U.S. Politics January 2023: Kevin McCarthy's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life

Omar's face otm

major maya rudolph face

In news that will surprise no one, disgusting human being Matt Schlapp credibly accused of groping male staff member:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-staffer-matt-schlapp-groped-my-crotch?ref=scroll

Name makes for a very unfortunate URL

I have found that a bunch of right wing choads like Schlapp and Flynn live in Old Town Alexandria, uncomfortably close to me. Remind me not to go to a bar alone.

Old Town Choad

schlapp your mammy

lol PK

dunno if this has been mentioned yet but a fun little fact is that since congress doesn’t technically exist right now all the usual rules about what you can take photos or videos of aren’t in force so we’re getting to see way more of these candid moments than we usually do

A friend of ours, gay, now deceased, once discussed with us privately, with evidence, how CPAC is more queer than the fall of Rome.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) August 5, 2022

I'm pretty sure I have seen Flynn twice in my hood: once at a fourth-grade school play (grandson maybe?), and once on the bike trail.

I should clarify I live in a neighboring jurisdiction and that’s still too close for me.

@dick_nixon
A friend of ours, gay, now deceased, once discussed with us privately, with evidence, how CPAC is more queer than the fall of Rome.

A friend of ours, gay, now deceased,

george santos?

Who was yelling over Gaetz?

Who wasn't?

Sisyphus

Sounds like something a friend of ours who meets that description might have said (xp to crüt)

Although I don't know where he would have got the evidence.

didn't feel a thing

Did he show his syphilis test results?

"inconclusive"

BRECHEEN flips and goes for MCCARTHY

Two flips on this vote.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 6, 2023

lol Jim Jordan's getting votes again?

4 have flipped to McCarthy now

OK, so McCarthy gave the candy store away to the most insane tantrum children in Congress and now delivers them the keys?

Donalds voted McCarthy

despite the flips, he loses again

he's missing a vote, too (Hunt, who had to fly back to TX today for some reason that i forgot)

if this goes until tomorrow, Hern, the guy Boebert keeps nominating, won't be present because of his mother's funeral. i don't know if Boebert thinks she's doing something kind for him by repeatedly nominating him landslide losses on the week his mother died

So really, the only hail mary left is that McCarthy promises even more ludicrous power to the lunatic faction and finally loses a couple centrist GOP reps?

he always enjoys a challenge(r)

xpost starting to think there is eventually a threshold where Democrats will start to vote present. they're gonna want the aides to get paid

it seems like democrats should just vote for Mkkarthy to annoy the breakaway teabaggers and stop any concessions to them

Big shouts of relief and applause were heard coming from the office with the new votes that have switched for McCarthy.

One person was heard yelling, "Yeah, baby!"

xpost starting to think there is eventually a threshold where Democrats will start to vote present. they're gonna want the aides to get paid

I really hope they don't.

each failed vote saps a little more chi from what's left of the House GOP - I think the Dems should just let this play out with no funny business

i don't either, nor am I really that in a hurry to get the GOP House agenda moving, but.....

the little guy getting fucked AGAIN in something like this would bother me.

Gaetz wasn’t invited by McCarthy to the negotiations on Wednesday, but he showed up anyway.

guess McCarthy learning how women feel now

Eight flips. Wonder if McCarthy will come in first for once.

there is no way democrats are going to help mccarthy, especially not today, when he looks set to flip about 10 votes

the eventual threshold is next week, not today.

Luna flipped, for example. her whole deal is trying to be the new worst person in congress.

Roy just flipped.

xp yeah, i would guess that the holdouts will continue through the weekend, extract one more concession, and then give in on monday

McCarthy is stupid enough to think that now continued concessions are going to get him the remaining votes, when in reality, there's probably enough remaining holdouts who are intentionally milking him for concessions while never having any intention to vote for him.

looks like 214 for McCarthy, 3 for Hern, 4 for Jordan. Hunt's return will make it 215 for McCarthy, so he needs to flip 3 more to win. (or 4 to win without Hunt's vote)

he needs to flip 3 or 4 of these:

biggs
boebert
crane
gaetz
good
harris
rosendale

Great start so looking forward to another 2 years of clown car trip.
Or is this the insidious introduction of fascism disguised and once they're in place they become a finely tuned machine

The GOP is an automatic-engine 2009 Suzuki Forenza with transmission damage and will continue to be after this

Well - senators run statewide which means they often moderate their positions for reelection. But these gerrymandered House member can only survive by being complete whackjobs