Kevin McCarthy's Bid to Become House Speaker Fails for a Fourth Time: Live Updates
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McCarthy's Bid to Become House Speaker Fails for a Fourth Time: Live Updates
Full coverage of the House leadership vote.
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democrats should nominate cheney and kinzinger for speaker in the next round...
Good idea.... Nominate someone that was outed from congress and isn't even there anymore, and add a name later !
It can be done even tho they don't have seats any more. Speaker of the House does not have to be an elected official. (at least I don't think so)
I thought that child sex trafficker matt gaetz said he was going to nominate trump not long ago...
oh yeah, trump no longer has a place to stay in DC and he needs to steer clear of the DOJ...
And not a single charge, trial or conviction to back up that fiction.
But, Taxes, what was paid/Not paid in taxes .................... Most important of all !
TDS is a very, very real thing.
Shout out to the sea-hag Hillary for her creation .....
“TDS is a very, very real thing.”
And in some cases terminal, eh?
That turned out to be another flop for the Democrats didn't it. Opened the door for ALL politicians taxes to be released. Wonder how much Democrats will fight that.
It's very telling when you spam your own article with memes.
Fine by me. Anyone writing tax law should be transparent.
THAT FLOP .... Happened waaay back, when Lurch Madcow tried the Geraldo Rivera "Found the Al Capone Vault" antic with Trumps Taxes, and now the Jan. 6th committee is hanging that same hat on their failing "Mock Court" hook too.
Nothing like repeating Failed History ...... AGAIN !
Apparently, the "Left" spends waaaay too much time trying to "Create fake History" instead of "Learning" from "Real History" !
That's what happens when you are stupid.
who the fuck is Lurch Madcow?
ummmmm....errrrr....eeeeehhhhh......hmmmmm.....
Tell it to Kevin, he's brushing with insanity.
Nancy had to deal with "Her" insanity (the squad) for awhile. If Nancy can, Kevin can too.
I head on fox last night that at one time the Jordan voters came back with a list of about 30 separate demands.
These people are not serious about working with anybody.
They only want what they want.
After watching over the decades, as I'm sure you have ... the only thing that really brings "Congress" together.....is an actual "War" !
the gop civil war playing out now sure has brought the democrats together...
Were the Democrats apart before ?
So here's the difference between Nancy and Kevin, Nancy won all of her Speaker contests in the first round of voting and Kevin has lost 6 times in his first.
Yep.
Look no further than NT for proof of that.
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"Borg" always loves them some "Lefties" for sure.
"Assimilation" is easier that way !
Even when he gains the position, that position will be compromised by the radical fringe elements that somehow complicate our entire political, societal structure, and most frightening, threaten our personal rights.
Unbelievable as that sounds.
gee, you'd think the teabag trumpsters would want a fellow insurrectionist as speaker to protect them...
LOL, the non-compromising rule by minority faction has come back to bite the GOP in the ass, again...
But, But, I swear it is supposed to be called "Mega Maga's" to be in the NOW and the HIP (ask Brandon) !
"Teabag" is soooo passe' and soooo "Old snooze" these days.
Or is this about "Sex" again ?
Could be, what's your shoe size?
7
Chest is a bit smaller than C sized !
OshKosh B'gosh!
It's just like YOU KNOW !
Frequent Shopper ?
What happens when there's no speaker?
With any luck, they will spend all of the next ten years fighting over whose turn it is to hit the desk with the shiny hammer.
nothing. they can't even be sworn in to office.
So basically the same things the republicans would do if they did have a speaker.
republicans have inadvertently stumbled into a new way of obstructing congress. genius. /s
Considering all they have planned is investigations anyway...
We will have them just yell and scream for the next two years, so business as usual for them.
I predict there will be several bills with poison pills attached thrown up that would have no way of passing so they can blame the other side, to make people think they are actually doing something...
Sounds very familiar.....
Starting during the Obama years.
sop/gop...
Their typical MO, do nothing, blame the Dems., wash, rinse, repeat . . . endlessly . . .
I read an article last night that said all but one of the people voting for Jordan are the election deniers.
shocking.
All the democrats voted for an election denier?
name those democrats that voted for jordan. here. now.
look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris? - frank zappa
All of them. You don't think Jeffries is an election denier or did you forget that little fact he is part of the Democrats version of the "Big Lie" that spawned 6 years of unfounded investigations?
Sticking up for trump is so last year...
where exactly am I defending him?
Was a joke man...
But election denial is okay when a Republican wins.....
And there lies the hypocrisy.
try to join the current decade.
So 6.2.8 IS correct. Maybe if you come out of your TDS coma you can take a look at the reality of TODAY.
Meh, elect Lauren Boebert, she's smart enough to be an idiot and you know she's goin' to be packin' Roscoe to keep y'all in line.
I saw an interview with her last night.
