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

can't someone lock all these guys in a room and release 1000 deadly scorpions

https://en.24smi.org/public/media/235x307/celebrity/2019/08/12/fnweoaoenhxt-scorpions.jpg

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let’s have them release their wind of change in that locked room

WaPo gettin' cheeky (gift link)

If there are no actual members, who is in charge on this side of the Capitol?

Pence pointed to the ceiling and said, “God.” (God could not be reached for comment.)

What if enough people voted God? For speaker?

How do we know that George Santos … isn’t God?

it could be he made up his life story because nobody would believe the Truth about him

Good morning!!

“They’re mild-to-moderate,” Nehls said about the cigars, “which is good, because they won’t make you s--- your pants.”

Oh, the cigars.

oh yes SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEAASE NOMINATE "GOD"

God, sometimes you just don't come through
Will Kevin McCarthy call you 'boo'

How do we know that George Santos … isn’t God?

― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 5, 2023

SANTOS 4 JESUS

oh yes SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEAASE NOMINATE "GOD"

― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Thursday, January 5, 2023 9:32 AM bookmarkflaglink

when i was younger so much younger than today

(John Lennon could not be reached for comment.)

These concessions are wild

One vote auto-impeachment

No more alcohol on the chamber floors

Subway must now be delivered by Jared himself

The caterers have to varnish their own hors d'oeuvres.

"Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) greeted the idea with much excitement."

jumping and clapping

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"Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) greeted the idea with much excitement."

I wonder who wrote that since Lieberman hasn't technically been a Democrat since 2006.

I like to think he's not much of anything tbh

xp it was one of those live blog constant update things, which i always imagine are being written by a reporter who is running and typing at the same time

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/mccarthy-speakership-vote-fail?entry=1444120

the only known liebertarian

liebertard

Kinda sad that the Connecticut for Lieberman Party didn't catch on nationally

don't be aliebist

xp

Kinda sad that the Connecticut for Lieberman Party didn't catch on nationally

Not enough Joementum

Republicans sure do love talking about slavery and the ending thereof

Yep. Remember way back when Republicans ended racism once and for all? Awesome times. We don't know what this mess is today, but it's definitely not racism because we solved that.

We'll be seeing a lot more this guy, I bet.

of

xp Specifically us, the Republicans, we were the ones who solved racism, which we're bringing up now because ... what was the question again?

My sympathies to whoever on Aguilar's staff has had to write so many different versions of the Jeffries nomination speech.

LOL, pretty good self-own there by Bishop (inviting Dems to chant "Hakeem, Hakeem, Hakeem!" after saying "We could've elected the first Black Speaker of the House in history")

well, at least the Republicans can agree that Cori Bush is a racist

Bishop nominates Byron Donalds and says, "yesterday, we could have elected the first Black speaker of the House," prompting Dems to chant, "Ha-keem! Ha-keem!" pic.twitter.com/ObBDi8GVLJ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 5, 2023

who is this billy goat bleating?

The hard-right maniacs should tell McCarthy they'll all vote for him if he promises to wear a red rubber clown nose at all times when on the House floor. At this point he'd go for it.

This is going to be exactly like the 4th, 5th, and 6th votes. McCarthy has already lost 7 votes to Donalds.

Yeah it's already over except for the next half-hour of roll-calling. I know they can't do this, but they should just start each round with the 20 lunatics and see if any have changed before bothering with the rest.

Donalds either missed or skipped the vote this time around, no idea if that means anything.

The Freeeeedom! caucus loves this shit. They get to make speeches in front of tv cameras, the world press, and all 435 representatives and they can say whatever the fuck they like. Why would they ever want this to end?

lol Gaetz voted for Trump

a safe choice

Sorry, I misread that as "a sane choice"

IMO the only way this ends is if they all vote to change the vote from roll call to secret ballot.

Even then I don't think it'd turn on anti-Kevins voting McCarthy, but people voting present, because nobody will know who didn't vote, and nobody will be able to see that Jeffries is going to win and potentially amend their vote

Matt Gaetz of Florida just voted for Donald J. Trump for speaker, possibly an olive branch after the former president has been encouraging the restive defectors to back Kevin McCarthy.