The tenth round of ballot counting continues in the House chamber. However, it looks like an 11th ballot will be necessary as Kevin McCarthy has failed, yet again, to gain the support of 21 House Republican holdouts.
Inside the beltway rumors have surfaced that after the 9th failed attempt, groundhog McCarthy exited the chambers, stepped outside, saw his shadow and thus predicted another six weeks of ballot counting was likely. As noted by Politico, “the California Republican fell short in his bid for the speaker’s gavel in seventh, eighth, ninth, and now tenth ballots — a history-making stalemate that has paralyzed the party’s new majority.”
WASHINGTON DC – […] The next steps for McCarthy are unclear. GOP leadership is mulling trying to adjourn the chamber to give McCarthy more time to hold meetings and solidify a deal that they hope will win him the speaker’s gavel. But such a move would require help from Democrats or near unimity from Republicans, who only narrowly won an unruly vote Wednesday to adjourn for the night.
And Republicans are still trying to figure out if the glimmers of hope over the potential deal are just a mirage. McCarthy met nearly every one of the holdouts’ demands, but it’s not clear it will be enough to get him across the finish line. And in a slim majority, he can’t afford to alienate the other side of his conference, where centrists and institutionalists already have heartburn over the offered deal. (read more)
Voting continues. Meme creators continue working overtime.
Hysterical. I can’t believe the Fox headline is house divided instead of McCarthy dead in the water.
Consider who owns Fox
THey are having spasms over there….
Fox wants to be CNN.
They hate their viewers.
Even Tucker was blabbing about how he couldn’t understand how “we” Republicans lost in November.
Jeesh.
Is Tucker denying that the election was stolen?
He knows …said something last night referring to the election as questionable and has made fun of the 81 million votes. He knows.
Governor Huckabee is also now chastising the holdouts. Too many pols think we’re still living in business-as-usual times rather than being an inch away from the abyss.
We should all be phoning our reps and leaning on them not to support McCarthy.
Done. Told him McCarthy was done and to move on. Told him Jim Jordan is my favorite, Andy Biggs is good and even Steve Scalise is acceptable. There’s a fourth dude the Freedom Caucus is ok with. Oh, I mentioned we needed a fighter to hold the line with the Democratic policies and McCarthy is not the man for that job.
No Trump?
Done! Anna Paulina Luna is my rep (LOVE her!). Her answering machine was full, so hubby and I sent emails telling her how thankful we are that she’s willing to hold the line. She’s earned our votes already!
Huckabee lost me after the 2020 election when he said Joe won and President TRUMP should get over himself. But he has no problem continuing to make money trading off the TRUMP name.
Huckabee is dead to me.
Huckster sold his soul for a continued FOX paycheck.
Or “Man Without Honor”.
He’s not just dead he is decomposing and the smell is rancid. Unwatchable, un-listenable and unworthy of viewership. And this is coming from someone who used to love Hannity and Colmes from 1996-2009. Got tired of “I’m just like you…My wife spends too much on designer bags,… I was a painter…Blah, Blah, Blah… I now pray for him.
I permanently tuned Hannity out years ago mostly due to his chant “Most of the FBI are good people”. If they were good people they would arrest everyone in the J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building in DC.
Who’s Hannity ? He the drywall guy ?
Guessing that the omnibus agreement for speaker won’t be read by the public.
Russ Vought said they would pull this nonsense as they were typing it up. It’s a lie to suggest negotiations are happening.
This is a ploy made to think that the snitches have spilled the beans. They want to weaken the resolve of the 21 by making them think that others are caving.
Jake Sherman – LMAO! C’mon, the guy is a Leftist, ie a lying sack of sh!t. Why any conservative believes a word that guy says is beyond me.
This hasn’t happened since 1859?
https://www.stripes.com/history/2022-12-30/1856-house-needed-two-months-elect-speaker-8587777.html
December 1855 if memory serves. Two months and 133 ballots.
Followed, not long after, by civil war. Hmmm.
Civil war ended in 1865.
I thought you were much younger and wow, what a memory!
