According to multiple DC media sources, a quiet effort is underway by members of the professionally republican mindset to kick Matt Gaetz out of the House Republican caucus. However, the advocates worry they will be primaried by voters in their district, as the population of Republican voters supports Gaetz. It is a duplicitous dynamic.
Meanwhile, Kevin McCarthy has told his Republican conference that despite prior statements, he will not attempt to become the House Speaker again and will instead retire to his home district in California.
No one is quite sure what comes next; what is clear is that Gaetz has channeled the frustration of the Republican/MAGA base into an actionable result. This should not come as a surprise to the GOPe, although many of the cloistered clan continue pretending not to understand the dynamic at play.
Allow me to provide some simple clarity.
♦ In 2009 72% of the country, and an even larger percentage of the Republican voters, did not want Obamacare. The govt takeover of healthcare was along purely ideological grounds. For the 2010 midterm election, the professional Republican apparatus campaigned on this single issue – repeal Obamacare. The voters destroyed the Democrats and flipped 67 seats to Republican control. The professional Republicans wanted the House, frustrated American voters gave it to them.
The Republicans did nothing.
♦ In 2012, the professional Republicans campaigned on retaining the House and asked to begin a process of taking down the Democrat control of the Senate. Remember, it was a 60/40 Senate when the Obamacare boondoggle was begun. Keep the House, help us take Senate seats, and we will repeal Obamacare and balance the budget. That was the call of the 2012 professional Republicans. The voters delivered. The GOPe kept the house, took 6 seats in the Senate and introduced a wave of fresh Republican blood.
The Republicans did nothing.
♦ In the 2014 midterm election, the professional Republicans campaigned on retaining the House and now flipping the Senate with more GOP seats. Keep the House, give us the Senate majority, and we will repeal Obamacare and deliver a balanced budget. The voters again delivered. Beginning in January 2015, the Republicans controlled the House and the Senate majorities for Obama’s last two years.
The Republicans did nothing.
Worse still, even with professional Republican control of both chambers of congress, President Obama never had to use his veto pen.
♦ In the 2016 election, after the professional Republicans could no longer stop/block candidate Donald Trump, they said if we get the White House, retain the House and retain the Senate, we will repeal Obamacare, return to regular budgetary order, and balance the budget. Stunningly, against all the odds, the voters yet again delivered. President Trump won the election; Republicans now held the White House, the House and the Senate – as requested.
The Republicans did nothing.
Worse still, the professional Republicans acted as if they were the dog that just caught the car. Now they had no excuses, and as a result there was an exodus of retirements announced from the caucus of the professionally Republican to begin in 2018.
Simultaneously, the professional Republicans passively allowed the targeting of Donald Trump by a fully weaponized intelligence apparatus and justice system to commence. To say the professionally Republican were willfully blind would be polite and generously honest.
In the background the RNC did nothing. The California ballot harvesting operation of 2018 reflected a complete lack of action by the RNC or CA GOP. We all well remember how that operation expanded nationwide in 2020, again with the RNC doing nothing.
This is the reality of what took place between the elections of 2010 and 2020. Every ask of the professionally rRpublican apparatus was delivered by voters. Every ask of the voters in return was ignored. Effective January 2021, Obamacare still exists, no budget was ever produced, the borders were unsecured, the economy tanked due to Biden policy, energy and printing presses. Crises, along with insufferable government mandates, amplified and expanded from coast to coast.
The Green New Deal was passed by Republicans and Democrats, and the collapse of the economy came with it.
Clear enough?
Suddenly, as if there was no background of repeated broken promises and a complete failure to deliver on any key request, Kevin McCarthy and his legion of professionally Republican supporters pretend they cannot fathom why the base voters are more than happy to support Matt Gaetz.
WASHINGTON DC – Kevin McCarthy will not seek the speakership again, marking a devastating end to his time in GOP leadership.
The California Republican informed his members behind closed doors Tuesday night that he will forsake another attempt to win the top job after his ouster on Tuesday, according to seven people familiar with the remarks.
