the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion

[Js1 85,277]

 

[Lurch 5,922]

Watch them start floating Trump

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17 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

This.  For all his faults.  He raised corporate dark money better than anybody in DC besides McConnell. 

 

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1 hour ago, Captainant said:

literally a fucking mystery box - and it could be ANYONE, not just a member of congress that could be named. Here there be fucking dragons

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2 minutes ago, 'stache said:

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Just got home from work. Did I miss anything today?

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4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

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1 minute ago, Bookman said:

Just got home from work. Did I miss anything today?

45 got a ball gag. 

Kev got fired

And Uncle Joe got us some cheap drugs

Not a lot.

[The Dog 44,019]

8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

IMHO this is the real reason Trump has staying power. GOP is nothing but a bunch of milquetoast empty suits. 

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['stache 21,797]

Does Gaetz have a strategy at all other than prevent a vote on Ukraine aid? He not gonna get an MTG elected.

Edited October 3, 2023 by 'stache

[Radical Larry 28,560]

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12,301]

Eagerly awaiting reports of physical violence from the GOP closed door meeting tonight to decide a path forward.

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1 minute ago, The Dog said:

IMHO this is the real reason Trump has staying power. GOP is nothing but a bunch of milquetoast empty suits. 

Good sir, I believe the term is "milktoast."

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Just now, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Eagerly awaiting reports of physical violence from the GOP closed door meeting tonight to decide a path forward.

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13 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

McCarthy could only get back if he gave even more concessions to Gaetz

Does he have a third testicle we don’t know about?

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,392]

Trying to get my mind around this.  Congressional Republicans worked together with Democrats to oust McCarthy after those same Republicans accused McCarthy of ... working with Democrats? 
 

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36 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Paul Begala rocking with the Longhorn sticker on his laptop. Cool. 

He's been rocking it for years

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1 minute ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Trying to get my mind around this.  Congressional Republicans worked together with Democrats to oust McCarthy after those same Republicans accused McCarthy of ... working with Democrats? 
 

Where do you get that anyone worked with Democrats? McCarthy is a lying piece of shit, why would Democrats vote any other way? 

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4 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Does Gaetz have a strategy at all other than prevent a vote on Ukraine aid? He so y gonna get an MTG elected.

Gaetz, Greene and Boebert are the Moe, Larry and Curly Joe of the legislature.

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2 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Trying to get my mind around this.  Congressional Republicans worked together with Democrats to oust McCarthy after those same Republicans accused McCarthy of ... working with Democrats? 
 

Correct.

The whole time I was watching that vote I was wondering what Gaetz was thinking as every Democrat in the House voted for his resolution.

We're in a simulation. There is simply no other plausible explanation.

[Js1 85,277]

3 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Trying to get my mind around this.  Congressional Republicans worked together with Democrats to oust McCarthy after those same Republicans accused McCarthy of ... working with Democrats? 
 

I wouldn’t say Gaetz worked with the Dems. This was his decision. Dems decided to kill McCarthy when he opted not to ask for their help.  Wouldn’t even say the enemy of my enemy is my friend. More like Dems saw a chance to give a kill shot to someone they hate 

In fact, he was probably hoping the Dems would bail out his decision and save Kevin. Now they took out Kevin and alienated Gaetz from the caucus 

Edited October 3, 2023 by Js1

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3 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Where do you get that anyone worked with Democrats? McCarthy is a lying piece of shit, why would Democrats vote any other way? 

 

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This is what gerrymandering gets you. 

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2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I wouldn’t say Gaetz worked with the Dems. This was his decision. Dems decided to kill McCarthy when he opted not to ask for their help.  Wouldn’t even say the enemy of my enemy is my friend. More like Dems saw a chance to give a kill shot to someone they hate 

In fact, he was probably hoping the Dems would bail out his decision and save Kevin. Now they took out Kevin and alienated Gaetz from the caucus 

He offered them nothing at all. They were his hope to save his own ass and maybe keep his party mildly functional and he told them this:

 

 

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This shitshow may be the official start of free agency for representatives in the US Congress.

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

If Santos showed up dressed like that, I'd fight anybody that wanted him kicked out of Congress.