Thank you
Let the ballots roll.
the beauty of this hulk smash is that ilhan cannot sue….it would be disastrous to actually have CONGRESS investigate…which it should. I believe high crimes and misdemeanors is the impeachment framework…
certainly if you marry your own brother, for any reason, but in this case obviously to illegally undermine immigration laws, that would be an impeachable offense.
she will not react to this hulk smash. she can’t
anyone taking notes about HOW TO LAUNCH MISSILE STRIKES ON CAPITOL HILL?
there IS SO MUCH EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY< YOU SWING A DEAD CAT AND BOUND TO HIT TWO EVEN 5 SCOFFLAWS.
This is what is missing ..and now that twitter is free and open,
mount up soldiers. it’s cat swinging time!
God Bless America
Hold the line boys. Don’t vote till you see the whites of the eyes.
Keep your voting powder dry.
We can only hope…decision of SC tommorow will stop this disgusting clown show since 11/09/2020….
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Been a Clown In Action show since 1963. Just sayin’. Way past time for the people to overturn it.
If the Uniparty is willing to sacrifice some Congresscritters, they could break the stalemate. I’m sure there are some out of the 434 who can be sacrificed to go across the aisle to the other wing of their group one way or another, whether it’s Dem voting for McCarthy or GOP voting for Jeffries.
I doubt they’re gonna break the rebel caucus. They can promise stuff but no one knows how much politicians lie better than other politicians.
If McCarthyites cross the aisle to win this then they have doomed their fate with voters forever. I’m kind of hoping they do.
Yes, that’s what I meant by ‘sacrifice’. The optics would kill them politically but if they’re on the way out anyway or don’t care it could be a useful tool for the group, and one which they would be rewarded for in other ways as politicians often are.
That would be the end of the GOP.
I think that’s already happened.
close, very, very close
Nan will make them deal will the squad. LOL
That is exactly what 21 RINOs in the Ohio house did. They voted with democrats to elect a RINO/Dem speaker of the house
This was all led by John Kasich
They had a super majority in the house!!
Money corrupts most mortals.
Nah, stalemate is effective in stopping Democratic policies. No need for aisle crossing or dooming representatives.
DemocRats voting McC would spell out his cons opponents’ main point.
I suspect the 200 know their constituents don’t want McCarthy but they don’t care.
I think they have been told this is their choice and their choice alone. THEY get to pick the head of their “conference” even though the head would be 2nd in line to the illegal Resident and his illegal and illegitimate resident VP.
In other words, they don’t give a damn what we think.
The vote thefts are complete.
No doubt there is much going on behind the scenes to which we, the people, will never be privy. BTW, my representatives voice mail had open slots. Call them folks, let’s get this done. There is no point in having McCarthy as speaker and without a speaker the Democrats won’t be able to further oppress the people next year. There is some truth to the fact that even if McCarthy pulls a win out of his hat, it will be such a weak one that he will not be able to accomplish anything as speaker.
No business can be conducted until this is settled
Hold the line, all you magnificent “terrorists”!
Gee, the FJB admin is stymied?? What a shame!
For a couple it’s personal. I hope they can keep enough of the others to stand firm.
FKM
Thee, me, and the rest, Mycroft.
Did he in fact meet “nearly all” their demands and which ones would he not agree to I wonder
Stop It! You’re killing me! I can’t take it any more!!!!!!!!!!!! :))))))))))
It’s not about any policy promises McCarthy makes.
It’s about WHO HE IS.
He’s a life-long Swamp Snake.
Whatever meaningless words come out of his piehole, he’s for
Stolen Elections
Locking up the Jan. 6th Political Prisoners
Uncontrolled Spending
Endless War
Open Borders
The FBI/DOJ Police State
the Vaxxine Industrial Complex
Homeland/Twitter Censorship
and the classically-Fascist Corporate/State Oligarchy
For example, Mitch passed the UNIPARTY Spending Bill so McCarthy could pretend he opposes it but, hey, my hands are tied!
It’s all BULLSHIT. And McCarthy was just as much a part of stealing OUR elections as the rest of those Sewer Rats.
He is congenitally–and criminally–unfit to be Speaker.
HELL NO.
Someone tweet this to McCarthy^^^^^
Zactly. He’s had a whole career to show what he is. He seems immune to the feedback, however. Like most of them.
They all think they’re immune.
Like Haman.
We all know what happened to Hamon.
Oh we got more memes.
I love this! What a great bumper sticker.
