During a floor speech earlier today, Pennsylvania Republican Representative Scott Perry nominates Florida Republican Representative Byron Donalds to become Speaker of the House. WATCH:
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Meanwhile, Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) mounted his one-eyed high horse to slam the 20 House Republicans who oppose Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership.
“I’m tired of your stupid platitudes that some consultant told you to say on the campaign trail, alright. Behind closed doors tell us what you actually want, or shut the f*** up,” he said of the holdouts, according to the Washington Post’s Dylan Wells. (link)
Crenshaw’s comments come after McCarthy failed to win the House speakership in a fourth, fifth and sixth vote. Representative Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) voted “present,” moving her support of McCarthy away from her position in prior ballots.
Some have suggested Devin Nunes for Speaker.
Probably not a realistic idea…
I would love that. Not realistic though, for sure.
I think Tucker Carlson should step up. Not like he doesn’t know the players of the game.
What’s totally mystifying to me is the true patriots/conservatives that are continuing to vote for McCarthy. Troy Nehls and Ronny Jackson are 2 from my state of Texas that come to mind…
call ’em up.
Glenn Greenwald and Jimmy Dore (former leftists both, now ‘populist’) discussed this issue yesterday. If only these patriots could listen to them, they would move their votes. Both speakers admired what the 20 holdouts are doing.
https://rumble.com/v23rbyc-jimmy-dore-on-mccarthys-speakership-bid-squad-hypocrisy-ukraine-and-more-sy.html
They are still both leftists but are principled. They are anti censorship and against the security state. They constantly remind their audience that whatever the swamp is doing to MAGA, can easily happen to the true left. They and others like them consider it a humiliation that the deep state is more concerned about MAGA then the left.
I think they call themselves liberals not leftists. The Deep State is not concerned about the left because they both believe in an all powerful government that squashes their enemies.
That’s been the 60 year long con of the word “conservative” seeking to migrate it’s definition. From being a defender of the constitution with principles, to a religious progressive spouting lofty moralistic garbage.
There are very few conservatives, they’re many who masquerade as such.
Progressives are not a left wing phenomenon, they are BOTH Republicans AND Democrats.
The con has been duping all of the above. They masquerade as honest decent people too. But they choose to dupe their voters for raw power to abuse the same.
And let’s just say it…
Progressivism is a satanic project.
That’s the Truth of it.
More apparent every day.
Cuckservatives, or what I’ve also called the woke right, are a worse problem in some ways than the woke left.
True conservatives?
Louie Gohmert is another one. I’m sure there are America first, constitution-loving, correctly voting, representatives of their constituents that are not on the list of 20. I am wanting to hear them give an explanation of why they are voting for McCarthy. I have checked their social media, but nothing. Will keep searching…😕
Louie retired.
My bad—last day was yesterday.
Louie for Texas governor or something.
It mystifies me you haven’t at least called them.
Except the 20 have no plan?
You think Uniparty McCarthy has a plan, other than to fold his hand every time the Demoncrats push him a little?
Yes… he does have a plan… continuing resolutions… investigations without subpoenas… day-to-day “politician stuff”… etc. Business As Usual, as they say.
Another 100B to Ukraine.
After saying he wouldn’t allow it.
Yada yada rinse repeat so on and so forth etc. etc.
For laundering
In other words Boehner/Ryan Redux.
well….if a donk ends up as speaker, not that it wouldn’t be essentially the same for sure it could be worse.
Where was mcCarthys plan to get to 218. Looks like their plan is to block him.
The rebels have their vote to give or not give. The GOPe needs a candidate they will back, and for now, it’s not Kev.
The Rebels. Just what we have needed, some honest to God Rebels. God Bless them. The pressure they are under is enormous. I have been praying hard all day and evening for them.
Exactly what Trump didn’t want.
Trump doesn’t get to dictate how we vote. For all the good he has done, he was a servant of we the people, not the ruler/boss of we the people to take directives.
True, but we are too easily fooled by “patriots” and “conservatives”.
And Trump wasn’t?
Be honest, for a man who gleefully recited “The Snake”, repeatedly- he sure hired several swamp vipers throughout his administration.
We ALL must be discerning going forward. A word to the wise…
How high is your lofty perch?
High enough that we don’t worship any one man. Trump was great. But he’s only human. If he’s no longer with us then so be it. We’re not going anywhere and we’re not giving in to the Uniparty.
Trump either represents the will of those who support him or he doesn’t. If he doesn’t then he owes us a credible and lucid, truthful explanation as to why not.
Wrong.
It’s his opinion. He’s entitled to it. He doesn’t have to explain anything to anyone.
I agree. And there might be reasons he cannot make public.
I certainly think this is a possibility – and have thought so on several occasions in the past. We know the swamp is deep.
Wow you AGREED with someone? Well, a new day has dawned.
We gave the Trumpster power that he didn’t know how to use. That’s his fault.
It’s President Trump, don’t be a disrespectful.
nice – well deserved
Thank you for saying that. If I let President Trump rule my decisions, I would have taken the death jab. No thanks.
He’s the best President ever; however, he needs to be put in check, too. I had really high hopes when he said Ivanka was bowing out. His support of McCarthy is a setback.
Well, you should be singing and dancing happy, happy Tango 268!
“He’s the best President ever; however, he needs to be put in check, too.”
Think he’s in check since November 2020; he’s no longer your problem to have to monitor or try to solve.
So, just move along and no worries what he posts regarding McCarthy.
