Seven masked midgets were spotted running amok in a DC Starbucks today. No one was hurt, but damage was done to several skirting boards and light sockets as a white woman with a tiara and broom feverishly chased after them.
Shortly thereafter, word spread that Kevin McCarthy’s office will assuage Republican fears about his spineless UniParty propensity by working with Democrats to construct the roadmap for his inevitable installation.
(WASHINGTON DC) – Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday failed to secure the Speakership on the House’s fourth vote. Preliminary vote totals showed him getting 201 votes, short of the 218 required to secure the gavel.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Wednesday said “preliminary talks” had begun with Democrats about supporting a “consensus candidate” for Speaker. Bacon told CNN, however, he wanted to hold back on the details of the conversations so as to not get ahead of the negotiations.
“There are preliminary talks, but we don’t want to go too fast on this because that then highjacks what Kevin is trying to do, and we want to support Kevin, he’s worked hard to get this,” Bacon said. (read more)
Deleted this Tweet as it contained misreported information that has now been corrected by The Hill. pic.twitter.com/LBNfO0404O
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) January 4, 2023
He is very smart about how things work for a novice.
Uniparty Tears
The Senate is having sad that they can’t pass any legislation. Boo……hooo.
A two-fer! Winning!
Did you watch heals up swear in uncle fester?
He has no clue where he is.
We need to start playing the same game that the Democrats play. We have all the cards in the right place, but aren’t going that extra mile.
For example, we should be shouting at the top of our lungs:
“If you vote for the white McCarthy instead of the African-American Byron Donalds….
YOU ARE A RACIST!”
🙂
I want to know why on Earth Trump is going so hard on supporting this guy McCarthy.
Side Note 1: Trump is being promoted as the messiah by this website, the only guy to trust to be our next president.
Side Note 2: DeSantis is being slammed by this website as a swamp guy.
What gives here?
Trump is full throating McCarthy as speaker and McCarthy is about as spineless and Rino as they come – almost certainly a deep state shill. We all know that. So how do we Trust Trump over DeSantis when it comes to the republican nomination for president when he keeps making stupid and outright wrong recommendations (BTW, He’s still proud of Warp Speed)?
Hey Big bird, Did it ever occur to you that Trump may be giving Kevin the kiss of death with that endorsement?
I’m sure McCarthy did not ask for it, and I’m also pretty sure that No DEM is going to vote for Kevin now that Trump has so vociferously backed him. wink-wink.
“Hey Big bird, Did it ever occur to you that Trump may be giving Kevin the kiss of death with that endorsement?”
Please, stop. People have to stop rationalizing every Trump endorsement and maneuver as some kind of reverse psychology 4D chess.
Thank you so much for saying that. The Q psyop created a myth, and also woke up lots of people. In the end Trump is just a man like all other men, a great man, but still a man. The longer I watch and see I realize he isn’t quite the player he is made out to be in terms of the 4D chess you mention that everyone loves to believe in. There are days where I think he doesn’t have a clue.
I respect him, admire him, have even met him, and it was a thrill of a lifetime, I appreciate how much better my life was while he was POTUS, but the fact is the guy makes bad choices along w/some really great ones. He is human, and no, he doesn’t “have this”. Don Jr took on a new job doing a podcast, to help his dad win, or to give his own self a job because he knows the gravy train might not last? I don’t know.
I have to say many of those choices Trump made in good faith and was betrayed, and I am so, so, sorry for that on so many levels. Not enough words to describe the anger I have because of those traitors, but to be fair Trump doesn’t seem to have learned too much in terms of the DC Swamp Masters. Backing Kevin Luntz, especially after so many rounds is just insane.
Oh, please. This comes hard on the heels of a truly bizarre post about abortion extremists costing R’s seats in the midterms.
OTH -I have yet to hear any support from DeSantis RE: Kari Lake’s stollen election for Gov of Az -or- who he supports for Speaker. At least we know what Trump’s opinion is on both and are free to disagree with him as needed.
He has been convinced by someone that it’s McCarthy or a dem.
That is a falsehood that is also being spread around here.
MAGA is at the very least owed a valid, genuine explanation by POTUS as to why he supports McCarthy.
Typically we’d find our own rationalizations and come up with plausible explanations, three level chess even when his reasons aren’t clear to us. But this one really baffles the mind. Why? What possible motive can there be? Loyalty is everything with President Trump.
This is beyond paradox. It’s pigs flying.
