Nope. The vote was yes/no on vacate.
Gym's problem is he doesn't have the connections Kevin McCarthy did to financings. Those threats are empty unless he actually becomes Speaker. Gym isn't smart enough to understand how this works evidently.
You mean Kevin's ability to raise huge amounts of money? Rs really shot themselves in their leopard faces with that one.
Notice how the host says "we" at the end while talking about the Jordan camp.
Bingo, noticed that too. Says everything.
Right now, at this second, if I were laying betting odds on the next speaker it would be Kevin as the favorite. Gaetz will say it was a healthy process in reevaluating leadership.
Lawler is whistling in the wind. There is no "compromise within the conference" that will allow them to govern. Period. They have a group of individuals who aren't the least bit interested in governing. The GOP is either willing to reach across the aisle - which necessitates kicking the wingnuts to the curb - to establish a governing (and governable) bipartisan group or it isn't.
The problem is that doesn't solve their problem. Gaetz and Co. will still insist on legislation that has no prayer in the Senate. And as soon as whoever-is-Speaker brings bipartisan, negotiated legislation to the floor that excludes their wingnut demands, we go through this whole circus again.
I don't think they are all fascists but I do think they are all some combination of cowards or idiots. I mean come on, they let Donald freaking Trump take over their party like a mafia boss. And they are terrified of him and his cult. You do see that, right?
And this is my main contention with the MAGA wingnuts. They literally have no clue how government works. They don't understand that they have no leverage. They are basically toddlers in the political world with insults and temper tantrums being their only recourse.
Agree with that...
I mean it could lead to some serious issues. Especially if they continue to believe that every time they lose an election, it was rigged by the other side. I mean several members of Congress truly believe that Trump won in 2020. They literally attempted to stop an election and were somewhat close.
100% of them have voted to keep the house without a Speaker.
Can you imagine what it would have been like on January 6th if someone like Jordan or Gaetz were the speaker. I'm not sure if they would have ever gotten the votes certified. Something like that would be the end of democracy as we know it.
It is tiresome. Here's hoping they can reform the party!
Not really, 210 voted to keep McCarthy. 8 of them and 208 D's voted to toss him.
Listen I hope you are right and we are over reacting, but I bet 3 years ago you wouldn't have thought a bunch of Trump supporters would take over the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of votes.
Yep, really. 100% didn’t vote for Jeffries the last two days.
What do you think happened that day? Tour group gone wild!
That'd be really bad no doubt...doesn't look like that will happen thankfully. Most of the R caucus hate Gaetz more than the Dems at this point.