He’s outta your picture!
cram it kurt
I disagree. Their plan is to hold together until McCarthy drops out. It’s personal now. If McCarthy withdraws and nominates Scalise, he will win 218+ on the first ballot. This could be over tonight if McCarthy would let it go.
Personally, I hope they keep at it. As long as their is no speaker there is no new legislation. It’s not like they will ever pass a budget that the senate will pass and Biden will sign. As long as they are doing nothing, they are not making things worse.
Exactly, McCarthy has to step away first before the party can move on.
Which would probably be a relief to his supporters at this point who must be getting a bit nervous as his failures mount.
Their plan SHOULD be to force McCarthy to negotiate some concessions. And McCarthy needs to do it if he’s going to be considered any sort of leader, because that’s what a true leader does.
There’s no way the 20 are going to knock McCarthy out of winning the Speaker spot, and the longer this goes on the more damage is done to the GOP and to Trump.
I would note the lack of wisdom in saying a politician should be negotiated with.
That’s a useless response.
LOL at you calling other comments useless.
If you wish to have a honest conversation in addressing a problem you must first identify the actual issue.
Useless is pretending that you can invoke change by doing something that is absolutely frivolous.
You don’t negotiate with criminals, you hang them with signs around their neck.to set an example.
The right has become a well trained dogs that’s lost it’s bite to pretending lofty morals can replace principles.
I’m not inclined to believe that McCarthy is in any position to give any of those concessions being asked.
How many favors does he owe for getting to where he is now? Investments made behind closed doors for future actions? He acts as though he planned for the office being given to him.
+ what are they holding on him? Everything we know suggest that calling this blackmail nation is absolutely not “disinformation, misinformation or malinformation”.
Nothing is off the table of considerations. The dc coven is wicked beyond healthy human comprehension.
Find the string-pullers and discover where the real power is being wielded. Simple as following the money.
Odds are in the direction of the 4th branch, multinationals, and WEF types.
WEF for sure, they expressed a preference for McCarthy, and Crenshaw is one of their ilk as well.
He was promised the slot by the Uniparty.
Great points my friend.
Thank you for your insight.
I keep going back to that.
What use is it to get concessions out of such a man as McCarthy?
He could make a thousand promises and then go on to break every one, brazenly, because he can’t break the chains of his indebtedness to the Uniparty.
Because nobody else can win the Speaker spot. McCarthy has 90% of the GOP votes.
Dude, relax, this is the Process. McCarthy has to win. Period. And he ain’t winning. 90% isn’t enough obviously. He needs to bow out like a true Gentleman would. They can keep voting but it will just mean more embarrassment of him. HUBRIS is a fault that is destroying McCarthy.
The fact that he isn’t withdrawing says more about hm than our great Rebels.
Go Rebels! Screw the FILTY LIBERALS like Eye Patch McCain
Yes, you’ve already said this seventy-three times today. We get it but we just don’t care.
Isn’t serena a PITA? Troll?
He appears to want it too much. That is often a bad sign.
He was arrogant enough to believe he had and moved his stuff in the office. You would think that alone would peeve a few people off.
He acts as though he planned for the office being given to him.
He sure does. I know he was the majority leader when his bestie Paul Ryan was Speaker.
McCarthy must go. He cannot be trusted. I think he is owned, like many others in the swamp.
I agree. Or he would have already to spare himself the humiliation of losing 6 votes.
Or he’s totally dumb.
The Just The News poll from today disagrees with you. 87% said NO McCarthy.
87% of what? People who read that site? They don’t vote for Speaker. 90% of the GOP Representatives are voting for McCarthy.
Yes, you’ve now said this seventy-four times today. We get it and we still don’t care.
Good. The longer this drags on, the more Congress people will find out how out of step they are, and how much McCarthy stinks like failure.
Your first suggestion is a terrible idea, and your second statement is patently false.
This, and all your nonsense about the shot.
You Serena are not to be trusted.
Period.
There is a very distinct pattern to her/his posts. Whenever we have an incident like this one, and MAGA is fighting to survive, fka always, and I mean always, jumps to repeatedly post on this board in a manner that is contrary to how most are posting and the purpose is to post over and over again to either change everyone’s mind or make it appear the thread is of that opinion. There is something very strange about this person. I get the feeling fka is a plant of some sort.
Glad someone else notices.
Yup … anyone going against the majority has to be up to no good! President Trump said he was endorsing McCarthy. You either trust President Trump all the way or you don’t. Believe it or not, we don’t know all of what President Trump knows or what kind of deals he has going on.
Thank you for your response MaineCoon.
Yes, I have studied fka posts for quite a long time. The pattern is inconsistent, much like those who have no real bearings. Fka is definitely agenda driven. It is simply not possible for someone to have such contradictory positions, and be a true conservative. Therefore, I have concluded fka is here for some other purpose, and is not true to the conservative cause. I rarely feel such surety about the need to not trust someone, and I would never say so unless I felt the need to protect others. I would not take such a position unless I was sure about my analysis.
In contrast I have enjoyed your posts, and yours are consistently conservative and dependable. When I see your posts, I always read and enjoy them. Your instincts are right on the money on fka.
Thank you again for your response.
Greg Babb
When you mention “not to be trusted” it hit a chord with me and the repeated post over many, many months shows an odd pattern. Anyway, thank you for your kinds words. May you and your family have a wonderful new year – starting with a decent SOH!!
