Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 17:00     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:NP here, and I haven't been following this that closely (for shame, especially since I'm a fed! lol)

The Washington Post just announced that Rep. Ted Lieu (D) just voted for Hakeen Jeffries for Speaker. Are the Democrats voting? If so, why don't they just all vote for Jeffries for Speaker? They only need to get a few Rs on their side (which, I know, is pretty much an impossibility).


In a nutshell, no Democrat will vote for a Republican, and no Republican will vote for a Democrat.

No, this is not true. Democrats won't vote for an election saboteur nor someone who will not partner in good faith. If GOP put up one of the handful of non-election deniers a Speaker, Dem would consider it.

Don't try to both sides this. GOP dysfunction and everyone expects the Dems to clean up their sh!t. Just like maintenance had to clean up insurrectionists sh!t.


Like who? I'm struggling to think of any GOP rep who is not somewhere on the spectrum of crazy.


Fred Upton?


He's no longer in Congress. And he's not there because he was run out by the crazies. Why would we think the crazy people that ran him out would now vote for him?


Speaker doesn’t have to be a MoC, which is curious given they are second in the line of succession.


Everyone on this chat knows the Speaker doesn’t need to be a MoC. You didn’t need to say that.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:59     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think that we have a realistic chance of beating the 133 vote record? I'm kind of hoping for something more historic than Scalise on the 20th vote


At least they're doing more than 3 votes today. Sounds like the crazies won't vote to adjourn, so they'd need some Democrats to agree to that to get out of there.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:58     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.


She could be, just need 6 Republicans and all the Democrats to vote for her.


Which 6 Republicans are willing to sacrifice re-election in a ‘24 primary?


6 who are ready to be out of this circus?


I think if this goes on long enough, they will force Kevin No Gavel to withdrawal….or 6 GOP will vote for Jeffries.

Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:57     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Does anyone think that we have a realistic chance of beating the 133 vote record? I'm kind of hoping for something more historic than Scalise on the 20th vote
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:57     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Ok. Done watching this clown show. Wake me up when they figure it out. Republicans - are you embarrassed by this or loving it? Mad at the idiots in your party, cheering them on, mad at the saner members of your party, mad at the democrats, something else?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:50     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Rolling into #10
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:48     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.


She could be, just need 6 Republicans and all the Democrats to vote for her.


Which 6 Republicans are willing to sacrifice re-election in a ‘24 primary?


6 who are ready to be out of this circus?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:47     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.


She could be, just need 6 Republicans and all the Democrats to vote for her.


Wouldn’t that be amazing??


For sure!
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:46     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.


She could be, just need 6 Republicans and all the Democrats to vote for her.


Which 6 Republicans are willing to sacrifice re-election in a ‘24 primary?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:44     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NP here, and I haven't been following this that closely (for shame, especially since I'm a fed! lol)

The Washington Post just announced that Rep. Ted Lieu (D) just voted for Hakeen Jeffries for Speaker. Are the Democrats voting? If so, why don't they just all vote for Jeffries for Speaker? They only need to get a few Rs on their side (which, I know, is pretty much an impossibility).


In a nutshell, no Democrat will vote for a Republican, and no Republican will vote for a Democrat.

No, this is not true. Democrats won't vote for an election saboteur nor someone who will not partner in good faith. If GOP put up one of the handful of non-election deniers a Speaker, Dem would consider it.

Don't try to both sides this. GOP dysfunction and everyone expects the Dems to clean up their sh!t. Just like maintenance had to clean up insurrectionists sh!t.


Like who? I'm struggling to think of any GOP rep who is not somewhere on the spectrum of crazy.


Fred Upton?


He's no longer in Congress. And he's not there because he was run out by the crazies. Why would we think the crazy people that ran him out would now vote for him?


Speaker doesn’t have to be a MoC, which is curious given they are second in the line of succession.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:44     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.


She could be, just need 6 Republicans and all the Democrats to vote for her.


Wouldn’t that be amazing??
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:39     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.


She could be, just need 6 Republicans and all the Democrats to vote for her.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:33     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
I wish Liz Cheney was able to be Speaker of the House. That would be SO amazing. Won't happen though.

I bet she's loving watching the news today.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:31     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:McCarthy has no power to yield othe than what the terrorist caucus deign to give him. He wins absolutely nothing. He is prepared to hand away control not for the good of the country, or for the effective governance of the House, but only to be seen holding the gavel. He can’t even stop his laundry list of concessions being leaked to the media in real time. He’s being paraded through the halls of Congress naked while Gaetz and his cabal lead shouts of “shame … shame … shame.”


Oy vey!!!! Mucho hysteria!!! ........... and in 36 hours people will move on. Proles and media have the attention span of gnats.


You wish.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 16:30     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
I’m avoiding the news for my own sanity but would love if someone could tell me how Fox/OAN/NewsMax is spinning this and blaming the democrats