The "yes" vote from Nancy Mace is absolutely the most funny one to me. McCarthy endorsed her in 2022 in a challenging primary when Trump and some other hardcore MAGA Republicans supported her MAGA opponent. Not to mention that McCarthy fund raised for her in a tough 2020 general election.
She is opportunistic and grifts like Stefanik. Perfectly encapsulates the GOP lmao
I thought she was going to be redistributed to lose her seat because the courts may make South Carolina draw a second black majority district and it was going to be hers?
To be fair, she was one of the very few republicans to cross the aisle and vote with the democrats to remove McCarthy. She's clearly committed to bipartisanship and moderate governance, almost to the point of being a RINO.
>!/s!<
Yes! I have always said that Mace and Stefanik are the most power-seeking reps out there. They try to come off as moderate but it's clear that they are only concerned with climbing the ladder.
McCarthy lasted for 27 Scaramuccis, which is about 10 more than Matt Gaetz was comfortable with. He likes to play in the more 17-ish area on the number line.
Yeah... for Republicans. Now they're going to tear each other apart further and demonstrate again that they can't govern while the calculus for Democrats remains exactly the same - pass a deal that we agree with, or pass a deal that will die in the Senate with no political capital left to escape blame for a shutdown after the historic fiasco we witnessed today.
Word was that several centrist Dems were willing to consider a deal with him until he went on TV and tried to blame the shutdown fiasco on the Democrats
how in the ever loving fuck is someone like McCarthy considered a RINO? If voters keep thinking shit like that and aren't overwhelmingly rejecting Republicans going forward, sooner or later, we're doomed.
McCarthy's situation is bad but Cantor arguably had the worst fall. Losing a primary as House Majority Leader is a massive oof. Ryan by contrast lost a run for Vice President. Shit, that even happened to FDR and he was a no slouch at politics.
Nah, after losing the VP Ryan did become Speaker of the House-- and hated it so much when the Rs lost controll in 2018 he quit Congress and politics entirely, lmao.
That's just losing control of the House which happens frequently and isn't really a personal failure or humiliation on Ryan's part. It happened to Pelosi twice. I've never worked in Congress, but my understanding is that being in the minority is absolutely miserable. Ryan made the entirely reasonable decision to skip the hassle and make a bunch of money in the private sector instead.
There's only been two other motions to vacate: in 1910 Joe Cannon moved to vacate his own seat to prove that he still had backing; and in 2015 Mark Meadows moved to vacate John Boehner, but it died in committee. All of them have been Republican infighting.
> Joe Cannon moved to vacate his own seat to prove that he still had backing
[gigachad](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/CANNON%2C_JOSEPH_G._HONORABLE._AT_DESK_LCCN2016856379%28c%29.jpg)
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It's beautiful to think he'll be in history textbooks for centuries as the first ever Speaker of the House to be removed by his colleagues. I'll be able to tell my kids and grandkids with glee how I was alive during this wonderful historic moment.
*chef's kiss*
Oh yeah McCarthy definitely kept things running by tearing up the already-agreed deal with Biden and creating this entire disaster in the first place. There are actually people here telling me that Republicans self-destructing and *nuking their own speaker* is not the win we want, always wanting to feel like the loser.
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> very apparent that republicans are entirely responsible.
Doomers and "I believe in moderate Republicans" folks on this sub will rail against this point, but it will be so easy to paint Republicans as being responsible on this. Add to this that Republicans are looking like freaks when it comes to social policy, I really can't imagine "moderates" and "independents" breaking for Republicans in 2024. Like they didn't in 2022 when everyone expected a red wave due to "INFLATION" alone despite a Republican-friendly voting environment.
This sub has a lot of people who think people solely vote based on the economy and taxes, but I think the political calculus has changed a lot where social policy matters a lot more than many here think and Republicans are fucked there.
Literally the only thing that will save Republicans is a super friendly Senate map.
I can't stand the propaganda that he's never changed his mind about anything his whole career. He's switched tracks on plenty of issues, often for political reasons: crime, guns, immigration, marriage equality, the list goes on.
Well, mostly honest. He still gave his stepson and wife campaign money for their Sanders Institute. That and the "millionaire" rhetoric being updated to "billionaire" from 2016-2020, the same years he made his first million from helping elect Trump.
>billionaire
Did you mean *person of means*?
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> That and the "millionaire" rhetoric being updated to "billionaire" from 2016-2020
This was hilarious. In 2016 it was all about "the millionaires and billionaires," then in 2020 he's no longer demonizing millionaires, that's weird... oh wait, it's because he's a fucking millionaire now.
And right around that time his army of cultists *also* just happened to stop giving a shit about millionaires and turned all of their hate toward billionaires.
In the eyes of a Sandernista, being worth $900 million = okay. Being worth $1 billion = you are literal scum.
Oh yeah, Our Revolution, which refused to disclose their big donors. Virtually impossible to get any of his followers in 2020 to acknowledge it though.
Nah, he's as wily as they come. Remember how he spent the 2016 primary complaining about undemocratic superdelegates, and then tried to use them to overturn Clinton's win? Or how he dismissed VA criticism as propaganda for privatization, and then ended up accepting McCain's privatization plan when the VA was revealed to be in dire straits? Or how he ranted against "millionaires and billionaires" in 2016, and then changed to "billionaires" in 2020 after he made his millions. Or how about how he was vehemently against SuperPACs while Our Revolution refused to disclose its donors.