Sundance or some enterprising soul here could do that?
Awesome. Who is John Galt? DC grifters don’t want to listen to the people, time to close our wallets.
Will McC take the initiative and find out what it will take, or just continue with the insanity? The answer will tell us all we need to know about him. Does he think he’s above the rules?
bought and paid for by big money interests who want to make the fake war in Ukraine the priority of American taxpayers.
The official pocket square of Ukie kickbacks.
Uniparty – Democrat = the same thing.
his policies effectively make him a Democrat.
And then this
Was this Trumps plan, to expose the swamp? Or to simply go with the chosen one because he has no control over it?
No, Mr. President.
His endorsement of mc along with that of MTG makes mc radioactive for the ‘enlist the dems’ plan.
Oh, that could answer why President Trump endorsed him. I think MTG has/had other motivations.
Very disappointing. No idea what motivated Trump, but, McCarthy is clearly not a bit MAGA.
Yes. He has NO CONTROL. Wake up.
McCarthy is another McConnell
Nazis supporting Nazis.
I thought I just read something about Blackrock being involved with the reconstruction of Ukraine. Kevin McCarthy “rooming” with One of the bigwigs of Blackrock is just an amazing coincidence. So one money laundering corporation is shut down and another one is already lined up. It’s amazing how that works!
https://rumble.com/v20gie0-blue-skies-and-golden-grains.html
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A Dsus
Blue Skies & Golden Grains
A E
Blackrock & Bill Gates remain
A Dsus
Shelling their black magic
A E A
To somewhat less unsuspecting masses.
A Dsus
Blue Skis & Golden Grains
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On the Epiphany when GOV plays
A Dsus
at Sodom-on-Potomac
A E A
Siberia for the peasants!”
Love it when the House of Reprehensives is paralyzed.
House of Reprehensibles.
Trademark, that steph_gray!
I guess the plan is to keep on voting until the Congressional payday arrives (on the 17th I believe) and no Representative gets their regular monthly paychecks… Then maybe some rep’s will decide to pay their rent instead of dragging this out.
If this is what it takes for McCarthy to agree to do something you can bet he will sabotage it.
If this is what it takes for McCarthy to become speaker, should he actually win speakership, he will be unable to coalesce consensus among his colleagues. Total chaos and legislative logjam. So, no need to try and push it through, it’s failed already.
Add a mustache and old Mac is David White from Bewitched
10 votes!
Keep going you magnificent terrorists.
Kev’s going to need therapy.
REBELS HOLD YOUR GROUND
Matt Gaetz reportedly said he doesn’t care if Jeffries is elected speaker over McCarthy?
How seriously can anyone take a conservative who says something like this?
Prove he said it.
I didn’t hear him say that either.
Since McCarthy has made personal threats to Gaetz, McCarthy might be more dangerous to Gaetz…
It’s not going to happen? Which republicans are going to cross over and throw away their careers?
Anyway, maybe he was exaggerating to make his point.
Also, you’re kidding about not taking him seriously, right?
He is one of the few fighters in DC, and is way smarter than at least 95% of the other congress members.
Meant to say – it’s not going to happen.
You can actually listen to him answering several questions in these excerpts from a twitter spaces Q&A he just did.
The thread features several if you click through. Very impressive –
McCarthy told reporter – SOURCE Al Weaver at The Hill
Trump and mtg endorsing mc makes him too radioactive for dems to touch.
I hope that was their motivation, but, I am not convinced.
The point being that as bad as Jeffries is for the country, Swampface McCarthy is worse. Or, possibly the point is, they are equally bad for the country. I agree with Gaetz.
I say again while LMAO over CORPORATE infighting , “Are You Not Entertained? Are You Not Entertained? Is This Not Why You Are Here?”
Bread and circuses. I say give them spears and shields and throw loaves of bread to the gallery! 😀
Tomatoes on their purty suits.
Now there’s an idea whose time has come.
Rep Matt Gaetz: “My vote for Speaker of the House today?” (Video) 😂
https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1611057504120893440/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1611057504120893440¤tTweetUser=RepMattGaetz
What a great guy. I love it and the rumblings from the rest of the house-lol.
