The House is scheduled to begin the effort for the installation of California Representative Kevin McCarthy at 10:00pm ET. It is unknown whether the 14th ballot effort will succeed or exactly how many representatives are still in DC for the activity. The livestream is below:
UPDATE:
- Round 14 fails for McCarthy by one vote. 232 votes cast. McCarthy got 216 – one vote short of majority.
- Representative Mike Rogers (AL) tried to fight Matt Gaetz and had to be restrained. (LINK)
- GOP tried to adjourn. Voice vote failed and failed counting of yeas and nays. House cannot adjourn.
- Republicans now go for round #15
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And its over. Amazing that he could look so happy after losing 14 times in a row. These people have no shame.
^^^This x 1,000.
Like styling around the bases after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of a 15-run blowout.
Disgusting.
It’s not personal. It is politics.
Nothing wrong with a little humility.
McC won.
Or anyway, that’s what the runner says on the vid.
Who is the douchenozzle crying next to McCuckthy?
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
Ambivalence with emotional content…
May the 2023 Congressional clown show begin. Pass the Prozac.
Luntz is going to be doing his best Marilyn impression a little later this morning…
“Congratulllaaaations, Misssterrr Speeeaakeeerrrr…”
Don’t make me Photoshop this… seriously… I’ll do it… don’t test me…
Ok then, Mr. Piddles, go for it ! I Dare You ! !
DOOOOOO IT!
I saw what you did. Nice job.
Doesn’t KM need 217??
No with 6 voting present
Why does McCarthy have a young pimple-faced boy following him around?
McCarthy working on his Hasert speaker game.
Who is that?
Anyone know?
Even in State Houses the representatives have young volunteer Pages working for them. That’s how Paul Ryan started and wormed his way up the bureaucratic ladder to the speakership.
So it’s his name-unknown Page?
He’s in the closet ….
Some congress people had their children their. Don’t know if this one is a page or a relative.
Looks like he was given instructions at times and explaining things to other reps so he’s probably a page.
He still needs 218 and he only got 216.
Nah, with the number of people who didn’t show he only needed 216. Its over.
Threshold lowered with 6 voting present.
yep…You were right all along
I applaud you for finally realizing that. Bravo!
216 + 212 + 6 = 434 / 2 = 217 + 1 = 218
The 6 presents don’t count
The six Present votes are not included in the total.
Who’s the young white guy w/ black hair who’s always by McC’s side?
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He certainly appears to be a center-of-attention type, doesn’t he?
So much for keeping the Republic! It’s done, without the SCOTUS reversing 2020.
Biggs and Boebert caved?
Everybody caved, supposedly because President Trump told them to. I keep checking his Truth Social page to see if he’s going to confirm or deny this.
I read same rumor elsewhere. Not verified. I think Trump was at a meeting before the 10 pm resumption.
There foes MTG getting 15 minutes of fame. Chick needs to realize Kevin pitches for the same team with Luntz.
If they really are having an affair, she’s in for a very rude awakening. He’s going to drop her like a bad habit. He used her. Wasn’t her ex her high school sweetheart? Kev is a slimy SOB, it’s written all over him. She may be able to shoot a 50 cal, but I expect she’s a bit inexperienced where men are concerned.
I thought she was going through a divorce now. If so, she’s especially vulnerable.
Her husband filed for divorce. I looked it up they were college sweethearts. Even if they’re not actually having an affair, it’s clearly written all over her face that she’s infatuated with him….
They effed up that count too. Total b.s.
As has been explained umpteen times, and it appears to not be sinking in, “present” does not count in the vote total.
whos the skinny little gaylord always right next to Kevin humping his leg all the time?
That’s what I wanna know, too.
But no one’s giving a serious answer.
Nothing sinister about him. He’s likely a volunteer Page, think congressional gofer.
Not thinking he’s sinister.
Just curious who he is cuz he’s always there.
Thought maybe he was a congresspeep I didn’t know about.
Just saw MTG coming down to take a quick selfie with McCarthy. She proved herself to be all talk.
And today is Saturday!
Who was the blonde high school girl taking a selfie with him?
MTG.
Oh, I forgot the sarcasm tag again.
Frank ordered some Drag Queens for later
Votes in. McCarthy is Speaker of the House.
Time to unite & start the investigations of Alphabet Agencies & Executive Branch, among other critical issues.
McCarthy knows his win came with the help of Republicans who will be watch dogs & citizens fed up with big government trashing our Constitution.