His announcement comes amid intense anger over his ouster by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and seven other GOP members, who voted with House Democrats to eject him earlier Tuesday. Most Republicans vocally opposed his eviction.
McCarthy told his conference that he would return to California to spend time with his family. In his stead, the House will be run by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), his hand-picked choice as acting speaker. House Republicans have no plans to return to session until next week, scrapping their plans to try to pass party-line spending bills.
The vacancy atop the House is sure to set off a scramble among ambitious Republicans — one that’s likely to get dirty and dragged-out, particularly if McCarthy’s deputies try to ascend. The GOP agrees that the most obvious choices are Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), all of whom had publicly backed McCarthy until he bowed out.
“I might have been given a bad break, but I’m still the luckiest man alive,” McCarthy said, according to multiple people in the room when he revealed he would not, as he’d vowed, keep trying to stay speaker.
[…] Republicans are willing to admit one thing: No one knows what the coming days, or weeks, will bring. (read more)
Battered Conservative no more!
MAGA 👊👊🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸
It is the ONLY way forward.
Honestly, as deep as the corruption is we will never find a solution in Washington D.C.
There are Trillions of Dollars at stake and the #DCCrimeCartel will not relinquish their power…EVER.
Our only hope now is to institute strong State Governments that are willing to #nullify the Federal Government for Constitutional overreach and stop sending them payroll taxes.
Confiscate all Federal property within the Several States.
Remove the authority for ANY Federal agent to operate within your State.
Immediately begin making Trade/Security agreements with like-minded States.
It is the only way. Jefferson noted it was the last resort to tyrannical government…save the Second Amendment solution.
With all that so excellently expressed by SD, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND is sending these people money? They should be bankrupted as a party. I guess the billionaires are keeping them afloat. How do we stop it?
Your interests are not their interests, pharma just showed you that one. One of the biggest lobbyists in the world.
Introduce a bill banning pharmacy commercials just like they did for tobacco advertising.
I do my little part by mailing back their (donation request) form with my thoughts written all over it. I tell them ‘not one more penny!’
And since I get these donation requests from politicians all over the country (!!!), I get to vent my frustration quite often. I had fun with the nikki haley one and marco rubicon.
Over the past several months, many rhetorical questions included in comments have made use of the phrase, “…who in their right mind?”
Note: the people in their right minds are not the ones “sending these people money”, electing them, cooperating with them, or taking advice from them.
Exactly… ‘These people’ are not dependent on our money, their donors are large corporations, big tech, big pharma, globalists etc, and the billionaires.
Notice they never ask for votes anymore, just the money to buy them.
I suggest everyone who lives in a red or disputed district send to their rep the link to this posting — including the acidic comments — so they can get a clear picture of what the H is going on in the rest of our country and how it is at serious odds with the corrupting wine they are drunk on.
For reason that transcend politics I unfortunately live In Katherine Clark ‘s district, so I expect that this whole brouhaha she finds hilarious.
They don’t care what we think. We’re ants messing up their picnic. We need fresh horses.
My take is that Matt Gaetz recognized that the one thing the two most effective Republican Presidents in living memory, Reagan and Trump, had in common was that they did what they said what they were going to do. McCarthy signed on to this deal to vacate the Speaker’s seat and then thought it would never come to pass. Gaetz, either analytically or intuitively, realized that GOP writ large had to do what it said it would do to maintain any semblance of credibility. What comes next? We’ll see. But whatever it is, it can’t be worse than Uniparty rule.
Of course, that’s just my opinion; I could be wrong. (Hat tip to Dennis Miller.)
This is exactly correct. Among the greatest blows dealt to the GOPe (at an institutional level) by President Trump was the destruction of the number one myth in American politics: the expectation of elected representatives fulfilling campaign promises is unrealistic. It is also, in my view, along with the full exposure of the uniparty/deep state, the greatest gift to the electorate he could have given.
Why would someone need to look at the history of presidents to figure out that people want–nay, even EXPECT–a person to do what he or she promised?
If anyone has to look to someone else to figure that out, that person is seriously lacking morals and doesn’t belong anywhere near the government!
