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Republicans are gonna elect a house speaker and then shut down the government.
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Can a Republican just get a handful of other Republicans and all the Democrats and ask for a vote? What is the rule or requirement for doing a Speaker vote?
Iām pretty sure anyone can nominate anyone else, then itās just who can get to 217. So in theory all the Ds and some Rs could cook up a deal and then vote someone in. If Gym somehow fails today then that becomes a little more likely, but still pretty improbable.
My uneducated take is that Gym may take a vote or two to win, as a few moderates want to make it clear that they are suspicious of Gym and how he would handle the budget votes. These moderates Wonāt Stand for Any Nonsense. Then after some lies etc. from Gym, they vote for him.
(Then: Nonsense!)
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Dems just have no idea how to win. Uhhh are we winning here? What if we put W in charge of stuff again, is that what winners do?
Well he literally has W in his name, makes sense
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Iām having trouble deciding where my preference for Jordan as speaker should be. On the one hand, heās a bottom 5% member of Congress and a plague on the nation. On the other hand, I think heād be a terrible speaker, bad for Republicans, and accelerate their demise.
I think it comes down to Ukraine funding for me. Thatās a top priority and a cessation likely cannot be fixed later. Plus, itās dangerous to support the worst agents of the opposition, because sometimes they are effective in their destruction.
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Looks like the plan is chaos, but itās the Democrats fault
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4255490-mccarthy-cnn-fiery-exchange-democrats-speaker-drama/
If they actually elect Pedo-Gym, they are going to play the individual spending bills game where they say:
āHere is Medicare and Social Security. The Democrats can pass this today to keep these programs running. If they donāt, it is their fault.ā
The bike meme in real life.
I donāt know how I still have the capacity for shock, but I genuinely canāt believe theyāre going to make Jordan the Speaker of the House.
1 Republican no vote so far (for McCarthy)
We made Donald Trump the President of the United States of America.
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Yes, thatās exactly why I canāt believe I still have the capacity for shock.
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2nd vote for McCarthy, Jordan can only lose 3. So it will probably take more than one round, but looks like itās eventually Jordan.
What were they just booing about? The McCarthy vote?
I was curious, too, but I didnāt catch it.
4th no vote, Jordan canāt win this round.
Iāve heard that some only committed to Jordan for first vote. I expect spinelessness, however.
Jordan is grinning like a fucking imbecile.
Yeah, itās almost certainly the opposite, where some spineless moderates want to be able to say, āI voted against Jordan in the first round(s), but itās ultimately important for us to have an operating government, so I eventually voted yes for Jordan after receiving significant concessions and promises [that he will immediately renege on].ā
9 against so far.