My privilege MaineCoon. You are another friend I have yet to meet.
With the fullness of my heart, I extend well wishes to you and your entire family. Including health, happiness, joy, and prosperity, healing, and anything else you stand in need of.
At this point, I consider our side has made significant progress in what has happened thus far. We can hardly do worse than mccarthy. The new year could show great promise, should we get a conservative speaker of the house. Our side is fighting hard. As the saying goes, ladies and gentlemen “hold the line”.
Until we meet again my friend.
Greg Babb
I’ve had a gut feeling that fka is a plant from the get go.
Thank you for your reply.
Lindy, please trust your instincts.
Perhaps I have done some good if I have confirmed your suspicions.
Every now and then she’ll change it up and post something fairly benign and positive about President Trump but then she’ll post twenty times about how we should give in to the Uniparty or else it will hurt the GOP and Trump in the long run. She’s definitely a troll who’s made her residence here.
That’s it in a nutshell.
^^^^yup!^^^
You’re upset because I refuse to blame every injury or death on the vaccine? lol
” Why do you think you’ve got no friends? You drove them around the bend!” Keith Richards – You Don’t Move Me Anymore
I pray every night he/she/it finds a boyfriend, girlfriend, or new hobby. One day God will answer that prayer.
Thank you my friend for your reply.
You are a kind person, and as such I appreciate you very much.
If only I didn’t see the devious side to fka, but I do, and as such am compelled to call it out. There have been more than a few times in my life where it would have been easier not to know, not to see.
Again, I appreciate your approach, however I am compelled to warn. Thank you for you post. I look forward to reading more of what you have to say.
^^^ThisX1000^^^^
Thank you Midknight Rambler for your enthusiastic vote of approval.
McCarthy negotiate? And then back stab like the RINO POS he is? Surely you jest.
And damage to the GOP? Wake up lady, the GOP is as corrupt as the Left and if you’ve been lurking here
for more than a week you would know the difference.
SD called out the Uniparty way before other so called Conservative pundits could spell it.
I’ve been around here since 2012. I think it was February.
We don’t have enough MAGA people in the House to be able to take the Speaker spot from McCarthy. We’re going to lose this battle, but hopefully we can get some concessions.
Trump cannot win on MAGA votes alone. And in 2024 we need to make sure the GOP maintains the House majority and wins the Senate majority, those two things also can’t be done with MAGA votes a lone.
It’s crucial to think strategically. We have made gains but we are not “there” yet. We are in an inferior position. We can’t get everything we want. We have to accept that and work within the constraints.
Quitter.
“There’s no way”. Yes there is. These 20 could never budge. Never. They just could and I hope they do.
They have nothing more to lose and everything to gain if they do.
The problem is that McCarthy has no core principles. I say this based on his loss of voice regarding the most challenging and controversial problems our nation is facing. The omnibus bill was the last straw. No Minority Leader should ever leap into the mindset that he or she is a shoe-in for SoH as soon as the majority / minority numbers shift again in the House.
The outlaw group – of which my own Congressman, Scott Perry, is a leader – can work to negotiate any number of concessions from McCarthy, but once the gavel is in his hands, KMcC can – and will – find an equal number of ways and means to dart around, avoid, and otherwise cancel the concessions to which he agreed under duress.
In order to herd this house full of preening cats, an individual of personal strength, keen intellect, high principles, great negotiating skills, and sufficient intelligence to insist that Members READ Bills before they vote, is desperately needed.
Kevin McCarthy is a go-along-to-get-along individual, great at back-slapping to raise huge sums, but a zero when it comes to positioning the House for its maximum beneficial effect in governance of our nation.
They are either going to force him to withdraw so another candidate can run or fatally wound him.
There is no coming back from this for him. Even if he somehow gets the votes. His speakership will be a failure from day 1.
BTW – damage to the GOP is not necessarily a bad thing.
KM is an established liar. He has no problem going back on “his word”. He IS NOT negotiating in good faith he’s desperate to attain power. He is not entitled to the Speakership as is his claim.
Hang strong.s
Ad Rem please! How many Treepers need to call this troll out?
I believe the 20 have a plan. They listened to their constituents and they said NO to McHouse Speaker.
Well, the House needs to start doing business soon so how is that going to be done if the 20 hold up the Speaker election?
It’s best to hold out than let it be “Business as usual” which would occur under KM.
No, the House could be shut down for months and we would all applaud.
Check your US history: it’s happened before. We’re still here.
It is 1992 again.
Bush the elder had lied to us too much. No way we were going to vote for him.
No way we would vote for Clinton.
Ross Perot made sense, and was an honest man.
19% of the smart people voted for Perot.
The foolish bullshitters voted for Bush and Clinton, with Clinton getting more bullshitters than Bush.
It is now 2022.
McCarthy and his swamp partners have lied to us too much.
No way should our votes go toward a democrat.
Jim Jordan makes sense, and is an honest man.
So far, 20 of the smart people have voted for Jordan.
Will the foolish bullshitters screw up their vote again?
There isn’t “Potential”, they ARE screwing things up. PERFECT! We don’t need a plan.
FILTHY MITCH and Kevin took care of that until NEXT SEPTEMBER. McCarthy was too quiet letting Mitch and the Democrats start a spending Bill in the Senate illegally with ZERO debate in the Peoples House.
Game Over. Get used to this you FILTHY LIBERALS.