I agree with you 100%. I keep reminding myself that McCarthy did everything in his power to sabotage Madison Cawthorn. The three Mc s have gotta go.
McCarthy was also a big supporter of Liz Cheney.
Look at the history whilst Trump was POTUS.
I don’t view Trump > messiah,
haven’t seen anyone here using that mindset.
I hadn’t heard of him, either. So what? That might be a plus, a positive.
Did Crenshaw really just call the 20 Republicans “terrorists”?
OMG he’s losing his mind in real time.
He upped it a notch. Yesterday I thought the 20 were merely “insurrectionists.”
What’s next?
Russians.
…or Super-Duper Maximum Terminal Ultra MAGA Republicans…
Racists?
WEF Stooge, no surprise.
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM22_List_of_confirmed_PFs.pdf Scroll down and note the USA NAMES which may (MAY) come as a surprise to some here. And this one organized by the corporate entities has the corporate names McKinsey, et al, ad infinitum: https://tinyurl.com/y966dmdt. Jack Posobiec states there were actually more from the U.S. as he was right across the street being harassed by WEF jackboots for those who’ve seen him document it on Warroom, Solomon’s Just the News, and of course his own nightly Human Events series. All accounted for.
Yesterday they were enemies. He is really unglued.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/vile-texas-rino-dan-crenshaw-declares-mccarthy-gop-hold-outs-narcissists-enemies-video/
Filling in for Kensinger (sp) Another tool!!
When politicians are so forcefully against something I always assume because they have a lot to lose, personally. As in, they are making out like bandits and don’t want to lose the easy money.
I hope he goes blind in the good eye.
He could’ve been looking in a mirror.
I wish the other eye would have an unfortunate accident.
I like your comment better than mine..
PopEye sez: “They are enemies now. They have made it clear that they prefer a Democrat agenda over a Republican one.” I have a lot of receipts on slug Crenshaw, but I’ll stop here besides that this unit shouldn’t be within 1,000 miles of a government seat in this Republic. There are many like him INCLUDING “mtg” who truth be told fooled me for a long time. Until some 6 weeks ago she couldn’t excoriate McCarthy enough – but now sees a shot at getting her committee assignments back. And now, out of his heretofore anonymous rat hole comes “-R” unit named Mike Rogers (from sellout Shelby’s AL) who severalembers say threatened their committee appointments. Get it? This jerk seems to think it’s in his power to “give” what’s never been his to bequeath in the first place. The sheer unmitigated arrogance alone calls for an oak tree and a ROPE.
https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/mike-d-rogers. What a surprise, no? For those so inclined check the rest of his kindred ilk.
Pirate Dan? Who’d a thunk it!?
Odd comment coming from a pirate…. I may be in grey area of grandmas rules, apologies if so.
Can’t fix a broken Congress by reelecting the same culprits that helped break it. I hope anyone other than McCarthy wins
It is going to take breaking this Congress into pieces. It cannot fix itself.
I hate to break it to you but the entire carton of eggs is ROTTEN.
Has it occurred to anyone else that if the Supreme Court sides with Brunson on 6 January, and as a logical outcome the the 2020 election is invalidated, then the entire House and one third of the Senate goes bye-bye? Just the thought of it makes me giddy!
We can all hope but the likelihood of this happening is somewhere between slim and none. The SC is in fear of political retribution. They will do nothing.
Would love to see it but the Roberts Court has disappointed so far, as have the 3 McConnell picked Justices that Trump was forced to go along with.
Yes, but don’t get your hopes too high. I don’t think the case has much of a chance. I was optimistic, too, until I heard Robert Barnes break it down. I trust his legal judgement, and he said the case doesn’t have a prayer. But I will keep hoping he’s wrong on this one.
… and dragging this out, keeps all of them in DC where they can be escorted out the door.
“Selecting” Elections are so yesterday.
Let this percolate in your brain: the establishment would rather work with democrats than conservatives to reach consensus. How they hate us!
Same as it ever was.
Like I said. Get ready for the big bipartisan amnesty push.
Same as yesterday, only worse….
And yet many posters here tell us that voting for GOPe is better than letting a Dem win an election.
I say let the GOPe fail and go the way of the Whips.
Many of the same posters would also tell us to vote for the GOPe candidate anyway even if there were no Dem in the race.
I know this because I get the same BS when trying to convince Arkansas residents to vote third party in the 2020 Senate race, where the only candidates were Tom Cotton and a Libertarian. No Dem on the ballot at all.