I will not be surprised when not one of them start next week.
“Time to unite & start the investigations”
I’ll believe that when I tune into the Kabuki Kommitte Hearings…
I won’t waste my time.
I’m hoping we get more than investigations that the DOJ will never act upon though. The investigations are just TV time for the Congresscritters. All sound with no fury.
DOJ is an Alphabet Agency.
The task before us is daunting.
We need to tighten the screws beyond endurable or accept tyranny.
Ditch the torquing wrench & tighten until the bolts break!
Luntz is just happy he doesn’t have to pack up Kev’s stuff and move it out of the Speaker’s Office by Monday morning…
The thought of dismantling the Oval-office inspired Speaker’s Office, after a complete delousing of Nancy Pelosi, would be quite exhausting.
What the heck with this Committee to escort McCarthy to the chairman’s seat? It’s half the congress or so it seems.
Trump closed the deal for him. McCarthy owes him big time.
What’s a gentlewoman? No ladies anymore?
No one can define woman, so what is a gentlewoman?
I have no idea what gentle is. I’m not a biologist.
Congress males are called gentlemen and congress females are called gentlewoman. It’s based on ancient tradition.
What does that make Pressley?
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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The “Speaker” selection process, as crazy as it may seem, has made it all much bigger and more important than if done the more conventional way. Congratulations to Kevin McCarthy and our GREAT Republican Party!
America just witnessed a 15 act play…giving the illusion of a functional government
Keep watching; it gets better.
You do realize the Democrats still hold the Presidency and the Senate, right?
As she’s stated quite a few times, she’s been involved in politics much of her life, so she’s got all the answers for everyone else. Just like fka.
fka seems like a troll or something with all the repetitive posts. I think Abigail is genuine if a bit overly passionate. She seems to be taking any criticism of Trump personally. I still like Trump and will definitely vote for him if he’s the nominee. But he’s just a man. He can make mistakes like all the rest of us. And I still think it was a mistake to support McCarthy instead of someone like Jordan. I guess we’ll see though.
Way too many Reps from CA
Only because the census includes illegals. Cali should have a lot less reps than they do.
“There’s a black area, you’d better see your dentist”
Woah ! Like somebody said on their Twitter page….
She sleeping with him ! ! !
Please leave the dumb rumor mongering to the democratz.
SUNDANCE POSTED THIS !!!
On his Twitter Last Refuge
She sleeping with McCarthy
verify it yourself.
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Big Whoop!
Is Sundance in bed with them?
I really don’t care who is sleeping with whom.
It’s completely irrelevant.
You know that for a fact, how?
Shouldn’t your demand be made to Sundance?
….OK. So speculation, nothing more. Thought so.
“Just remember, I get Frank first.”
best comment I saw this week on Treehouse:
Frank Lunz pleads ‘Please don’t pull out, Kevin!’
*FACE PALM*
” The way we were”
Fresh and Dirty
And nauseating……
Kev – Hey Marj! We’re havin’ an orgy after the vote. Do you want to come?
Marj – Sure Kev! I’d love to come with you!
It’s always about the money, huh!
Interesting did anyone see Kevin McCarthy’s wife tonight at the swearing in ceremony? I looked but I did not see her but I’m kind of blind.
Speaker & Big Mouth
MTG has eyes only for Kevin. She’s in trouble. He’s a snake. He’s gonna bite her.
How many freaking people do they need to escort him to the chair? SMFH Only in government do we need 50 people to show one person where they are supposed to sit.
Get that light bulb screwed in, ya know.
Yeah. McCarthy is not Joe Biden.
It is a historic vote and they were all part of it and they all want in the picture.
When did Ladies and Gentlemen become……
Gentlewomen and Gentlemen??!!
Pathetic.
I am woman here me roar.
At least there are no Gentlenonbinaries.
At least not yet.
well, sDee, quite a few of them might not be ladies
especially on the Dem side of the aisle
Ladies and gentlemen was the vernacular. The proper English is gentlewomen and gentlemen for the utmost formal, official settings.
No more Nancy.
No more tearing of State of the Union papers.
No more kneeling to organizations allied with terrorism.
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho 🎶🎶
Yes on the first two. Not sure about the third. That could be repeated.
Get steeled to hold feet to the fire!
Purse rests with House.
Includes “gifts” to Ukraine & securing foreign borders, along just about everything that comes to mind.
Except for Ukraine.
I was hoping for the electric chair.