Y'all need to give Matt a break on this suit. He clearly spent the previous night at Nestor's and had to borrow clothes the next morning because they decided on a round 2 before heading out instead of going home to shower and change.

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15 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Eagerly awaiting reports of physical violence from the GOP closed door meeting tonight to decide a path forward.

13 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Trying to get my mind around this.  Congressional Republicans worked together with Democrats to oust McCarthy after those same Republicans accused McCarthy of ... working with Democrats? 

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I wouldn’t say Gaetz worked with the Dems. This was his decision. Dems decided to kill McCarthy when he opted not to ask for their help.  Wouldn’t even say the enemy of my enemy is my friend. More like Dems saw a chance to give a kill shot to someone they hate 

In fact, he was probably hoping the Dems would bail out his decision and save Kevin. Now they took out Kevin and alienated Gaetz from the caucus 

The Republicans have shown a tremendous amount of ignorance and incompetence over the would-be government shutdown and over the Speaker fight.  A staggering amount of incompetence, because the ringleaders (Gaetz, etc.) were on social media and giving interviews and proudly proclaiming that Republicans were the reason we were headed for a shutdown and Republicans were the reason why McCarthy was going to be booted out.

If you are going to fuck around, at least have some plausible deniability lined up.  Don't publicly tell everybody that you are going to fuck things up.

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Haven’t kept up with all the posts today. Have any of our resident MAGATS blamed the democrats yet?

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2 minutes ago, TexEx15 said:

Haven’t kept up with all the posts today. Have any of our resident MAGATS blamed the democrats yet?

Do we have resident MAGATS?  I feel like there’s just a one or two with 20 different handles.  

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3 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Do we have resident MAGATS?  I feel like there’s just a one or two with 20 different handles.  

And a bunch of Gary Johnson voters. 

[Lurch 5,922]

Haven’t kept up with all the posts today. Have any of our resident MAGATS blamed the democrats yet?

The Daily Beast won that race

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1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Remember this?
 

In a 2016 conversation with fellow members of House leadership, the majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, suggested that Donald Trump was on Vladimir Putin’s payroll.

In an exchange first reported by the Washington Post, McCarthy said: “There’s …there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter] … swear to God.”

According to the transcript, speaker Paul Ryan immediately responded: “This is an off-the-record … [laughter] … NO LEAKS … [laughter] … alright?!

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7 minutes ago, Lurch said:

The Daily Beast won that race

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4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

Let the clown show begin!

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3 minutes ago, Satchel said:

Remember this?
 

In a 2016 conversation with fellow members of House leadership, the majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, suggested that Donald Trump was on Vladimir Putin’s payroll.

In an exchange first reported by the Washington Post, McCarthy said: “There’s …there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter] … swear to God.”

According to the transcript, speaker Paul Ryan immediately responded: “This is an off-the-record … [laughter] … NO LEAKS … [laughter] … alright?!

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9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

 

Next man up

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45 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Does Gaetz have a strategy at all other than prevent a vote on Ukraine aid? He not gonna get an MTG elected.

He blames McCarthy for his ethics investigation and he’s out for blood. Gaetz is a vengeful little imp.

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3 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

Next man up

Did that woman just make a catch for a first down?

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2 hours ago, The Dog said:

that's meme worthy

 

[atomheartbevo 89,628]

Trump: Hey Matt, I need a distraction from my hearing today.

Gaetz: Say no more!

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10 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

Next man up

I salute our new Nephilim overlords.

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25 minutes ago, Lurch said:

The Daily Beast won that race

Morons

[Js1 85,277]

A WEEK??

So far the GOP has come up with Scalise (from Emmer), Gym Jordan (from Massie) and….. Trump (from Texas’ own Nehls)

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McCarthy had the shortest Speakership since Michael C. Kerr (December 1875-August 1876). He died of tuberculosis. 

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25 minutes ago, Satchel said:

Remember this?
 

In a 2016 conversation with fellow members of House leadership, the majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, suggested that Donald Trump was on Vladimir Putin’s payroll.

In an exchange first reported by the Washington Post, McCarthy said: “There’s …there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter] … swear to God.”

According to the transcript, speaker Paul Ryan immediately responded: “This is an off-the-record … [laughter] … NO LEAKS … [laughter] … alright?!

Damn right I remember that shit.

But, thanks for that call back