Well, really Tom Cotton being on the ballot negates the need for a Democrat candidate. He’s a Demopublican. 🙂
It is better. It forces voters to SEE what they are doing and to vote them out “next time.” Not soon enough but that’s our system. Some states allow for recall elections and if yours doesn’t, it’s high time you pushed your legislators for this option.
Whigs? 🤔
Yup! That’s what I meant to write…! 🙂
Imagine all that he’s caving in on to get Demoncrat support. His speakership will be a total BJ.
We’re already living under one Party. It’s why the Republican Establishment calls its own members “terrorists.” They’re just LOOKING for reasons to distance themselves from the Deplorables. The salivating over the potential opportunity to huddle with a democrat “coalition government” while bleating that the “terrorists” made it necessary.
We should expect that no matter what, MAGA is going to be kicked in the teeth one way or another, and all the harder the more success they achieve. It’s the nature of the fight.
Thank you.
There is no such thing as a 2 party system.
They all serve the DEVIL.
We are witnessing Rome fall and BURN TO THE GROUND courtesy of Wifi.
Put the FULL ARMOR OF GOD ON
They are told what to pass, what to spend and then agree on how to divide the spoils. They pretend to to fight it out. It’s the elephants turn at the wheel.
There are trillions $$$$$ at stake – now where have we hard that??!!
How they love money and power!
But…but….where ARE the Conservatives; all I see are R I N O S.
They all serve the same master, THE DEVIL.
GOD HELP US ALL.
I would vote for that
Kevin will always be the Speaker at Frank’s House.
But Frank will always hold the gavel.
Something he learned from Paul Pelosi.
Did Spartz just vote Donalds?
I missed it for a second, but they called her and there are no “Presents” listed.
Hoping she voted Donalds this time. He’s up to 20 now.
She voted present again
She just voted “Present” again.
What is this woman’s problem?
She is protesting for some reason.
Who/what is she protesting? LOL.
Pretty ineffective.
Someone had a tweet of it, It may have been on the first thread.
She’s Thinking about Running for Braun’s Senate Seat…
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/23/hoosier-free-for-all-spartz-eyes-senate-run-in-2024-as-braun-pursues-gov-race-00058598
ah, so, she doesn’t want to show her true colors.
What a brave woman. /s
She still thinks she’s on Santa’s lap?
She voted “Present”.
Eagle eyed Treepers can check me but I believe Victoria voted for McCarthy yesterday; however, today it’s ‘present’, so far.
Don’t know her history but read that she’s angling for Mike Braun’s Senate seat in ’24 since he’s retiring to run for governor.
Thx, Dunes.
Wish we hd the running list of how these Votes 1-6 have gone so far.
Yes she is. Couple more running as well,I believe.
I won’t vote for her this time around.
Indiana so called state Republicans always create ballot selections. For some ODD reason. All Rinos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: [email protected]
January 4, 2023
Spartz Issues Statement on Her Speaker Vote Today
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) issued the following statement on her vote for Speaker of the House:
“We have a constitutional duty to elect the Speaker of the House, but we have to deliberate further as a Republican conference until we have enough votes and stop wasting everyone’s time. None of the Republican candidates have this number yet. That’s why I voted present after all votes were cast.”
thx, jwoo.
She’s voting “present ” so she can prostitute her vote…
President Trump. You can turn this all around –
Withdraw your endorsement of McCarthy & endorse Donalds!
SJ,
Did it ever occur to you that Trump may be giving Kevin the kiss of death with that endorsement?
I’m sure McCarthy did not ask for it,
and I’m also pretty sure that No DEM is going to vote for Kevin now that Trump has so vociferously backed him.
wink-wink.
Thank you^ someone who is on the correct path of ‘Critical Thinking Skills’
!BRAVO!
Lurker360
I was dismissed on another thread for suggesting something similar.
Folks get so emotional!!
The brain cannot be emotionally charged and rational at the same time.
Cheers!
Hang in there… it happens here too despite being a great site 😉
It’s a horrible thing we are all living through, emotions are high, rightfully so.
Although we also will witness the RE BIRTH of what is suppose to be..
A Great Nation UNDER GOD!
ok I never thought of that. I hope that is the case cause i have been VERY disappointed in DJT with this crap
Ahhhhhhhhh!
Point to ponder…….
The democrats know what they will get with McCarthy.
They knew who they could count on to undermine Trump, as well.