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I get how you feel: What’s the point of a Republican House if only means a tap on the breaks? If unity means concessions & surrender, the voters aren’t buying. We don’t want empty platitudes. Instead, we want a disciplined majority to hold the gov’t accountable for its actions.
Beginning to wonder if the next speaker has been born yet? So long as there is no speaker, no work can be done by Congress, which in my view is a GOOD thing.
Great name seen online:
Kevin McCartel.
Gonna use that! LOL
It is beyond my ability to imagine the absolute lust and craving for power mccarthy has. That in and of itself should disqualify him from having any power or the ability to effect our lives.
If this spectacle of horrible behavior by mccarthy is rewarded with the speakers position, it will encourage more bad behavior by other lesser men. I don’t care if mccarthy promises them the moon, the bottom line is, he can not and is not to be trusted.
The problem is the 200 traitorous feckless “republicans” who are entrenched voting for the loser mccarthy. The meetings being held should revolve around who besides mccarthy can they vote for. None of them should be talking to mccarthy about anything but mccarthy steeping aside.
End of story
AMEN! Well-stated GB!!
Thank you nats1mom.
Let’s continue to hope and pray for someone willing to selflessly represent we the people.
This has to be Davos. The lapel pin says he’s on board with the European commies that will do anything to take down the US. They will stop at nothing and have to take over congress somehow or other. Just like they had to get rid of Trump. They have to find a way to make the debt so massive that the Fed has to default on it and open the door to their CBDC, and they have to do it before Powell breaks them by raising rates.
Thank you castelletto for your reply.
Yes, an outside force driving mccarthy is a likely factor in what is otherwise irrational behavior. I have no doubt mccarthy is beholden to external forces.
Yours is the most plausible explanation I have seen. I do know you are correct about the drive to implement a digital currency in the US. It solves lots of problems, and covers a multitude of sin for those working against the sovereignty of the US. If the evil ones pull that off, we are going to see total economic collapse. The davos crowd doesn’t care whether they cause the collapse to get CBDC implemented or after CBDC is implemented, either way they gain absolute control with CBDC and economic collapse.
Excellent analysis Castelletto. Totally agree, Powell is already breaking them. Lagarde is talking more taxation of the EU to cover their bills. Their pensions and bonds are toast because Powell raised rates to save the dollar. Jamie Dimond likes being a primary bank CEO. He has no interest in working for the EU or the crown. There are other CEOs throughout America that have taken green positions simply due to bribes or threats. More than we know really are not on board with this NWO consolidation and fiasco. For those who want more on this view check out Luongo’s podcasts at: https://tomluongo.me/
Yes. Except there are no lesser men.
Thank you OKI Dopey for the laugh.
Your comment is funny, true and sad all at once.
I’m still laughing as I write back. Sincere thanks.
Some of the most effective employees I had the privilege of working with were able to infuse appropriate humor into some rather serious meetings. We nearly always closed those deals. Humor is skill and a blessing, thank you for sharing it with us.
He sure feels entitled…How obtuse and obstinate.
“McCarthy met nearly every one of the holdouts’ demands, ”
I think I see the problem … “nearly”.
And there was not a single unreasonable demand from the group. Not a one.
The question is, why aren’t the other 200 demanding the same thing also.
Go along to get along. And dependent on McCarthy’s fundraising for reelection because they can’t do it themselves or something. Gaetz addresses it on the twitter spaces clips I linked to.
He claims that a lot of McCarthy’s support is from members like this, and the true believer types are not too many.
They know he’s not the best person for the job, but he brings in the corporate $$.
Probably cause their master doesn’t want what their base wants.
Rigged elections have consequences. All bad for us.
Let them keep voting all month.
The issue is fundamentally, McCarthy can not be counted on to actually meet demands he actually agrees to. Kind of like the contractor I hired to install French doors who waits a year and calls me Tuesday saying he is going to install them Thursday. Pray for me in small claims, I hate court.
This has gotten to be beyond a farce. There should be no more than three votes. If they vote enough times some of his detractors will surely die of natural causes and he will win
It no longer matters. If there’s no speaker, congress grinds to a halt. If he becomes speaker, he will have no power to create consensus. If Jordan, Biggs, Scalise or the fourth choice become speaker, there will be some effective opposition to Democratic policies. We may not win, but, we can not lose. McCarthy already lost.
