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Oh yes. Please do.
Please show the world how fucking useless the GOP is.
They're trying to impeach Biden and can't even keep the government running. Priorities first McCarthy, this is not a good look.
You reap what you sow. The GOP embraced the MAGA lunatics because they wanted to win and didn’t care about the cost. Now they get to watch the party die because they have no way to control them and they are not reasonable.
I wish it would implode faster, I'm tired of these guys being in control of any part of the government
“Kevin McCarthy does not let these things get underneath his skin.”
Pfft, if that were the case we wouldn't be here to begin with.
GOP creates MAGA. MAGA eats GOP. MAGA destroys itself.
If Ouroboros was stupid and racist.
Force him out and let the Biden impeachment die or let him stay and be neutered for the rest of the session. Truly the greatest of choices for the MAGA caucus.
~~caucus~~
Circus* FTFY
Its quite telling how Modern Republicans act towards one another. If Thanos blipped everyone from politically communist to neoliberal tomorrow, they would find no peace. Their nature is to tear down others as its own end. They would eat each other.
There's a reason that when Democrats are in power they try like hell to avoid the subject of Republicans as they're trying to govern, yet when Republicans are in power all they can use their power pulpit to talk about is how evil the Democrats are.
There is no honor amongst thieves. They’ll cooperate with each other as enemies of my enemies until they suddenly aren’t getting what they want, then it’s ‘No True Republican’ with them.
LOL he knows that they might not be able to pick a new speaker willing to put up with their shit
Putin: "File the motion near the end of the month. Yes, right before any budget breakthrough."
Um, no other Speaker would have allowed themselves to be put in this position to begin with
Your proposal is acceptable.
Yea guys cmon let’s get this going we want to see what we waste our money on. If we ain’t getting shitty weak displays from dick pill lovers in the GOP then I am not getting my money’s worth.
Among the things I don't usually say, "I agree with Kevin McCarthy" is the one I least expected today.
And the bag of rats continues to writhe. Fucking eat each other you monsters.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
It was a nod to members including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and others who are threatening to force him out of the speakership if he doesn’t comply with their demands, like putting certain bills on the floor and not passing a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month.
Under current House rules, any one member can force a vote to vacate the speaker's chair, and it would take a majority of the chamber to remove him.
McCarthy oversees a narrow GOP majority, with only four defections to spare before needing Democratic help to pass legislation.
He added of the motion to vacate threats: “Kevin McCarthy does not let these things get underneath his skin.”
The root of the tension is aggressive demands by right-wing members who are insisting on spending cuts and policy add-ons to must-pass government funding legislation, which have no realistic chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate.
McCarthy was forced to punt Wednesday on a House vote to advance a defense funding bill, facing demands from right-wing members to show them a plan to satisfy their wishes.
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Any one member of congress can force him out? Even a Democrat?
Not force him out, they can force a vote for him to vacate the speaker's chair. The GOP made this new rule back in January. I suspect they thought they'd be able to use it bring the House to its knees if the Democrats regained power or some such nonsense. Or to keep Pelosi from getting it back if the Dems got a majority in 2024. Or just harass a Democrat speaker.
McCarthy agreed to it in order to become speaker, because the MAGAts wouldn't vote for him otherwise. They wanted it not for Democrats (who will just revoke the rule when they take control back) but to use as a cudgel against McCarthy exactly as they are doing now.
He weakened his position from the outset just to win, and now he's the most feckless speaker in history. Truly galaxy brain level politicking
So we saw the hilarious attempt to nominate McCarthy last time, but what happens if they boot him out and refuse to vote in a speaker for a much longer time? Is there any kind of mechanism in case it's deadlocked indefinitely?
Either enough Republicans get fed up that they vote a dem into the seat, or congress starves to death. Win-win, really.
Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful...
if Loren Bobert, George Santos, or MTG filed the motion?
[listening to my Julie Andrews in my OCR of MY FAIR LADY]
George is 100% behind Kevin. He made that choice on purpose, because he knows Kevin won't take any action at all against him as long as he is a reliable Speaker vote.
I’m honestly having a fantastic time watching the Republican Party implode :D
Me too, but also this is going to fuck a lot of people over if the government goes unfunded, and it doesn't look like they're going to figure it out. The only reasonable option currently seems to be any decent Republicans left side with democrats. I don't really see that happening, but who knows at this point?
At this point, I just assume the GOP will just do the most harmful thing possible. Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised; otherwise, I’m prepared for the inevitable.
I don’t think they’re going to stop until they break something important enough that normal people start calling for blood.
Reporters need to just fucking report. What's with "all but dared them"? He told them to file it. Id say he dared them to do it.
Or, OR, don't put that in the story at all and just report what happened.
Is your issue that the reporter used language? I'd say the use of 'all but dared' is pretty appropriate here, he didn't precisely dare them but he may as well have. Not sure how that damages the integrity of the report.