Really! It’s not rocket science: Keep your damn promises, politicians!
Thumbs down by McCain. The masks were dropped. The larger problem being, that once a government program is enacted, a special interest is created/adapted to suck $ off the program, and lobby for expansion.
It’s all great drama!
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Out, out, brief candle!
Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
THERE IS NO PLAN. There is no pale rider in the current political firmament.
Buckle up. My read is that 2024 is going to be exceptionally turbulent. There is no there there for PDJT to lead in a sweeping cleanup. That’s what the Republican chaos symbolizes – it’s more Deep State subterfuge.
Expressed differently, MAGA and other disenfranchised are going to have to think out of the box on how to bring additional pressure to bear. The field of view encompasses way more than the structural problems in Congress and the administrative state.
You have found the range, know the target area and sense what’s coming…nice work!
Doom and gloom are counterproductive.
Are you deflecting away from Trump’s potential to make sweeping changes? If not Trump, whom should we support to make those sweeping changes?
If no one, then what is your plan or solution for success?
I was always taught that if one is going to dispute a solution (Trump/MAGA), then offer an alternative solution, ie “what is your out of the box thoughts” on how to bring more pressure to bear?
Outside of the “structural problems in Congress and the administrative state,” what is it exactly in the “field of view” that could not be overcome if Congress and the administrative state were overhauled with MAGA minded replacements that could address those issues?
Presently, CTH, MAGA and Treepers overwhelmingly support Trump and his efforts and how he is conducting his campaign, his proffered solutions and strategies.
Any suggestions on how Trump or MAGA could improve?
It would be interesting to see your thoughts to each question in detail without ambiguity.
MAGA needs to be visible with less talk and more action. Peaceful demonstrations in red states. It won’t be easy. Those that come must be willing to ‘not’ be drawn away from peaceful actions. Build a wall by locking arm to arm. Voices raised in unity, not anger. Know what you’re going to say then say it perhaps by a person inside the wall, Show we support our President Trump and what he stands for.
And that is a thoughtful response of at least one of many potential ways to address, at least in part, to the many questions I posed.
McCarthy really is still running. If there is such a vacuum, why take a week off to reconvene? -smoked filled rooms in the swamp!
Goetz and those who voted with him deserve a big pile of cash from the voters. Redirect that donation from the RNC to these individuals
Crystal clear Sundance. Collar up boys and girls.
Gaetz*
https://news.yahoo.com/gingrich-says-house-gop-expel-013904326.html
Republican party must live. Newt.
It’s always refreshing when the Old Guard does exactly what you expect of the Old Guard.
Well, I agree. The R party must live… but it must change to reflect its voters. We need the R party infrastructure. We just must take control of it and that is occurring just, unfortunately, too slowly.
Newt had his own problems when he was speaker!
From Wikipedia.
1997Newt GingrichRepublicanGeorgia395–28Use of a tax-exempt organization for political purposes, and providing false information to the House Ethics Committee.[17]
From attorney Tom Renz’ Substack
Yesterday in a virtually unprecedented move Kevin McCarthy was removed as speaker of the House. A small handful of GOP reps that actually care about the Republican base determined that McCarthy’s war on America first and Republican ideals had gone so far that they were willing to risk the wrath of party leadership to say enough. While the GOP is still a disaster at best, this is one of the best signs of hope our republic has seen in recent years.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomrenz/p/mccarthy-a-loss-for-the-gop-a-win?r=fdolb&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Yes … except WHO will replace McCarthy? The vast majority of Rs voted against unseating McCarthy and it was done with just 7 Rs and all dem votes.
A lot of angry Rs will be needed to vote for a new Speaker and we need that new Speaker to be MAGA. How will we accomplish that b/c this time ALL dems will vote against a genuinely America First Speaker?
So now they take a week off to go huddle with their masters to come up with the next play, and for a post mortem on where they went wrong.
It would be very interesting to see where they meet, and with whom.
They are going to want to get their orders in person.
Steve Bannon is right. They are scared, upset, vengeful, and plotting.
I think events may overtake them though.
Watch the markets, and the Ukraine.