Trump’s endorsement won’t worry democrats, the swamp supports the swamp at all costs. They’ll make it look one way above ground, but under the ooze…….it’s still the swamp.
Did you read verbatim Trump’s reiteration of his endorsement of KM this AM?
“… under the ooze …” I like that.
Brilliant. Trump does very little, if anything “within the box”. Doesn’t matter what McCarthy says, especially with Trump’s “Some really good conversations took place last night“. What kind of deal did he work out with McCarthy for the endorsement? McCarthy can deny it all he wants, but what Marxist Dem is going to risk supporting someone who may very well have a deal with Trump significant enough to get his endorsement?
Please STOP with the 45 degree chess notions relative to Trump. There is no grand strategy in his ALL CAPS ENDORSEMENT. Survival and leaving conservatives on the battlefield to save himself (he hopes).
Bingo!
Why wouldn’t McCarthy ask for it? If he’s shameless enough to move into the Speaker’s office last night, then he’s capable of anything.
Really? please keep up. Kevin loathes Trump. WTF would he ask for that endorsement? He knows it’s toxic for him.
Thanks for calling the BS out Kim. The 4D chess trope is worn thin. Trump has made lots of mistakes, and a full-throated support of McCarthy is one of them.
4-D chess? that ain’t even 4-D checkers. It’s simply a good strategy to F*&% McCarthy for helping to screw all the maga candidates in 2022.
C’mon guys this is a very stable genius we’re talking about here, and he’s just having some sport with this endorsement. A little payback. You know, ten times as hard. Killing Kevin with kindness, all that.
Doing him a little favor. It’s delicious fun.
Congrats, you missed my point entirely.
I am personally happy Mcphoney is twisting in the wind. My reply to Kim was to the folks who are constantly ascribing these genious level masterplays, like you are now, assuming Trumps endorsement is really a suprise twist of the knife. Oh, such a twist!
I think the level of delusion here is probably akin to the circa 2015 Hillary Clinton voter, who was CERTAIN she was gonna win.
If my little brain can come up with the “Genius level masterplay” as you put it, then certainly our dear friend, Donald Trumps brain could have as well.
Your point, it was simply pointless.
I and my friends here are not deluded.
Many of us understand a good play when we see it.
Your comment and others mentioning Q, 4D-Chess, Trust the Plan ect.. is Suspect as all get out.
I have not seen any of those things mentioned, except for names I’ve never seen before.
Trump is just as fallible as any other human,
MY TRUST IS WITH GOD AND GOD ONLY.
If that is your way of calling me a Q-tard, or implying im a troll, you can pound sand. I have been a regular reader and infrequent commenter since 2015.
Trust in God is always a safe bet. Pray for intellect.
Troll, you out yourself talking about “Q” so much.
I made no such mention anywhere in my comments.
But, no, you are not a Q-tard, YOU are obviously a Lefttard.
Big difference.
and BTW many trolls are regular readers, so what?
Wow. I am stunned by the depth of your accumen. The fact that you think im a leftist is just prescious. You are clearly a high level genius, and an obvious choice to lead the coming revolution.
Nope, you are not delusional. Because you said so.
Mea culpa.
Exactly. Donald Trump is no fool.
He could just withdraw his endorsement. Then, let the House continue it’s fight. This would be enough for me.
I think the House should entirely out themselves.
I think that’s a great idea. It might just save face for PDJT.
Jim jordan
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Ok, who did this to Kevin McConnell??
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There is another Donald in Florida that would be better.
“Select all images with speakers”
The two unchecked images are just a squawker… maybe a Tweeter…no Speaker.
Some of the DementoRats are definitely Woofers.
And, the DementoRat men are just as bad.
Those two photos are “squatter” than the other photos.
McCarthy Background:
1. Bakersfield – sorry, but one of the worst cities in California. I stopped there several years ago and was shocked to learn of the rampant drug problem and over 500 street walkers.
Wikipedia:
2. “In October 2015, McCarthy was accused of having an affair with Representative Renee Ellmers.[203] He had unexpectedly dropped out of the race for Speaker of the House shortly before the allegations surfaced.[204]…”
3. “An October 2018 investigation documented how William “Bill” Wages, of McCarthy’s brother-in-law’s company Vortex Construction, has received $7.6 million since 2000 in *** no-bid and other prime federal contracts. *** The work was mostly for construction projects at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in McCarthy’s Bakersfield-based district, and Naval Air Station Lemoore in California’s Kings County.[206]
It gets better. McCarthy’s brother in law- Bill Wages – claims to be 1/8th Cherokee.
https://www.kget.com/news/vortex-construction-la-times-story-about-heritage-business-based-on-political-motivation/
So Bill Wages is McCarthy’s Jimmy Biden?