The best I can say is she is several crayons short of a full box.
a prominent member of the trumpster brain trust. I've interacted with her several times many years ago when she was running the mc d's drive up window in rifle colorado. getting implants and her teeth fixed sure did elevate her standing in that part of the colorado republican party. hopefully she can get her old job back, since she was supposed to win by 8-13 points in her district and the vote went to automatic recount because the final tally was within 0.5%. she won her heavily republican district by only 564 votes and she's probably lost those voters this week, if she thinking there's going to be a next time in 2024.
I'm sure she has a firm grip on what's most important to her in DC...
Just more proof the gop is incapable of governing!
Refreshing to see some Repubs in the House not walking in lockstep and speaking up to their party instead of walking in lockstep like the Dems did with Pelosi.
“Refreshing to see…”
…said 1923…
The Dems should nominate a moderate Repub, maybe someone not currently sitting in the House and hope to peel of 18 or more Repubs that won in Biden districts. It would be fun tomwatch the Freedom Caucus reaction to that.
fuck that noise. all democrats have to do is sit back and wait for the insurrectionist faction to burn the GOP down to the ground when they don't get their way. some are already trying to get their demigod to intervene by telling mc carthy to step aside. trump would probably like for the special prosecutor to have some simpler legal distractions before starting his pending judicial roadtrip.
No, Democrats needn't do boo squat except watch McCarthy and the gop self mutilate...
Democrats don't need advice from RWNJs!
Boo squat? Party first, not nation.
Boo Squat ..... Diddly Squats gay little brother.
Kevin McCarthy lives with a man in DC and when you see them out together you realize it is more than a friendship. I always thought Lindsey Graham was the one but Kevin is queen, he must have quite the arrangement with his wife.
This is the issue the hypocrites have with Kevin.
i believe he moved into Luntz's condo while they were doing something to the capitol building and he couldn't stay there. He usually stays on the couch in his office or gets a motel room according to what I have read.
hunched over the ottoman in trump's private residence at mar-a-lardo...
Don't be silly. He'd have to get up off his knees before he could hunch over an ottoman.
As opposed to TDS afflicted men getting DP’d daily by Hillary and Susan Rice. Little bitches, one and all .....
The GOVERNMENT "DRAMA".... is .... GREAT ......... IMHO ...... for us regular folks living day to day anyway. Congress makes no new costly "Rules/Laws" until it's settled.
Don't settle this issue too soon..... Please ?
The Mighty Casey only got three swings and now Kevin Wannabe McCarthy gets four and still can't get a hit.
Republicans squandered a golden opportunity and shot themselves in the foot by letting the fringe be seen as the face of the party. This time they are going for the head shot.
I've got a leftover carton of .22 LR hollow points to donate...
John ..... John Hinckley Jr. ?
Is that you ?
Sorry but I don't feel bad at all for them. They invited in and welcome donald and his faction. Now they are paying a little bit of a price.
They get what they deserve, just like when eventually there is pushback on some far left wingnuts when they hijack the dem party.
Why do the extremists always have the loudest voices around...
Blame the Media for that !
I guess the days of speak softly and carry a big stick are over...
Now it is yell and scream and strap on a piece...
Partially because the media likes controversy and partially because the vast majority of the country let them
Yell and scream for sure !
Only "Legals" are "allowed" to actually "Strap on a Piece", and it's not for intimidation purposes !
99.99% of folks in this country don't even know who actually has "A Piece" strapped on their person.
My Armani hides one very well.
Eh, I feel sorry for people so scared of any shadow that they feel they must carry at all times.
It's very light weight !
No struggle at all.
Advertisers like it even more, just ask Pillowman.
So I guess God is out of the equation...You know, that God will take care of one and all.
No trust there....
I only carry in red states.
Oh ... God is there.
Sometimes some "Crappy shit" folks have this "Need" to find God quicker than most.
Their Choice, at their own "human existence" peril though !
Some are willing to "Give them" that "Gift" if they choose to mess with that "Gift Giver" the "Wrong" way !
geezus must have had a good reason not to make them bullet proof.
For some reason I am reminded of the man that shoved his pistol in his waistband and shot himself....
So God is slow on the draw aye....
Don't know !
plenty of hilarious youtube videos with similar themes available...
macho gun guys... >boom<... somebody call 911!!! LOL
my favorite is the guy that hands an 8 year old girl a machine gun... and then leaves the range in a ziplock bag. oops.
John ..... Again ?
Yea, cause that has worked out so well for him.
The left always walks in lockstep, unable to think for themselves.
what an ironic comment.
Irony really bothers some.
‘With six you get egg roll.’
’seven come eleven’
‘Eight is Enough.”
’Nine, nine, nine, nine, Nein!!!!”
I decided to watch some cable last night and see what fox was saying.
Sorry but Hannity is just terrible these days. I couldn't stand listening to him. He whistles all his s's and it is very irritating.
Anyway, they were talking about if enough people get tired of it and walk out of the proceedings, it would lower the threshold needed for a win. Or something like that.
Maybe that is the plan. Have enough people walk out of the chamber, they can get their votes...