Right — they are “scared, upset, vengeful and plotting.”
On the positive side, they also need/want to get re-elected and THAT is our principle power.
Both parties have played the American people., almost like a good cop bad cop routine. Fortunately, the tea party, then MAGA Trump, have figured out we actually have a bad cop and bad cop routine. Open border, lawless fedcoats and 33 Trillion in debt have doomed this country to a third world sesspool. China or Russia do not need to attack, they can sit back and popcorn and watch city after city turn into an escape from…fill in the blank.
Rage, Rage against The Machine and all it’s pain and misery! Full bull rush needed by true conservatives.
We’ve already got a primary challenger to Juan Ciscomani the left-over McCain Stain in AZ. YIPPEE! One term Juan, bought and paid for by the establishment professional republicans, has been groomed for decades for this “position”. McCarthy isn’t there to fund you anymore so you’re going to have to depend on CofC or stupid people.
Somebody has his knickers in a twist. We don’t follow the Rs anymore, Rich.
We keep our principles in place. Solid. Our word is our bond, and we expected those we elected to keep theirs.
Fool us once…you know the rest.
WE. ARE. DONE!!
That is one of the most disgustingly elitist statements I’ve ever read. My eyes! MY EYES!!!
Recall we are simply stinky WalMart shoppers, simply deplorables that stand to our national anthem.
I say, “In a pig’s eye!”
Hubris, thy name is Lowry.
(Here…use some the eye bleach I keep on hand for stuff like this 😎)
The masses are revolting.
Wake up, Rich, we welcome your disdain and yes, we are revolting but not in the sense you think.
A man who has shown us who exactly he is…and his rag. WF Buckley must be turning in his grave like a rogue centrifuge.
Actually, the GOPe consider the masses as being revolting. Tough times are ahead.
He won’t be getting a Christmas card
An odious little creep anyway.
In my opinion, McCarthy just did his job delaying anything outside the demands of the powers that be. Thankfully he did not get away with it for to long. Wisdom, if there is such a thing in DC is needed to proceed.
This is a great summary of why the GOP, despite lopsided polling on issue after issue, keeps losing. Voters who remembered 1994 thought 2010-2012 would deliver a similar shakeup to a president whose policies had run far, FAR more left than what he campaigned on (a familiar story.) In my lifetime, I’ve never seen a faster or more thorough betrayal of voter mandate than that delivered by Boehner and Ryan. Trump won because he vociferously vowed to hit back and fight for the very promises the beltway GOP made but didn’t want to fulfill.
I went to my (pretty red) polling place in 2022 and saw the shortest lines in a mid-term election I’ve seen since 2006. There was no enthusiasm. The Three Mc’s acted like they didn’t even want a majority, much less the sort of red wave that polling data suggested was coming.
The RNC will continue to underperform until they learn who the real enemy is.
At the local level, MAGA can force the RNC to perform, can’t we?
It always frustrated me how Obama got everything he wanted.
The Democrats got a lot of what the wanted even when the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress AND the Presidency.
And yet our populist champion, Donald Trump, was hamstrung, thwarted and persecuted with the cooperation of the R’s.
Obama and Paul (that’s not who we are!) Ryan.
Our Federal government is a criminal operation. That’s first. Secondly, who would join a criminal operation but a criminal. Said another way, who would be allowed to join a criminal operation but a criminal. They are ALL in on the scam. This is more diversion/”entertainment” on our way to the CBDC prison.
Outstanding!
This lays out the facts better than I’ve ever seen before. It should be required reading for every American.
Alas, the GOPe giveth but just as swiftly taketh away. The “giveth” part is Joe Biden’s pet House Speaker is sent to the showers (In this case golden showers of Frank Luntz’s urine back at their love nest), the Speaker pro tem kicks Pelosi out of her perq extra office and changes the locks like she was a methhead squatter but is going to “taketh away” by installing another Uniparty stooge in McCarthy’s place. Scalise is a Wall Street/CoC/CfG/MIC puppet and is, BTW, dying. Not that ever stopped a swamper from stepping down (FDR, McCain, Feinstein, Biden), Emmer helped McCarthy and McConnell torpedo MAGA candidates in 2022 using dem donors, Jordan is an egregious blowhard phony like Gowdy and Graham who is all talk and no action. Hern is a newbie and I hadn’t heard of him before.