Suck it, Eye Patch McCain
Boebert and Gaetz said they have been asking since the election for 1) vote on term limits 2) vote on border plan created by TX delegation and 3) vote to require balanced budget. McCarthy said no.
I don’t think they care who is the Speaker if they can get these things. We the People want these votes on the record, even though we know they won’t pass the Senate.
It would enrage the Left as well as Conservatives if they don’t pass term limits. Open their eyes to the fact that DC works for DC, not us anymore.
I’d like to see that plan put in place.
The plan is to piss in the gears of the Uniparty’s money laundering machine. The plan is to humiliate McCarthy and the RINO. The plan is to let the Uniparty know that we’re still here and we’re not going down without a fight.
20 reps representing 80 million MAGA voters. WTF is wrong with the other 201?
Here! Here!
That’s the reality of the MAGA con, it’s exactly like the Tea Party.
Voting for a Republican will net you more… ta-da, Republicans!
You did the math.
It’s more than 201.
At this point I would say they are ceasing to represent me. I’m happy that they staged a fight but now they’re dragging it out to a very counterproductive stage. They are now hurting Trump and hurting the GOP.
President Trump is hurting President Trump.
This has nothing to do with Him. He should stay quiet now, he said his piece, so what? We aren’t Sheep, and we aren’t “Followers” that do what we are told.
You Finally get some fight in your Representatives, and it freaks you out. Rugged Individuals are showing their mettle. I am proud of these brave 20. Serena, go to sleep, this is too much for you to handle and you take up too much print with your worry. The FILTHY LIBERALS don’t know what to do. I love it.
No you are hurting President Trump and all the good MAGA people on CTH, lady/sir you have a real problem, and it is your mouth. Now do everyone a favor and go back to where you came from.
Hear hear!
Yes, you’ve said the same thing seventy-five times now. You’re very concerned about how this may effect potential voters in 2024. We get it.
Some doofus fr/ OK. just motioned to adjourn til noon tomorrow.
Thery’re voting on it now.
Dems are not happy about it. So Sorry bufoons.
Like they never pulled crap like this before.
They staged sit-ins, remember?
Bored, hungry, sleepy.
Needing alcohol before the shakes begin.
More likely nose coke. Alcohol is so . . . commoner.
Tom Cole, a McC stooge.
Terrorists? This guy is a real fool. Talk about reckless language.
RINO Dan Crenshaw Calls 20 Republicans Who Refuse to Vote for McCarthy “Terrorists”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/rino-dan-crenshaw-calls-20-republicans-refuse-vote-mccarthy-terrorists-video/
His district needs to primary him in 2024. It’s so harmful to the party to have a nutter Republican use that term to describe other Republicans. In fact, I wish the Texas Republican Party would censure him. Or the House even.
He’s one of Herr Klaus’ clones?
That would be a Yes.
Absolutely.
Eye patch McCain
Every time Creshaw opens his fly trap it becomes more obvious whatever took out his eye also took out his brain. What a total rino piece of crap
He’s one of Klaus’s boys, and hence did very, very well in the market.
Texans can do better than Dan.
I lost a son to the Military Industrial Complex so when I see a “so-called” Veteran say the
shit that he does makes my blood boil.
Stick a hot poker in his other eye. He’s toast.
I am sorry for your loss.
If they were holding out for money to Ukraine or Israel; They would be praised by Zioclops…
McCarthy is excrement. Scalise is of the same ilk.
All these people care about is $ and power.
The Republican Party is full of backstabbing, duplicitous traitors.
Demon- rats are communists. But— they don’t dress it up and pretend they are anything other than what they are.
The Republican Party is full of impotent, phony
Poseurs! They talk out of both sides of their sphincters.
Just watching these pieces of human trash voting to adjourn tonight was disgraceful
I think the truth of McCarthy’s failure is starting to sink in, and they are faced with what to do next.
I bet the knives are starting to come out for him now too.
Lots of time to consider alternatives tonight.
Well, in their defense, standing around bullshitting for hours a day IS tiring. I mean, eventually you run out of stories to tell. Except for George Santos
Victoria Spartz, Ind. had some valid points to make. She’s the one who voted Present.
Basically, she feels that they should just assemble for the next 48 hrs. or whatever it takes to reach an agreement on another candidate besides McC.
Feels it’s futile to just keep voting 20 Somebody and the rest McC.
I bet a lot of them are feeling the same way. Good.
Thanks for the explanation. I can’t watch Fapper.
The One-Eyed Cheney pounces !
Frank needs to work on Kevin’s stubborn cowlick tonight.
Before or after they get hammered
In the drinking sense, or in the Paul Pelosi sense?
Both are applicable !
Cowlick? I’m biting my tongue right off now! lol
Remember a few months ago the FIB pulled Mr. Perry over in his car and then confiscated his phone? He was with his family on vacation. NEVER FORGET! All to continue the charade of the 2020 so called fair election.
Thx for reminder.
Remember, remember the 3rd of November
The election- treason and plot
I know of no reason
Why the election treason
Should EVER BE FORGOT!
SE PA here. see my response below.
Crenshaw is another RINO,all patch, no pirate.
This is so good…. absolutely got me! >giggle<
Well done!
ROFL!!!!
On a ship all full of men, men, men wonderful men!
You never have to lift the seat on a ship all full of men!
You can leave your whiskers in the sink on a ship all full of men!
I’ll “refrain” from the next line to avoid offending the ladies any further!
Crenshaw burbles: “tell us what you actually want”
Umm, it’s fairly obvious, Dan. A different Speaker.