Cheers to the uniparty. 🙄
Thought the Rules Package vote was tentatively scheduled for 2AM (when they thought KM would win on the 14th round) –is the Rules vote still on for tonight?
You mean we have to keep watching this crap show? 😕
What’s really pathetic is that there were only @ 20 who even voted against him to begin with, and no join-ins along the way.
There were one or two joins and present ins, it wasn’t straightforward. He kept losing ground until Trump intervened as Maggie reported.
I think the 20 were hoping to get some joiners and when that failed to materialize they had to get the best deal they could. I think it was worth the try. We’ll see if they get anything of substance out of it.
I’m looking forward to Kevin McCarthy’s phone call of thanks to President Trump.
He’ll renege, and then leave a voice message.
Before he stabs President Trump in the back yet again.
Is there even room for another knife?
McCarthy better come through with the votes for this.
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Ben Siegel
@bensiegel
The House is expected to reconvene on Monday to vote on the rules package for the 118th Congress, per GOP Whip Emmer’s office.
12:43 AM · Jan 7, 2023
Not holding my breath.
But damn him if he don’t just the same.
McCarthy better come through with the votes for the rules package. WHY? He won and doesn’t need these stupid GOP reps who voted for him. I’m looking at you Thomas Massie and Margery Traitor Green plus my backbencher house member Tom Tiffany.
TRUTH President Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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The “Speaker” selection process, as crazy as it may seem, has made it all much bigger and more important than if done the more conventional way. Congratulations to Kevin McCarthy and our GREAT Republican Party!
https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/109646314326270940
I think that does it for me with Trump. Sorry, I love him but he hasn’t learned anything. The swamp is the swamp and Trump just played the swamp game.
I’m fairly certain you’ve said that before.
”Love Trump but…”
Good luck as you move on .
That’s pretty ironic with your moniker. I guess 4ever didn’t mean forever. Lol
Trump endorsed McCarthy a long time ago.
This is NOT one of Donald Trump’s finest moments, no matter how rose-colored those SunnyFlower glasses are. He gave his base the finger by supporting a full-fledged cuck.
BS. The deal doesn’t have you curious…..even with your black eye patch?
The only reason he got in was because there was no other person who would step up to the plate.
He has the gavel. He knows that he wasn’t a shoo in. A lot of citizens really despise him even more. And more people are aware of him and what a sleazy swamp critter he is….and they will hopefully be watching what he does a lot more closely.
Flushed out and put in the spotlight a few cockroaches too…..
We always get to watch while the swamp monsters get to act. Tired of being an audience member and not part of the cast.
I think the rules require that the front runner in the majority party concede before the contest is truly open to others.
There is something that inhibited most (Jim Jordan) from voting for anyone other than McCarthy and from running against him.
Yes, a lot more visibility of who is hard MAGA and who is not.
Paul Kane
@pkcapitol
216 is the random lucky number for speakers in squeakers: Pelosi won with 216 (in 2021), Boehner won with 216 (in ’15) and Newt won with 216 (in ’97).
And now McCarthy in 2023, with 216.
12:39 AM · Jan 7, 2023
Interesting, no?
Jeffries is an Obummer wannabe, and those eyes of his are full of evil. Just take a look at them peepers.
He lied on TV today and said five cops were murdered on 1/6.
Is it me or does our new SOH seem pathetically sappy in this never ending speech?
Night all. I gotta’ go bleach my eyeballs out so I can sleep.
Well you missed Piglosi being declared the most legendary speaker of all time. SPIT!
Legendary also means notorious, as in Charles Manson.
STFU Jeffries, Pelosi is one of the most evil persons in US history.
So Achmed is taking this time to suck off Democrats? Do your job and introduce the uniparty speaker.
That Hakeem dude gives me nasty Zero vibes.
I hate my government.
Achmed giving a speech like he is the speaker. SMFH
Jeffries is making me less unhappy about having Kevin as Speaker.
Sit down, Hakeem.
Good golly. Jeffries has Nasty Piglousy hands gestures….Ozeros horrible cadence and I feel like I am back in kindergarten and want to chase the big red ball over the words…when I hear him spew.
They’re all cheering for “reproductive freedom.” Repealing taxes on manufacturers?
Sit down and STFU Jeffries.
WTF is Jeffries giving (total Bull shite) a stump speech?
Free and fair elections???
Hey Kevin, Punch this F&%$er!
Allowing this is the first thing McCarthy did.