Makes sense.
Bakersfield brings to mind the movie “The Onion Field” where James Woods plays a psychopathic cop killer. It was the best performance of his career, IMO.
Come to think of it, James Woods would make a great Speaker. I nominate James Woods for Speaker of the House!
Bakersfield is where he kills the cop, in an onion field.
Think the downtown cruising scenes in American Graffiti were filmed there…
Yours is a dood description of Bakersfield.
Famous for oil, in the old days, NASCAR drivers, and its own brand of Country music.
Seems there is a call for electing Jordan for Speaker.
FYI – “Church committee” has nothing to do with religion. It is an investigation into the 3 letter agencies.
He will just pull a Schmer promise till he get the votes then back stab why they
believe him now..
Stick with Donalds. He’d be a better Speaker.
“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got.” It’s past time that we changed the game plan. Hold the line!!!
The country is right now safer from pork spending and bad legislation than it has been for some time 🙂
Wonder if they can keep this up until February 2nd?
I want them to set a new record
133 votes is the record but the bad news is a civil war started a few years later.
It seems to me a Civil War is going to happen anyway.
It started already.
We just haven’t gotten to the part that includes weapons yet.
Think groundhog day Bill Murry.
I hope they can keep it up all 2023.
How about October? A girl can dream!
Finally!
Been wanting to see the list of the 20, so I can compare during the next Vote.
Until Nov 2024. Stop all legislation from the Uniparty Senate.
Freedom caucus leader says “It ain’t happening”
Time to get on the anti mcFailure train, Mr. Trump…
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/trump-arranged-meeting-house-freedom-caucus-chair-mccarthy-ahead-fourth-ballot
20 votes Byron D.
No change on this vote.
Someone on the TV said that , in the past when this has happened, there is typically no change in votes 4-8.
Only the second time this has happened since the civil war, I think
Some of the history is discussed in links here:
https://rules.house.gov/rules-house-representatives
If only someone had told Kat Cammack the vote was for McDonalds, she would have voted for him.
And super-sized it.
LOL
Big Mac-Daddy… and fries with that.
LOL. Even Ronna McDaniels would probably add her support!
Don’t mess around – Mega
She have to go a couple rounds with Stacey the nobody from Georgia.
Has the Squatter been removed from the Speaker’s Office?
And Trump supported McCarthy?!?
Go figure. SMH.
Love your e-mail news letters.
https://defendingtherepublic.org/
Hi Sidney!
I too love your newsletters – especially the Good News Friday ones.
I hope we have good news this Friday – with no McCarthy.
Since the get go.
Kiss of death.
No, sorry, the only “kiss of death” Trump is applying with this endorsement as to himself, not to the RINO slimebag he has chosen to support.
It is a conundrum Sidney
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Sidney???
Glad to see you here again!
Ditto. What’s your input Sidney?
Got anymore krakens you wanna release? No? Didn’t think so.
Lol, so cold. But so appropriate….
Forwarded from
Jan Morrow
I believe DJT endorsement for McCarthy is a fantastic strategy.
Makes him non-obstructionist.
Well done Mr. President.
Genius.!!
GOD BLESS TRUMP, who continues to fight for the people^
Let me guess, you never really did support Trump?
i don’t believe any of this is real.
it’s all a con.
I think the same at this point.
FWIW called my Congress critter’s office and asked if he could vote for Rep Donalds
I’ve been calling mine here from Texas, three times, asking him to vote for someone else other than McCarthy. But didn’t do any good. He’s voted every time for him.
Mine too, in fact the day after he won the election, I told him not to vote for McCarthy
That’s what happens when only a handful of people can be bothered to call.
If 20 people call, nothing happens.
If 2,000 people call….????? Might get ‘er done.
Thx for calling.
Snake!
What’s the camouflage atop the skin and what’s the skin itself?
“his spineless UniParty propensity”
Propensities are camouflage.
These people are first-order UniPartyists who have a shared propensity for flashing a red or blue kimono when the optics of the false duopoly suit them, which it usually does.