Like the Spice Girls
Crenshaw.. RINO Spice
Uni Spice.
BOOM
Just because Dan had a price he assumes everyone else does.
“Are You Not Entertained? Are You Not Entertained? Is This Not Why You Are Here?”
These 20 “republicans” are giving America a primer on the power a minority party can yield in a parliamentary government. The two party (ahem) system has failed. Time to change the game.
the effectiveness of a determined 3%
Too bad some of the Republican Senators can’t teach that same primer to McConnell.
You like that form of government,move ,if you are not already there.
Parliamentary government can be a doble edged sword also. But an emergent third party destroying the republipukes, I’m in!
I hate that stupid little one eyed pirate.
Vote counts were changing after clock hit 0:00 , is that normal ?
All the time, that is why the DEMs are screaming
AND they were provided an opportunity to change their votes… !!! Some people are more equal than others.
“Some really good conversations took place last night, and it’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY, & WATCH CRAZY NANCY PELOSI FLY BACK HOME TO A VERY BROKEN CALIFORNIA,THE ONLY SPEAKER IN U.S. HISTORY TO HAVE LOST THE “HOUSE” TWICE! REPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING DEFEAT. IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE, YOU DESERVE IT. Kevin McCarthy will do a good job, and maybe even a GREAT JOB – JUST WATCH!”
Donald J. Trump
Yeah, once again he is proving my theory of being a progressive Trojan horse with deep state theatrical backing thrown in for good measure.
It’s rarely about what they say, it’s more about what they do, or refuse to do when it’s needed.
Perhaps he’s draining the swamp….even swamp creatures we don’t recognize as swamp creatures…
It’s a sewer not a swamp
Forgive me but that’s almost Q level denial.
Here’s what I know…his policies worked, he made us stronger, he forced the IC to play its hand and expose itself as an anti-American shadow government and all the right people in DC, the media and the IC hate him. That’s good enough for me.
Is President Trump and all others being deliberately tone deaf on this event? ALL CAPS to take triumph on a non-realized victory or to celebrate “CRA-CRA’s” catapult to SF? I personally do not think that directive, or at best suggestion, is enough for the awakened masses. Seriously, are we to be looked upon as that shallow? Big miss.
EXPLAIN to us with the real INSIDER reasons for what we would gain with a McCarthy installation, otherwise stand back and let the disaster unfold for the GOPe. We win with several outcomes which they (MTG, Jorden, Trump, etc.) are not adequately addressing.
I’m not privy to the info that President Trump has and although I don’t often understand his “positions”, I support him 100%. I can clearly see much that has been exposed since 2016 and believe more is to be exposed before we take our country back. I think exposure is a prerequisite to meaningful action.
Agree with you, Nate, and I am certainly an unquestionable supporter of all the many invaluable gifts that President Trump has given our country. This would be a separate gushing text to fully articulate.
For me, this House Speaker election is not a reflection of my support for PDJT, but rather the lack of transparency around the entire thing. No one, except for the dissenters, are making a solid and transparent case for not electing the GOPe candidate.
There is obviously an insider dynamic at play and always has been. But now, for this historical moment, we have a beacon that the Dissenting20 are showing us… a floodlight on the process, people, and tools of the House Speaker election. There is a list of 10+ things I have learned in the last 48 hours.
Exceptional times. No complete answers… I have been a student of this world unraveling for the last decade.
All true but this makes no sense. Where’s the fighter we love? How do we benefit from caving in to the RINOs/Uniparty?
I love what PDJT did for America and admire the grace with which he’s endured the endless efforts to punish him for standing up for us. That said, he’s proven repeatedly he’s not an above average judge of people.
Kevin is a Turd now, and Mr Trump tied himself to him for whatever reason he thinks that we need him.
You can’t do much with a turd, it stinks, and will fall apart making more Turds to clean up.
Good Judgement again, President Trump. ALL CAPS IS MORE CONVINCING NOW….
McCarthy ain’t winning this.
How would it be a defeat if McCarthy stepped down and a better speaker was elected? I really don’t get what he’s doing.
I voted for Trump twice and would vote for him again, but he’s full of cow dung on this one. Kevy will stab him in the back first chance he gets.
The ONLY good reason for all these Rs to vote “Aye” to adjourn is if they are planning on doing what rep. Spartz suggested and going directly into a room for an overnite session on coming to an agreement on an alternative to McC.
Otherwise, I’m pi$$ed.
Adjourned until noon tomorrow. 216-214 vote
Thank you for posting that.
Trump hates to lose!
And talks of his record on endorsements
That batting average is crashing with every KMic loss
McCarthy has a perfect record.
He’s lost every vote.
Sometimes in losing, you actually win.
KMic. Love it.
This is all Cosmic and Karmic.
There ain’t no joy in swampy mudville tonight, the mighty KMic has struck out.
I am so glad to see these few people standing up. Everybody wants to know what they are standing up for though. It is clear to me, they do not want a swamp creature, one that used the power he had to stop other conservative candidates from being elected as speaker. We need change and McCarthy is not change he is just more of the same. He is just another Mitch McConnel who just gave the bank away and any leverage conservatives had. Keep it up boys and girls don’t give up. If it ends up a Democrat is speaker it really would not matter in the long run McCarthy is a swamp creature and there is not much difference between him and the stupid democrats.