Can Bret, Juan, Kilemeade, Ingraham, Hannity, Jesse, Rove, Geraldo, Gowdy, Levin KEEP FROM HAVING HEART ATTACKS?
They have to be close to death with all these insurrectionists ‘tearing down the fabric of democracy’, this sacred place of unity and harmony and dems always win…
They and House/Congress/Senate CANNOT FATHOM We The People don’t give one rip if it’s tomorrow or next wk or next month. HOLD THE LINE.
Not a big O’Reilly fan, but he well-stated yesterday:
2Y in, BHO spend $2T
2Y in, Biden spent $6T
Yes, $6 TRILLIION in 2Y.
ENOUGH….
Ukraine ain’t important to us.
THE border IS!
Immigration IS!
SPENDING IS!
He moved into the Speakers office and he is not moving out!! Wow, how arrogant.
Seriously, what kind of a person does that? That alone should completely disqualify him.
Who were the other nominees and what were the tallies? I was working and couldn’t watch the feed.
If some has a link o would appreciate it.
Trump is another nominee with 81 billion votes. trillion?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-vote-tally.html
Thank you 🙂
What in the heck happened to Sean Hannity’s face and hair in that photo? That’s not how he looks on tv these days, is it? I haven’t watched him in years but that looks like a photoshop job.
You’ve heard of memes before? Maybe seen a few around here?
Yeah, I figured that out a few minutes after I posted.
It’s a joke. It shows two aging RINOs years from now still waiting on the SOTH victory.
Ah, got it.
Metaphor for ‘old and tired’ that we endure from hannity endlessly
He continues to impress –
The Murdoch/Fox gaggle of geese are squawking like delirious hens.
“How dare 20 Republicans exercise their democratic/Constitutional rights and obligations by representing the Nation and their constituents ?”
The Dirty Money wants to know.
Awww, poor widdle Pauly Ryan…he wants his buddy to be the Big Guy in the House… Waaaah, Waaaah!
That has been a really fantastic side benefit to all this. All the right people are very upset so we must be doing something right.
WHO will Kevin agree with and be in partnership with?
RINO’s, GOPe….NO speakership
Conservatives and America: Give him the gavel.
He’s has YRS and YRS of SWAMP FEVER; he knows no difference.
Ridding him of swamp fever is taking a while..
HIS call.
Agree with Conservatives or take your marbles and go to hell-hole Calif.
All that Rino and D’jackasses’ jive talk brings us back to halcyon days of the 1850s….
Not good…..
Took me a long while to get to this, but MTG has become the enemy within.
One route that worries me is if some Dems agree to go home. They wouldn’t have to vote for McCarthy, just not show up as that would change the math to enable McC to win. Really hope there is a reason this is not likely to happen.
Better include ALL the reasonable requests, AND a signed letter of resignation if any one of these promises aren’t met.
That would comport with Matt Gaetz’s comment above.
Chip Roy is not likely to be taken for a ride. If he and Gaetz are OK with it, well, at least it will be a battle won, if not the war.
Its almost like MTG no longer wants to work in Congress after this term. I hope the good people of Georgia help her out with that.
Tip Oneill promised some stuff to Pres Ronald Reagan for a signature on a bill and never delivered. Politicians promises are just hot air.
Here’s an idea. How about one of the high profile 21 patriots go back to Fox or the chamber floor and make the argument: what is more unreasonable – 21 Reps saying they won’t vote for McCarthy or 200+ Republican Reps saying they won’t vote for anyone else.
Our battle today is with the Rinos and Controlled Opposition Media. This is a winning argument to make in the face of the Hans and Hucks of the world. Keep nominating true conservative Republican Reps – and ask why they are unacceptable!!!!
Hey Kevin, you do realize if you had pulled out all of the stops to support conservatives and stop the Democrat agenda you would not be here. You could have named your J62.0 committee of all conservatives. You could have presented a budget. You could have created a serious manifesto instead of that thingy that you put out as a campaign document. Were you ever on Bannon’s War Room, interviewing with TGP, writing pieces for American Thinker or screaming about the political prisoners? Just a few of those things would have shown that you might have a gut or two. But, no. Now you are here. Enjoy the suck.
No shame at all. Possibly the worst embarrassing moment for this fractured party.