When the battle becomes existential (e.g. Cheney on J6), the deceptive refuge of red/blue battlements must be stepped out from behind. Hate to muddy a good trope but this Trump staying power is some real sh*t.
Respectfully, SD is miscasting a moralistic dimension here (spineless).
They know exactly who they are. They are Machiavellian practitioners of power. Nor are they exhibiting a temporary moral lapse or propensity for moral cowardice when they appear to abandon the precepts of ‘authentic’ Red or Blue membership. I would hesitate even to call them hypocrites in the truest sense
Red/Blue is a useful media trope, a mirage, nothing more. Thus to abandon a mirage is to abandon nothing at all.
There is only one party. I repeat. There is only one party.
Managing to sustain this conviction, especially during the more heated moments of ‘partisan rancor’ and the even more rare (and delicious to behold) intraparty revolts is a true feat of intellectual and moral discipline. I know I struggle with it.
For we wrestle not against Red or Blue, but against an endlessly cunning, unitary Beast.
If a valid charge of spinelessness is to be cast, then it must be against We the People for continuing to rise to the bait of ‘seeing daylight’ where no daylight exists.
Perhaps we are seeing flashes of true political courage. My Gd, it’s not as if anyone’s going to be put up against a wall. They’ll lose some committee assignments. Nothing’s REAL yet.
So regrettably, I say we’re still in the realm of great TV. Because this Republic’s dead as a dodo. But if, in the throes of our agony, we get to see McCarthy plant a giant on-camera Wet One on Pelosi, then that’s an Emmy performance worthy of the last days of Rome.
“There is only one party. I repeat. There is only one party.”
You’re a little bit right but mostly wrong.
Governor Ron DeSantis = Governor Gavin Newson =WRONG
Newson is Gender confused.
DeSantis is fighting back.
Blue states are campaigning on gender confusion….
one of many differences between R and D.
…
The GOP gave us Trump.
DEMs gave us BIDEN….etc..
Dems to to stop the adjournment by being the loud mouths they are.
Tweets by RWMaloneMD
You may have seen this already, but if not it is Dr. Malone saying the World Economic Forum (WEF) already shows Kevie as the Majority Leader.
If the WEF is all for Kev we know he’s even worse than what we originally thought.
Sorry, my link didn’t work.
https://t.co/Jgx40CFGOB
Recessed til 2000 EST Tonight !
The race to the bars is on.
4:30 = happy hour.
Shaun was arguing with a caller on the radio about how no one could beat McCarthy
President Trump has retracted his support for McCarthy and now endorses Donalds.
That’s fake.
Well done, but fake.
My bad saw the TS post on ZH and figured it was real.
Now do the Vaxxine …..
Is this true?
No.
On Babylon Bee perhaps. Heh. Gotta opine today has been entertaining. My dad told me that soldiers developed a sometimes sick sense of humor to deal with the horrors of battle. I think we’re doing the same, some of us anyway. This war is far from over.
Where are you seeing that? I don’t see it anywhere else.
Okay – after a split second of excitement, at least I remembered to ask for receipts before buying this. 😆
The new Speaker has to be someone who can raise a lot of money. McCarthy has a multimillionaire named Miller. Does any of the other Conservatives have their money lined up? I doubt it. The only other guy with that skill might be Trump, but he does not want to be Speaker. So whose left?
“The new Speaker has to be someone who can raise a lot of money.”
Why?
The best Representatives raise their own money and are self-sufficient and ideal incumbents.
By coincidence, 20+ of them are now stopping this do-nothing RINO, who used all that raised money to suppress MAGA candidates.
This year, McCarthy used his fund-raising skill to try to primary MAGA candidates —We want an enemy able to raise a big war chest against us?
not only primary…..spent money against Joe Kent in the general
The old rules are dead.
The old rules? The new rules is that there are no rules.
Since when?
The money is nothing more than the strings on the Speaker puppet! The more money the more strings are attached! In Congress money is way more important than votes from We The People and that’s how the corruption problem got so big! Make America First and there will be plenty of money for the Republicans just not from millionaires and billionaire! JMO
I have a theory, Pres Trump does NOT want McCarthy because do you really think Matt Gaetz would go against Pres Trump? I am not sure about that.
I hope so. I was wondering how he could go vs Matt when they are such good friends…
The people in congress sure seem to be having a good time while voting for speaker-they are slapping each other on the back and laughing and just having fun while our country is going to hell. These are not serious people.