“If it ends up a Democrat is speaker it really would not matter in the long run McCarthy is a swamp creature and there is not much difference between him and the stupid democrats.”
1) How do you know this for certain?
2) You may regret making this assumption.
look at his conservative record….he gets an F—54%
You hold onto that 54%.
My 2 points continue to stand.
“look at his conservative record….he gets an F—54%”
That’s only three points higher than Liz Chaney.
Tells me all I need to know.
And, yet, President Trump is pushing him.
Sad.
1) No one knows how President Trump thinks the way he does but he is a common-sense strategist at the very least. There is a very good reason why he endorses those chosen and pundits only guess why. That’s what is going on here; theories and guessing and opinions based on our personal biases.
2) Many commenters truly believe there would be zero ramifications if indeed a Democrat was elected as House Speaker. They are very naïve.
3) Underestimate Donald J. Trump at your own peril. (quote from Wilber Ross) I completely agree.
We do not know what is really going on; we are taking the words of “other people” who are in, near or around the activity. I’ve been involved in political backroom meetings. It’s not what you are hearing, even those coming forth are also spinning their message for the larger audience.
At this point, I continue to believe this is theatre and yes, there is discourse and discussion, which does not panic me or concern me in the slightest.
What does concern me is that there are Treepers who really believe there is no difference in the Speakership if it is a Republican or a Democrat over a Republican Majority Congress.
Be very careful for what you wish for.
Right. If McCarthy is speaker we’ll get:
1 – No money for a border wall
2 – Billions more for Ukraine
3 – No subpoenas for FBI/DOJ
4 – No impeachment of Biden
5 – Amnesty for illegals
6 – No help for J6 political prisoners
7 – No budgets, just trillion dollar spending bills
Hey wait, that’s the same we’ll get with a Democrat speaker!
Because we are pretty good at noticing when a pattern is unchanged for 50 years?
Winner Chicken Dinner!
Gaetz and Boebert said they have asked, since the election, for votes (in the first quarter) on three things:
Term Limits
Balanced Budget
Border Security Package from TX delegation
McCarthy said NO.
Said they also have concerns over parlaimentary procedures that Nancy had removed.. Want them reinstated.
It isn’t hard to find the video of their presser.
Amazing that those fighting “for us” now didn’t fight like this for Trump in 2020…
Bunch of fakes.
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Jordan “wants” Judiciary.
I’m sure Washington wanted to sleep in rather than go river boating on the Delaware.
These reps are modern adult children.
Jordan received 19 votes for speaker, unsolicited, and he rejects the notion of stepping up?
He may have been a talented wrestler in his prime, but he needs to remember: he had a weight class. His history, and the praise he has received over the years for it, stems from a conditioned competition…not an open.
He now has/had a chance to play in the Open: no classes, no partitioned competitions, no Judiciary vs. Other Cmte, it’s do you want to lead or NOT?
You’re mistaking Jordan for something he isn’t.
Jim is a good Republican, not a principled conservative.
Like Dan Crenshaw, he just plays one for the cameras in committee meetings.
Got any proof or just off-the-cuff accusations?
See ,”The Tea Party”
He has an opportunity to grow.
I think he’s been stuck in development for some time. If he could graduate to a higher level, perhaps he’d find some stones and grow into them.
Perfect? No. Good enough? It’s worth finding out.
Worth finding out? We already know what Jordan is. He’s been in Congress for 16 years, he’s repeatedly done a great job of being great Republican… Which is to say he’s no conservative.
The political amnesia in voters baffles me!!!
who in their right mind wants to herd a bunch of petulant children?………other than committee appointments and the agenda the SotH holds no real power
Nail on the head, how many men in times of war, were asked, not ordered, to undertake a mission that may very well end their lives. They accepted it and the risk when our nation needed them.
McCarthy is so dumb he thinks Mnt. Rushmore grew like that.
Cori is one of the least intelligent of the congressvritters….some of these people are so brain-dead you wonder how they can function in daily living and yet they are making decisions for the most powerful nation on the earth
Imagine how much fun it would be to actually get elected and be able to talk smack directly to these peoples faces and clown them in front of millions of sets of eyes with blistering Truth..
A pathetic blood sucking tick elected from a cesspool of similar leftist minority electors who inhabit St. Louis city and north city. I lived in Missouri suburbs for years…it’s a good state with a strong conservative base but the deep pockets of the city and north county are hideous for their politicians. People either are family of dynasties or are minorities who get the backing of the cabal. It’s a true cesspool…look into their backgrounds. The evil DA there should have been run up on charges for her meddling in cases. Several city aldermen were just convicted on scandalous money kickback crimes. Bush is a pure commie piece of trash.
Thank you Byron!
Byron thew the “crab in a barrel” analogy down! DaaaaYum!!
IKR?!!
It’s so perfect!!
wow. what a b*tch.
And stupid ignorant, too.
Never met a leftist “woman” that wasn’t both of those things.
Why is McCarthy still there sitting through these votes when it’s obvious he isn’t wanted?
Because he was paid off to perform for the WEF and probably already blew his signing bonus. He has to perform or else he’ll have to return all of the gag balls, lingerie and gold plated nipple rings he’s purchased for Frank Luntz.
I hope when they win, they all are outside the Majority Leader’s office to laugh at him when he moves out.
Who is “they”?
And what will “they” win?
Pay attention, the 20 Rebels. You ask a lot of questions.
The Hubris to move into the Speakers Office is what they will laugh at. You should Mock him too.