Even if he ‘wins’ he’s as lame a duck as a crippled Donald Duck.
For crissakes, move on and gather a shred of dignity!
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Is there anyone else on this blog that has the strong urge to punch Hannity and McCarthy in the face each time they hear or see them? Just curious.
No, because neither one is worth the effort, not to mention the subsequent arrest:)
I prefer a swift kick to the balls if you can find them.
Write to them using their online contact forms to let them know your thoughts.
I stopped watching Hannity some time ago… such an infuriating TV host who never ever lets anyone talk, bloviates about how great he is… and is generally repugnant.
Absolutely. Chickenshit blowhard.
Stopped listening to Hannity on January 6th. Don’t listen to Swamp Rat McCarthy. Therefore, I have no urge to hurt either of them. They are dead to me.
Oh, the irony. That would be just peachy. Nancy Pelosi would choke on the gavel before handing it over to The Donald. Not to mention the multitude of new memes for “Hammer Time” through Paul with David DePape and beyond.
He shouldn’t have moved into the office before being elected. That kind of disrespect is intolerable.
it’s obnoxious. for that alone i don’t support him.
Apparently, he had to move out of the Minority Leader’s office so Hakeem Jeffries could move in… so, with nowhere to go, he plonked his stuff in the Speaker’s office.
Tweet that to him^^^^
The obsession with power in dc, is so strong, that embarrassing oneself, and losing ones self respect and dignity means nothing.
Somehow this puppet of the money crowd believes he’s entitled. Like the days of royalty. When you and I were surfs and Mc was our lord and master. Entitlement on a grand scale. Go home McC and have your boy Frank rub your shoulders.
Gowdy says FBI acted appropriately, no spying. Paul Ryan agrees, moves to FOX.
Gowdy has his own TV show on Fox. Imagine that.
McCarthy has lost the respect of his party. Time to step aside, son.
America. Dictated Fiscal/Monetary Policy and Economy.
Dictators in Government.
I have been watching some of the 20 talking with the squad etc.
I wonder what they are saying. Getz talked with 2 squad members matter of factly?😳
He needs to know what the Dems are thinking, planning. Like are enuf Dems planning to go home to change the math to help McC?
Alternatively, and I kind of like this –AOC was quoted earlier as saying while she didn’t agree with Gaetz on policy, she understood what the 20 were trying to accomplish and thought they had some good proposals. So wonder if he’s working on the squad to join the 20? (not hugely likely I know, but fun to think about).
That would be strange if dems supported Jim Jordan!
I talk to a lot of people from different political perspectives. The maga crowd and Bernie crowd disagree greatly on policy and social issues. However, both groups agree the DC lobbyist driven uniparty is the problem. I don’t think either group would mind burning it all down.
I used to disagree about burning it all down, but, the Biden Omnibus and the Ukraine pork barrels have changed my mind. The only one I fully support is Powell raising the interest rate and saving the US dollar.
Like Sundance has pointed out repeatedly, there is much commonality in the grievances and objectives of the populist (Bernie) Democrats and the MAGA Republicans. The difference is they profess two profoundly different pathways to resolutions. They also view government’s roles differently. Bernie Bros want big government to divide up the benefits equitably. MAGA wants freedom from taxation and limited government. Two dramatically different government structures. Most of them are middle class and lower class workers, just like MAGA. They just think government is benevolent and MAGA sees government as the enemy. There is some truth in both positions. Maybe in the New Year we can embrace some of this commonality. But it is very difficult to condone mandatory masking, clot shots, distancing and school canceling.
From what I have read elsewhere, he asked her if the dems were going to make a deal with kevin and then vote for him, she denied it and then even asked the leaders of the dems who said pretty much oh heck no! So he was just confirming there was no back room deals going on between the dems and kevin.
Yeah, no way will the Dems roll their dice for a RINO, even McCarthy, with Trump’s statement about supporting him.
Aha! Maybe that is the deep, dark plan cooked up by PDJT
He “supports” McCarthy., knowing that no Dem would DARE support his pick.
Meanwhile, the rebel army attacks, and gradually, after many, many votes, they start to whittle away at his support until……..
That’s the only theory I can come up with that keeps PDJT out of snorkelling in the swamp.
Lol. Its worth a shot and as good as any other theory at this point.