They are dead serious – about squeezing every last drop of money, joy and life out of us, taking as big a cut as possible – all while rubbing our noses in it.
I’d rather them have a ball and have fun rather than vote on uniparty things
This debate for Speaker of the House is nothing compared to some of the historical ones.
Longest election for Speaker:
After 133 ballots, Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts was elected Speaker on February 2, 1856.
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Firsts-Milestones/Speaker-Fast-Facts/
Yep, and Americans were killing each other in a war shortly thereafter. Helluva precedent.
Oh how things have changed. Boehner was elected speaker with 95% on the first vote in 2013 (220 votes from 232 Republicans). A vote which the media cried out as an “historic rejection”.
Notice how quiet the media is now as McCarthy flops around?
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NYT: Were the G.O.P. Votes Against Boehner a Historic Rejection?
“But Mr. Boehner received 220 votes out of 232 Republicans in the House, not counting Mr. Boehner himself. (The prospective speaker traditionally does not vote, or votes “present,” although former Speaker Nancy Pelosi voted for herself in the 110th and 111th Congress). Mr. Boehner received the votes of 95 percent of his caucus.
Is that really that humiliating? Judged against recent history, at least, the answer is yes. “
https://archive.nytimes.com/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/were-the-g-o-p-votes-against-boehner-a-historic-rejection/
David Brody Has RORY MCSHANE – LOBBYIST / FUNDRAISER MCSHANELLC saying ” OH WHOO IS ME “…
SORRY, I AM ENJOYING THE ” MASH POTATOES FIGHT “
I run an HOA of 216 homes, always line your votes up before you call for a vote. I’m not an attorney, CEO, Ivy graduate, just a guy who kinda skated to a HS degree. You must have the votes lined up, it’s senate 101, McCarthy is bad juju
Which is why as Minority Leader he never herded the GOPe cattle. All McCarthy cares about is being Speaker, going to dinners, having a plane at his disposal – the power. He isn’t a strategy guy except when it comes to himself.
Personally, I think Kev is gonna have to move all his furniture again.
Ugh.
😭 😭 my eyes…my eyes!! 😭😭
wow, somehow managed to put “Luntz glasses” on the camera
Cspan Call-ins very anti- McC. so far.
Question: Is Mark Meadows still advising PDJT?
“Brilliant Plan – Kevin McCarthy Vows to Assuage Republican Fears About His UniParty Propensity by Organizing His Installation with Democrats“
The above statement an excellent reason/opportunity for President Trump to turn this all around and withdraw the McCarthy endorsement and endorse Donalds.
It’s all about committee assignments. They’re jockeying for positions.
Spot on analysis
Except that the party was already weak.
Sounds like Country before Party which is as it should be!
Any Conservative with even a minute sense of decency would withdraw from the Speaker race and ask his voters to support someone who had the confidence of the majority. Since KM is not a Conservative and has no sense of decency, I suppose this voting charade can go on indefinitely. While the House is tied up voting on the Speakership at least they aren’t messing up the rest of the country with their poor attempt at Governance.
Right. Crenshaw can call the minority “terrorists” – but the truth is, but McCarthy who’s saying it has to be me or I burn it all down. Gaetz et al are open to many different options, some with obviously wide appeal. That’s the tell. When you can’t get 10-25% of the membership and the holdouts are being flexible – YOU’RE the problem. With an honest, unconflicted press and commentariat, that would be made clear.
Love this comment! ^^^
Did anyone else ever watch Charles Bronson in “The Mechanic”?
He is showing the ropes of hired killing to his new protege played by Jan Michael Vincent –
they are doing surveillance, prep work on a “job” and Bronson – watching through high-powered binoculars – impressively reads lips aloud – and I think from French to English, or perhaps Italian to English –
Watching Boebert and Donalds conversing at the end of the last round (7th), I sure wish I could read lips! Are they doing that on purpose? Don’t they realize people are watching? Is Boebert trying to persuade Donalds to give his 20 votes to McCarthy? Is she angling to be a “power” in getting him to do that?
According to C-SPAN, they have a few extra cameras allowed in Chambers to see reactions. They might have forgot.. The Mechanic was a great movie.
Boebert voted for Donalds so why would she be persuading him to give up the votes?
Dear Chip Roy, the only ‘effective negotiation’ is if the Republican Party wing agrees to fall off the UniParty bird, flop fecklessly on the ground for a spell, before regenerating into a beautiful bird in its own right.
Hello Chip….Chip?