Deplorables searching for new Speaker

[Rajoo]

Yes, its a search with multiple elections planned behind closed doors since they do not have a true leader. Plan is to keep this going until a consensus candidate emerges before a full vote in the House. The Israel-Hamas skirmish will give them a lot of much needed cover since this will be another prolonged shit show.

And now there are three factions; re-elect McCarthy, Scalise and Gym.
Scalise's health will be a major issue while as Boehner has said, Gym Jordan is a legislative terrorist and now his only interest is reelecting Trump. He will truly weaponize the House to o after the Biden father and son.

And if no consensus and Trump gets nominated? He will for starters shut down the government to sabotage the economy.

[Pio1980]

Just keep hammering Gym on shielding a predator in a position of authority and let the remaining pieces sort themselves.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Yes, its a search with multiple elections planned behind closed doors since they do not have a true leader. Plan is to keep this going until a consensus candidate emerges before a full vote in the House. The Israel-Hamas skirmish will give them a lot of much needed cover since this will be another prolonged shit show.

And now there are three factions; re-elect McCarthy, Scalise and Gym.
Scalise's health will be a major issue while as Boehner has said, Gym Jordan is a legislative terrorist and now his only interest is reelecting Trump. He will truly weaponize the House to o after the Biden father and son.

And if no consensus and Trump gets nominated? He will for starters shut down the government to sabotage the economy.

Name a House Republican who isnt scum. I can't.

[bobabode]

Lovely how they just took a preliminary vote and Steve Scalise is the frontrunner. He who described himself as, "David Duke without the baggage".

The GOP doesn't even try to hide their disgusting racism.

[Rajoo]

Here is a cautionary event from today's voting.

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) had a question for the two Republicans leading the race to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House speaker: Who won the 2020 election?

Politico’s sources in the closed-door meeting where it was offered put it as, “Did Donald Trump win the 2020 election?” But that was the gist. Buck was asking the potential next leader of the House whether he would side with reality — Trump lost — or with the mirage of fraud and theft that Trump has been so relentless about presenting.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) — who won an informal vote for the role on Wednesday morning — and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) apparently chose the mirage. But then the majority of the Republican caucus did, too, on Jan. 6, 2021, when it counted.

So the BIG LIE will continue and these are the people who are going to be passing laws and spending our tax dollars. Gawd help us.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...lection-trump/

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Lovely how they just took a preliminary vote and Steve Scalise is the frontrunner. He who described himself as, "David Duke without the baggage".

The GOP doesn't even try to hide their disgusting racism.

He may or may not have baggage, but he's had David Duke riding on his back ever since he said that.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Name a House Republican who isnt scum. I can't.

The last two decent ones (Cheney and Kinzinger) were excommunicated. The rest are a bunch of nihilists, idiots or protofascists with varying degrees of Trump fealty.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The last two decent ones (Cheney and Kinzinger) were excommunicated. The rest are a bunch of nihilists, idiots or protofascists with varying degrees of Trump fealty.

... and yet, some say the party can be saved.

[Dondilion]

What an awful read. Are things really that bad?

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The last two decent ones (Cheney and Kinzinger) were excommunicated. The rest are a bunch of nihilists, idiots or protofascists with varying degrees of Trump fealty.

Here's my problem with Cheney and Kinzinger...their House voting records...

Voted with Trump on House bills...
Cheney 92.9%*
Kinzinger 90.2%*

My evaluation...both scum. The fact that they went against him in the Jan 6th hearings doesn't rectify anything...acting decent for once doesn’t make up for their voting records.

*Per Nate Silver