Back in 2015 when Republicans signed off on Obama’s $1.1 trillion Omibus Spending Bill we witnessed yet another stab in the back from the GOPe with a similar backlash we have today:
Sarah Palin said, “They did it again, but like a battered wife, we keep going back because every four years they bring us flowers, beg our forgiveness, and swear they’ll never hit us again.
The GOP establishment in Congress is our abuser. We can’t hide the black eyes any more. The whole neighborhood knows. The Democrats are gloating. Obama thanked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) effusively – and why shouldn’t he? Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) couldn’t have given him more.
And where was the famed House Freedom Caucus – those stalwart conservatives who spearheaded Boehner’s ouster? They were shrugging and handing us a bag of frozen peas to put on our black eye. If we’re lucky, maybe they’ll call 911 for us when the beating starts up again.
This is shameful, and it has to end. No mas!
For the last seven years, grassroots conservatives rallied to action under the belief that change starts at the ballot box. As I’ve said many times: there is nothing wrong with this country that a good old-fashioned election can’t fix.
Together, we grassroots conservatives gave the GOP historic electoral victories because they promised us they would stop Obama’s ‘fundamental transformation of America.’
Instead, they abetted it. They are Obama’s accomplices.
So, no, it’s not time to leave the GOP. We’re going to make our abusers leave. We’re not going to let them hit us again. It’s time to kick our abusers out of the House, change the locks, and keep a loaded shotgun next to the bed”
Here we are in 2023 and history is repeating itself. Only time will tell if this emboldens Republicans to do right by their voters or scheme yet again to betray us.
Regardless of who the new speaker is, I suspect, they will continue down the same road to bankruptcy we have been on since Nixon took the USA off the gold standard, so he would not have to return all the gold we stole from Europe under the guise of saving it from the Nazi’s in WWII. If republicanism is a political party, why are there no dues. If you want to be a member of the NRA, dues are a given. It seems to me if dues are a requirement for membership, it might blunt the power of billionaires to buy policy through contributions. There are 33 million American registered republicans at and annual membership due of $100 the party would have $3.3 Billion on hand. What would one million dollar donation buy against the rank and files 3.3 Billion.
So, should 60 million MAGA citizens write their Congressional representative and tell them to vote for Donald Trump as Speaker?
It would put him third in line for the presidency and strike fear in the hearts of the Deep State. If this is a good idea, let’s make it happen and press hard during the chaos–never let a crisis go to waste as they say.
Excellent resume… a keeper. One day it dawned on me: the main feature of the Republican party is it’s uselessness.
Yes… I remember when the Republicans said: but, but… we only have one chamber… when they got both, … but, but we don’t have the White House… and when they got the White House: NOTHING!
The one, and only, victory that can be achieved is the destruction of the GOPe, the cuck wing of the Uniparty bird.
Thank you for articulating this so well, Sundance. I’ve brought this same thing up many times, but I didn’t say it nearly as well as you did.
I’m saving this to send to my Senators and Representative.
excellent idea!
Read 1 Samuel chapter 17, verses 45-51. Our republic is worth fighting for. Our God is an awesome God!!
As a 50-year long solid GOP voter, I am “Never professional Republican” forever. I fired off a message to my Idaho Rep. Fulcher, a fake “Freedom Caucus” member, who’s in there for show, to fool the Idaho conservative rednecks, but never there for the dough.
Just like Kevin McCarthy and his 200+ elected GOP House supporters. It’s gonna get ugly, but conservatives won’t win. We’re like the proverbial “Charlie Brown”, and the GOP-e is our beloved Lucy, yanking that “shiny pretty thing” football out from under us, everytime we try kicking for score against the Communist Democrats. EVERY, SINGLE, OUTRAGE of the Biden Administration was “brought to you by ….”, McConnell (and my two Idaho Senators Risch and Crapo, his most solid supporters), McCarthy (and his 210++ GOP Reps), McDaniels and all the fem boys at the RNC, and every other Republican who’s promised us for DECADES to oppose the Democrats authoritarian socialist goals (since FDR in the 1930’s, or every further back, to Wilson, the original “progressive” in the early 1900’s), but at the last moment, yanked that football, snatching defeat from the jaws of certain victory.
