if she votes for mccarthy, her deal is made.  

[Aqua Buddha 14,600]

6 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

mccarthy is a complete piece of shit and there are a number of reasons i don't want him to be speaker, but the top of the list is that he just wants it so badly.

They brought this up on one of the Sunday shows.  Said that at the end of the day, no one really like McCarthy on either side.

[hobbes2702 13,052]

So this is officially going to go to second ballot unless there are vote changes before the gavel. He’s already lost 9 votes

[henrygandorf 29,194]

1 minute ago, Aqua Buddha said:

They brought this up on one of the Sunday shows.  Said that at the end of the day, no one really like McCarthy on either side.

he's the tracy flick of the house.

[cactusflinthead 27,601]

 

[PhillyD 1,257]

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Well, it looks like she did.

The American people did.

[TexasHooch 5,122]

 

[Dbeasy 15,078]

I’m so conflicted because I don’t know what I should be hoping for, other than republican defections to Jefferies, which won’t happen. 

[Beau Vine 54,346]

Do the newly-elected reps get to vote on this even though they're not yet officially seated?

Also, the Republicans can elect Jeffries, and then turn around tomorrow and demand a new vote?  Do I have that correct?

[Bozo_Casanova 26,521]

4 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Do the newly-elected reps get to vote on this even though they're not yet officially seated?

Also, the Republicans can elect Jeffries, and then turn around tomorrow and demand a new vote?  Do I have that correct?

- Yes
- Sort of, but it would be difficult to actually pull it off procedurally. The speaker’s gavel has real power. 

[Beau Vine 54,346]

So McCarthy has already promised to seat Santos if elected, huh? 

[Pancho 44,935]

 

[Incredulity 11,681]

Really gives some perspective to the wailing and teeth gnashing about D failures that goes on around here.

[The Dog 44,085]

 

[henrygandorf 29,194]

they better get this shit done.  hunter biden's not going to investigate himself.

[elfenix 34,331]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

they better get this shit done.  hunter biden's not going to investigate himself.

what more is there to investigate, he's already bared all for the world to see

[Pato del Muerto 52,555]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

they better get this shit done.  hunter biden's not going to investigate himself.

Though he certainly has the equipment to do so if he wished. 

[Beau Vine 54,346]

Every one of these votes after Biggs/Other got to 5 are purely masturbatory,  right?

[Pig Bellmont 8,719]

So they'll just keep voting until the GOP defectors get in line, right?

[Beau Vine 54,346]

I am very disappointed that no one has voted for Mike Lindell.

[Pato del Muerto 52,555]

Just now, Beau Vine said:

I am very disappointed that no one has voted for Mike Lindell.

Nor TFG 

[TheStoicPaisano 9,923]

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Every one of these votes after Biggs/Other got to 5 are purely masturbatory,  right?

So you know Chip will participate.

 

[henrygandorf 29,194]

i never would've envisioned a party with zero platform, no real policy positions, and an aimless political directional strategy would have this much trouble uniting behind a speaker candidate.

[henrygandorf 29,194]

2 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

So they'll just keep voting until the GOP defectors get in line, right?

or they'll continue to vote against mccarthy until he steps down.  that's why there's some heat behind scalise, who many see as the compromise candidate.

it could go on for weeks and the house can literally do nothing else until this is decided.

root for the shitshow, people.  it will be a blue fucking wipeout in 2024.

[Beau Vine 54,346]

212 Jeffries

203 McCarthy

10 Biggs

9  Other

Final, round 1!

[Gengs1 2,583]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

or they'll continue to vote against mccarthy until he steps down.  that's why there's some heat behind scalise, who many see as the compromise candidate.

it could go on for weeks and the house can literally do nothing else until this is decided.

root for the shitshow, people.  it will be a blue fucking wipeout in 2024.

There should be a rule, old speaker is in charge until new speaker is selected 

[Gatorubet 30,284]

McCarthy spent his time coddling instead of clamping down the nut-Job side of his party. So after supporting the Jaguars Ate My Face Party he is stunned that the Jaguars are eating his face.

[henrygandorf 29,194]

cnn just now, "when asked what conditions they would want in a deal, they want for mccarthy to not be speaker."

that sounds like a big ask.

[The Dog 44,085]

 

[henrygandorf 29,194]

9 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i never would've envisioned a party with zero platform, no real policy positions, and an aimless political directional strategy would have this much trouble uniting behind a speaker candidate.

actually, i need to amend this.  they are the "no" party.  they are the party of obstruction.  it's much easier to do this from the minority, so i understand why there's so much confusion here.

this is right on-brand.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

Reporting that Jim Jordan is whipping votes on the floor for himself. Yuck

[Huckleberry 33,061]

7 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

212 Jeffries

203 McCarthy

10 Biggs

9  Other

Final, round 1!

Missing a vote? 

[henrygandorf 29,194]

there's only 434 right now.  death in va or something i heard?

that's why he could only lose 4 votes.  he lost 19.  lol.