He is a FILTHY LIBERAL disguised as Frank Luntz’s room mate. (Abigail – “who is a FILTHY LIBERAL?”
Answer- Kevin McCarthy, the Loser from Kali fornya
If eventually a Democrat was elected as the Speaker of House, what would you say about it?
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Well. I guess you put that commenter in his/her place. Yay.
I’m old enough to remember when conversation was not a win/loss activity.
Bummer. I missed it.
Business as usual, if it’s McCarthy. Business as usual, if it is a Democrat. Get it?
DC business as usual.
I’d say the GOPe strikes again and puts another knife in our back.
McCarthy privately apologized to Matt Gaetz for saying things that weren’t true during discussions, but when challenged would not retract publicly.
@DC_Draino
Kinda tells you all you need to know about McCarthy
Sounds like McCarthy’s m.o. Don’t forget, Liz Cheney caught him in a lie by secretly recording a phone call.
Brig. General Scott Perry is Chair of the House Freedom Caucus and is my Congressman.
This week is the first time I’ve felt genuinely hopeful since 4Nov20, also known as The Day After.
Yes, his speech resonated with me too. He’s a good man, principled. You’re fortunate he represents you.
Brig General?
I have to agree, seeing these Patriots stand up brings back some of the American Pride I have been missing since The Day After.
Great speech and seems like a great man.
“LOL!
@ByronDonalds
is awesome!”
If THEY( the Uniparty) didn’t steal the 2020 election we wouldn’t be dealing with this shit.
Burn it down!
If the R Party was a true opposition party we wouldn’t be dealing with this.
Byron Donalds reveals why he switched to join GOP mutiny against McCarthy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/byron-donalds-reveals-join-gop-mutiny-mccarthy
I’d like to see Gaetz vs. Crenshaw in a duel via Dana White’s new power slapping league.
Gaetz could “blindside” the human eye patch.
So what Crenshaw is saying, okay, we’re behind closed doors, tell us how much it’s going to cost to buy your souls.
That’s what he thinks he’s saying. What I hear is Dan saying: mine’s sold, can we buy yours?
Oh boy—-Hubby watches Fox and Hannity is on in the other room and is giving MAJOR grief, interrupting, badgering, and demeaning Boebert. What a complete ass. He has not given her a chance to talk at ALL. Disgusting. 😡🤬🤯
Tick tock….rank and file Hannity? If I watched him I might care.
Years ago-before I discovered the Treehouse, I realized this is the m.o. of most of the radio and tv “conservative” personalities. They host people we actually want to hear so they can cut them off and talk over them. Linda (SH producer) is smarter than he is-she gets those people to come in the show and put up with his stupidity.
Can you imagine how many are being awakened by this exercise?
Think how many are learning which side their representative is really on.
The sunlight is very bright in the “house” right now.
fkkk rino crenshaw
Kevin is the WEF choice, just like Rishi and Justin.
I like Boehbert and I’m not a big Hannity fan, like Ingraham, they love to interrupt and dazzle us with their brilliance.
However, Boehbert was filibustering and I’m sure that Hannity expected it.
IOW: More theatre.
Didn’t sound like filibustering to me. Sounded like she was just trying to tell Hannity that McCarthy DIDN’T make the commitment Hannity kept saying he made.
He was rude, arrogant, and insulting to her. Then he and Trey Gowdy made fun of her like a couple of teenage boys.
They both owe her an on-air apology. It was a disgusting conversation.
I tuned out when Gowdy came on; cannot tolerate Gowdy.
I’ll not debate you; let’s just agree to disagree.
InsHannity going all GOPe tonight, Now he brought on an irate Rooster.
LMAO. Crenshaw must not be paying very good attention to what the 20 have been saying on the floor and over the airwaves the last two days. Then again, he’s just another Quisling Conmunist Republicon, out to feather his own nest and drape himself in the flag and claim to be a true Patriot.
I must concede: what I originally took for political positioning by the hour appears to be a party anxious to mask its intent.
Someone…anyone…found a new political party.
The 20 people who won’t vote for McCarthy are standing on the shoulders of our founders, our founders who gave us the greatest government in all of mankind. A govt of the people, by the people and for the people – a representative republic.
This is exactly what they are doing, representing their constituents.
The last time a speaker did not win on the first ballot for the vote of SOTH was 100 years ago. The 20 people who will not vote for McCarthy have been threatened, called terrorists, and told their futures were over. And yet here they are, still standing on principle.
Amazing.
I hope you fully understand the stakes of what is going on, if McCarthy wins we lose. These 20 brave people are trying to restore regular order to the House.
Here are some of the things they requested McCarthy commit too.
12 appropriation bills instead of these huge 4000 page omnibus bill. Hasn’t been done since 2008.
3 days minimum to read the bills.
All bills single issue bills, no large bills pieced together that have nothing to do with each other. Once again, hasn’t been done since 2008.
Balanced budget amendment brought to the floor for debate and a vote. – McCarthy said no to this.
Vacate the seat with one member calling for it. – This was standard practice for the last 200 years until Pelosi ended it.
Amendments to bills must be made on the floor of the House and be debated on.
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No proxy voting.
No debt ceiling raise.
Eliminate the 9 person rules committee that decided what bills get voted on, in other words, if a bill passes out of committee it has to come to the floor for debate and a vote, which is the way it used to be.
These people are heroes and deserve our support.