The GOP ~~ IS ~~ the establishment, nearly all of them. The GOP ~~ IS ~~ the problem; Biden’s gang are just the side effects of no loyal opposition party. Just like Rep. MTG, they all seem to “grow in office”, leaning hard left, after they are elected.
seems like the real winning party is WEF… macarthy is WEF https://www.weforum.org/people/kevin-mccarthy
and on his day one made sure his replacement is WEF also https://www.weforum.org/people/patrick-mchenry
No WEF members in U.S.Congress…conflict of interest&treason,imho.
oh and this..wef flag flies over Panama USmilitary base ?…https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/wef-caught-orchestrating-migrant-surge-for-us-border-from-military-bases-in-panama/
Thank you, Sundance – for a concise summation of “a long train of abuses”
Tucker Carlson for SOTH for the win.
Byron Donald was not one of the 8 either, but I trust him to still be MAGA and I have lot of respect for Elise Stefanik.
Agreed. Perhaps many conservative Rs fear who will replace McCarthy. I know I do.
Whom ever supports the ousting of Gaetz will pay with their career……….. ( MAGA Promise )…!!!
While I completely agree with this sentiment, it is a sad statement in the respect that being a representative of the people was not meant to become a career; it was supposed to be an act of public service. Because the government has grown so far beyond the perimeter established by the founders of this once great nation, it has attracted nothing but corrupt individuals – or corrupted those elected with good intentions – hell bent on retaining these positions of power in order to enrich themselves at the expense of the people they are supposed to represent. The corruption runs very wide and very deep; however, a good start would be unseating those who support the deep state.
First off, we knew without question that this speakership was doomed to failure and would end badly as as soon as it began. McCarthy is just bad news, as are, unfortunately, the majority of house republicans.
Second. This is a great summary and if anybody could get it on the nightly news, it would solve a LOT of problems.
Finally, Gaetz is a hero. Sure hope for all our sakes that it works out.
BTW. Anyboy see Gingrich’s statement about the “traitors”? What a snake.
How the mighty have fallen!
Newts are creatures of The Swamp.
Dear GOP retards in the House:
A couple of suggestions FWIW for the next GOP Speaker:
*Re-assign democratic committee members just like Pelosi did with the J6 committee.
* Release all J6 video, along with whatever remaining records and testimony have not been destroyed.
* Close all ‘hidden offices’
* EVERY vote from here on out would be a roll call vote.
* There will be no more closed door hearings.
* There will be no vote for spending for Z until the government is fully funded with a defined budget for each department for a period of at least 2 years.
* Nothing that the senate sends over as a ‘budget’ will be considered. It is the responsibility of the House to originate all spending bills.
*The guy pulling the fire alarm will be referred for prosecution under the same statutes that the J6 folks were prosecuted under and held without bail or access to an attorney.
In short actually do something on behalf of your constituents. I know….old habits die hard.
*I stole some of this from a great post on ACE OF SPADES today. But it needs to be done to strike fear in our enemies (unfortunately that includes the GOP – you all see the dilemma )
Right on. But don’t hold your breath.
Both Pelosi AND Hoyer have been notified to vacate their cushy offices today. Why didn’t McCarthy do this 9 months ago??? Who was in charge?
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/mchenry-pelosi-office-remove-speaker-act
Who was in charge?
The Uniparty as usual.
Matt Gaetz simply acted on behalf of all TRUE conservative patriots, —–we are TIRED of being LIED to!!! Thank you Mr. Gaetz.
Individually fund or donate money to candidates directly. DO not give any money to the RNC. The GOPe spent millions trying to defeat or discredit Trump only to make him stronger, i think it was a SD story on this forum. it is clear to me that MAtt Gaetz is true to his word, he is holding people accountable and they do not like it. We need more folks in congress like Matt.
