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

To be fair Santos is only one of his many names, he gets confused.

To be fair Santos is only one of his many names aliases

c-span commentator says that word of the deal between mccarthy and the dumbest people in his party is that it the rules package will include a reduction to just 1 person to bring a motion to vacate the speakership (which was expected, i think), but that it's only expected to win over about 10 of the 20 holdouts. so, i guess he's going to need to concede some more in order to win over another handful of them so that he can begin his weeklong stint as speaker

Can it be the same one person over and over, all day long? Because maybe that's what they're going to spend the next two years doing.

here comes vote #11

in a dark time, this really brightens the heart

If someone told me it wasn't 'fashionable' to talk about freedom, I think I'd just have to look him square in the eye and say, 'Okay, YOU TELL ME what's fashionable'.' But he won't. And you know why? Because you can't ask someone what's fashionable in a smart-alecky way like that. You have to be friendly and say, 'By the way, what's fashionable?'

sorry idk why i posted that. makes about as much sense as anything else going on.

here comes gaetz to nominate trump.

this is going to bump trump past john quincy adams for the all-important record for most votes received by a former president for speaker of the house

Karl, have you been watching this dreck all day

Join us in the Hitchcock thread

it's like asmr for weirdos

i mean, matt gaetz just said "we can raise our gaze indeed" and the eyebrows of the guy behind him raised sharply. this is good shit

Is this like The Yellow Wallpaper?

seems like a procedural weakness that a representative elected with an 0.07% margin in a single district can deadlock the country's legislative body indefinitely

at least it's not PKs keep playing

I'd rather they be wasting everyone's time with this than waste everyone's time with whatever they would be doing were they not busy with this.

Another deal coming

im sorry the way he says from a whore is classically comedic

YIKES — MAGA “stop the steal organizer” Ali Alexander calls “Marge” Greene a “whore” who “played me” and threatens to release evidence she “committed a crime” that will get her expelled from Congress. 👀 pic.twitter.com/6tdmZoEBkU

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 5, 2023

ridiculous. there is no crime that could possibly get someone expelled from congress.

it doesn't seem like the "deal" will be made until tonight, but it'll be interesting to see if the number of freedom caucus supporters it gains for mccarthy outweighs the number of current supporters he loses for giving away too much

MSNBC: Is there anything that McCarthy could give up in these negotiations that would make you give up your support of him?

CHRIS STEWART: There actually is. And honestly, there's many of us who feel we're very, very close to that. pic.twitter.com/Oqf9zxzaUQ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 5, 2023

Welllll, a lot of signs point to her placing the Jan. 6 pipe bombs, as incredible as that seems.

Also, glad my low-level anxiety about putting Trump up for speaker on Jan. 6, 2023, along with the metal detectors now removed, isn’t being validated online.

(Just had to get those thoughts out there, as far out as they likely are!)

MTG is a member of the establishment now guys.

McCarthy must be the worst haggler in the history of mankind

That’s an insult to Obama

"car's $20,500"

"$15,000"

"$20,500, no more no less"

"$16,000"

"as I said, $20,500"

"$17,000"

"$20,500"

"$17,500 is as high as I go"

"no. $20,500"

"ok, $18,000"

"$20,500, now are you gonna buy the car or not?"

"I can maybe do $19,000"

"Goddammit, $20,500!"

"ok...fine, $20,500"

"nah, I'm not selling to you"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1ynsrWKcM

McCarthy loses for 11th time

let's just vote for McCarthy then have one of our reps demand to vote on his ouster

Welllll, a lot of signs point to her placing the Jan. 6 pipe bombs, as incredible as that seems

It’s a Resistance Lib obsession on Twitter

the perpetrator does a burpee after each bomb

all these revotes and all he's done is lose 3 votes

The MJT as bomber seems far fetched. Stems from her being on security footage walking next to the alleged bomber, the unidentified man with a bag.

it's not quite as bad as Melania Replacement Theory but it's mostly dumb

xp they dated briefly, I think

Melania Replacement Theory is real

Melania wishes it was

there are actually three melanias and theyre all the real one

Protect children from Melania Replacement Therapy

JOE BUCK: MCCARTHY APPEARS TO SUFFER DEFEAT ON 12,593rd BALLOT
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

— Chris Rongey (@ChrisRongey) January 5, 2023

im sorry the way he says from a whore is classically comedic

objectively true

Conspiracy sneakerheads know that both the bomber and MGT wore black and light grey Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers with a yellow logo.

those are pretty sick tbh, way too good for any wingnuts

hmm

Gaetz: If Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign. pic.twitter.com/o89Sj3aj4y

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 6, 2023

*Kevin McCarthy asks Siri to call Hakeem Jeffries*

lol he tries to say the dems wont do a coalition because jeffries is historic when obvs its cause gaetz is killing his party

what is going to happen here? how long can we function with no speaker?