3 of these people were on Bannon’s WarRoom tonight (Norman, Rosendale, and Good) and they are rock solid in their mission. I hope some of you caught the show.
I only added what I could remember on what they were asking for, but they all stated categorically that they will not back down.
STATED – EXACTLY AS i UNDERSTAND IT
MAY GOD BLESS and KEEP The ” REBEL 20 “
Every one of these issues essential to begin to restore a government of, by, and for the people
That sounds like a lot of work man…….
Remember, these putz’s in congress not only have the hearts and minds of the majority of the current generation, they also have the work ethic of the current generation. I respect the 20 holdouts.
I beleive they also want a vote on term limits.
Look how much He has aged in two days… he is the wrong guy for the job f leadership for the country
He’s sweating the WEF mafia is my bet.
@JackPosobiec – saying a deal has been cut so McCarthy Super PAC won’t get involved with ‘safe’ open seat primaries. A sticking point.
Source Punchbowl News ( paywall )
We need to put more pressure on voters in the various states to primary their GOPes and RINOs. The reason we are dealing with the McCarthy mess is because of a mere 45,191 people who voted for him in the primary. There were two other Republicans running against him.
https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_20th_Congressional_District_election,_2022
it would be great to primary these guys, but it’s not like me wanting someone to run against my congress critter means that someone viable will step up and run. I don’t know about your neck of the woods but in mine, normal intelligent people only devote their time and effort to running if they think they have a shot. McCarthy has a hell of a lot of money to throw behind his cronies.
Unfortunately that is the uniparty MO. Run candidates to split the primary vote so that the RINO is the shoe in.
Maybe the biggest reason these RINOs don’t want Donalds is because he’d actually be the 1st effective Speaker for Conservatives…….in decades?
And I’m being serious, not facetious.
Why get someone like Donalds when you could have a Ryan or McCarthy, right?
It could also be because Donalds is still fairly inexperienced, especially concerning the sometimes Byzantine House rules. He could end up being another Bill Frist, who once, when Harry Reid ran rings around him procedurally, stood on the Senate floor asking, “What do I do now?”
And Donalds if a frontman for more experienced House members would be a new version of the “owner” of a minority-owned business, hired solely to get set-aside contracts for minority and women-owned businesses.
I’m pretty sure he’s smart enough to get caught up quickly.
He was also a rep. in the Florida State House since 2016, before he went to D.C.
I’m not even sure WTH you’re talking about in the last paragraph. Sounds like it’s pretty insulting tho.
The only way to get “caught up” is through experience, which he does not have much have. Just because you know the playbook doesn’t mean you know how to run the plays in real time and this is a convoluted one with, as the commenter noted above, contains Byzantine rules.
Curious how you explain all the crappy Speakers we’ve had over the years, seeing as how they were the ones that had all this vaunted “experience” in D.C.?
As far as I’m concerned, this man could possibly be the best thing that has happened in the House in 20 years, or so. Why? He might just show that ineptitude is not an inevitability.
Think about it . . . in the beginning of this glorious Republic, no one had experience IN the US Congress, in that very first session of Congress . . . but the general consensus was that one ought to be of solid, good character, rigorously honest in all areas, of sound mind, possessing common sense and ability to communicate on the matters involved . . . and NOT planning to be there for 40 or 50 years!
Integrity and service. What a concept huh?
So you’d rather have an experienced slimeball than an honest but less experienced politician?
It’s not an either/or and I did not express any support for McCarthy. I also did not express that decades of experience were necessary. Be careful in making assumptions those who’ve replied. I’m just noting that Donalds has only been in politics for a NY minute and he’s suddenly being vaunted into a position well above his level of expereince….like a certain legislator from Chicago who became president. Character matter and I appreciate Donalds’ support for Jordan (whom I think is far more qualified, along with Chip Roy), but any job does have merit qualifications as an important consideration (unless it is a D EI position) and experience helps to develop that merit. The rules changes that the 20 seek to actually put forward effective legislation is part of the gamesmanship right now and they can only seek these changes due to knowledge of the Byzantine rule structure. Donalds does not have national standing, either. Again, another candidate who would come from nowhere and thrust on the national stage like the legislator from Chicago.
Pfffttt.
The last string of Speakers have been amongst some of the worst charlatans ever, and they all had a good understanding of the sometimes Byzantine rules too…
They themselves were Byzantine. They were stealth.
Moving our nation’s wealth to other shores.
All while sitting around the campfire, eating ‘Smores, congenially.
Sounds like a Catch-22. Pelosi’s ‘experience’ did wonders for the House. Ryan too. Isn’t there a House parliamentarian to help with the Byzantine rules?
Is it safe to assume if grandma Pelosi can do a job anyone can?
That is why no one wanted President TRUMP. He showed people how our gubt could work for us, every single day of the week and weekends too. He showed up Mouthy Mitch and Lyin’ Ryan, and everyone else. And it energized the people in Congress who were there for the right reasons like nothing I had ever seen before. They knew they were finally doing the people’s bidding and they like themselves for it, and wanted more, more, more.
Mitch and Ryan are as sorry as humans get…
Chain them to a wall and forget that they exist
Boehner too…
Feckless weeping wonder.
Like Kinzinger.
I think they are on hormones of some kind.
CNN here he comes.
Feckless, weeping weenie.
Yup.
Trump actually had a lot of experience heading a large, multinational corporation. See my reply above for the rest of my argument. It seems you have made an assumption re: what I was arguing and have mischaracterized it and used it as a strawman.