Good article on clarity!
Yes, the “R’s” have DELIVERED NOTHING! Spending continues, all of the BS democrat policies and SLUSH funds continue on, wars are started, NOTHING the democrats are doing via weaponization of government-CRT-gender is EVER DEFUNDED, healthcare is destroyed, the economy is destroyed, CRIME and the BORDER are absolute FAILURES, the SENATE is a corrupt mess of globalists…what did McCarthy actually deliver? I always thought that CONGRESS actually was a co-equal branch that had power????
Trump 2024…or before!
The democrats wanted to protect the Bidens from the blackmail by the Ukraine government which included releasing all the money Bidens received from the Ukraine government if the war financing was not approved and McCarthy went along with the democrats. Therefore some republicans refused to go along.
Don’t believe there’s any requirement that the Speaker be a member of the House. Why not go outside the House and select as Speaker THE currently most popular office seeker in the country?
Can you imagine all the splody heads if Donald J. Trump was selected as Speaker?
Unfortunately we have Republicans in the House. And Republicans never execute any winning strategy on our behalf.
Does he have to be a Citizen? Jordan Peterson would rock the job.
Precisely why the MAGA GOPm is fed up with the Establishment GOPe. And our Republican form of government IS INTENDED TO BE MESSY! If it is not, then there are not at least 2 opposing ideologies fighting (supposedly) with all that is legal, moral, and ethical to win at the ballot box and in the representative government that supposedly represents We The People. Our government has not been nearly “messy” enough lately, thanks to the Uniparty. That is all about to change….
Allow me to explain further: “The professional Republican apparatus” are the sycophants of the U.S. Chamber of Crypto-Fascist, Crony Commerce in Congress.
What about Karri Lake for Speaker ? An outsider who is NOT beholden to anyone.
Republicans always work on the wrong things. The first thing Democrats do when they win is change the election laws to tilt in their favor.
We all know that this communism is coming out of our universities. They are breeding grounds for radical Democrats. In about half the states, Republicans have dictatorial control over their states. They are trifecta states. Why don’t the Republicans take control of their universities and get rid of the communists. Answer: Because they work on the wrong things.
The Republicans allow the Executive agencies like the FBI, DOJ, State Dept., etc., to stonewall them. Congress funds these agencies. They can write into their funding that they have the right to send representatives to any agency they fund. No more stonewalling. Again, the Republicans never think to work on this.
We now know why Republicans don’t work on these things…because many of them are not Republicans.
I vote ‘Sundance’ as the next Speaker of the House. Can I get a second?
ok
A blocking strategy might feel good, and in many cases might “do good” by preventing/not funding nefarious government operations. Ultimately, the operations that vast majorities want MUST be funded (military, law enforcement, courts, prisons, border control, response to natural disasters, counter-terrorism, etc.,); laws passed; nominees confirmed; foreign relations conducted and supervised, even debt authorized, etc.
Do “conservatives” have the votes to pass legislation exactly to their liking, get it approved by the Senate, and signed by the President? Obviously not. When we get to the point that critical operations become necessary, compromises WILL occur, and we will be left with considerably less than desired. Gaetz is attempting to reorient the GOP scrum to push in the correct direction, so that is something. But his methods necessarily hobble the team effort (to the extent there s a team). McCarthy would not have been Speaker if he didn’t have a following (no doubt built and reinforced on a complex structure of carrots and sticks); I can only guess that it’s members are unhappy with the coup d’etat, and are thinking about how to rebuild their own fortunes (something shrewd successor will have to reassemble).
What is Gaetz’s plan to unify the Rs sufficiently to achieve success with legislation? Who is defining the Rs’ legislative agenda (which will not be the same as a “conservative” agenda)? Gingrich found success as a bombthrower, but also provided a detailed map with concensus destinations. Only when Republicans and/or conservatives can envision themselves GOVERNING properly will they ever get there or to some close proximity. Where will leadership be found?
Watch and learn.