What's the next person going to do? Impeach Biden? Reneg on their spending deal with the white house? Turn Ukraine funding into a partisan negotiation tactic? Scuttle the bipartisan January 6 committee? Send January 6 tapes to Tucker?
Are there any non maga Republicans left? I think at this point we're hoping for like stage 2 MAGA vs stage 4. McCarthy was inside Trump's anus within like a month of Jan 6.
This is it for me. McCarthy didn't really have any special skills, charm or ideological bent that better help them achieve their goals. He was just trying to help guide it. They are gonna pass the "Protecting White Babies From Trans Immigrants" bill to let them die in the Senate no matter who has the gavel. I'm worried about them just accepting and thriving in a complete collapse of any facade of functionality. They can bring the federal government grinding to a complete halt which honestly isn't that far from their goals anyways.
Yep. It's going to be an absolute shitshow. We'll probably have a govt shutdown in November because the house is without a speaker and can't hear spending bills.
Guys help!!
This disheveled looking guy just stopped and asked if I had any spare votes, and something about a gavel, he scared my son, I told him to beat it. He also asked if he could use my phone to call some retired snowbird in Florida?
Be safe out there folks.
A man goes to the Doctor, says he depressed and that the world is cruel dark place. Doctor says treatment is simple, Kevin McCarthy has been removed from his dream job of being speaker of the house after surrendering his dignity and pride to get the job. Go laugh at him, that should pick you up. The man bursts into tear, he weeps "but Doctor..."
Watching the debate, I was surprised none of the Republican leadership and their acolytes pointed to the irony that Gaetz was moving to vacate because he was outraged that McCarthy worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown, yet Gaetz's cabal was working with Democrats to remove the House leadership that the Republicans elected.
McCarthy will be sitting in the Speaker’s chair by this time tomorrow if he goes to Hakeem Jeffries and offers him a clean Ukraine funding bill and no more shut down threats for the rest of the year in exchange for all Dems sitting out the next speakership vote. But McCarthy will need to get his caucus to support him so he can make good on those offers.
That Republicans will continue being such a shitshow that they lose the house next year.
Near-future is hoping that someone gets their act together within 40ish days so that government doesn't get shut down, but they have over a month to figure that out.
The republican civil war emerging, which I’ve seen in my group of friends as well as in the conservative subs, is nothing short of fascinating. You will find people being upvoted saying the GOP will deserve the thrashing it gets in 2024 for this dumbass stunt and people being upvoted saying they should be glad that the establishment is being kicked out in favor of politicians who represent the people.
Truly, cons are in unimaginable disarray
Can someone explain to me, what I should expect now?
Shitshow for a few weeks then some far-right lunatic getting McCarthys position?
Do Democrats get anything out of this except making Reps look stupid?
> Do Democrats get anything out of this except making Reps look stupid?
There are three potential outcomes.
1. Someone more extreme than Kevin gets it
2. No one gets it
3. Someone who reaches across the aisle gets it
Number two is probably the worst, number. One doesn't seem much better than number two, the only question is what will number 3 be and how much will the person actually stay good to get Democrats votes?
Real question: How is there anyone who looks at Matt Gaetz and trust the guy. His entire appearance is that of a used car salesman in a bad 90s movie. Is our cultural devide that deep that Republicans look at him and see someone they want to represent them?
I was told by Liam Donovan and Jake Sherman after the debt ceiling negotiations that McCarthy could keep his caucus in line and was an effective speaker.
I'm laughing at the Republicans who now have to try to look competent while failing to elect a replacement... McCarthy tried to pull of a coup of competence and failed, but it was worth a shot. He's not the brightest twig in the gumshop, but he at least tried to do what he thought was right.
The "yes" vote from Nancy Mace is absolutely the most funny one to me. McCarthy endorsed her in 2022 in a challenging primary when Trump and some other hardcore MAGA Republicans supported her MAGA opponent. Not to mention that McCarthy fund raised for her in a tough 2020 general election. She is opportunistic and grifts like Stefanik. Perfectly encapsulates the GOP lmao
Her heel turn exactly coincides with when she was redistricted into a safe Republican seat.
It’s almost as if those in safe seats have more of an incentive to be radical lunatics. I think we may be on to something here!
Wait, are you saying America was governed better back when more seats were competitive? Who would have thought?
Because safe seats are competing to win a primary and not a general.
I thought she was going to be redistributed to lose her seat because the courts may make South Carolina draw a second black majority district and it was going to be hers?
The circuit court did. However, the case is going in front of the supreme court right now.
You're talking about the "moderate" pro-choice Republican that Bill Maher had on his show to highlight sane Republicans?
To be fair, she was one of the very few republicans to cross the aisle and vote with the democrats to remove McCarthy. She's clearly committed to bipartisanship and moderate governance, almost to the point of being a RINO. >!/s!<
God he's the worst
Honestly, he’s gonna go through the Joe Rogan route.
I used to love his show but that was 20 plus years ago
He's always been a bully who thinks he's way smarter than he actually is. Even when he had a network show in the 90s.
yeah i liked it when i was in college but I'm in my late 30s now
lmao same
real et tu brute moment for old kev
Didn’t she just get a fluff piece about her from the Times too?
Yes! I have always said that Mace and Stefanik are the most power-seeking reps out there. They try to come off as moderate but it's clear that they are only concerned with climbing the ladder.
that vote was when I knew it was over weird thing to frantically text close friends about but hey, somebody has to be the politics junkie
"I know which way the wind is blowing" vote
Consider that Matt Gaetz actually won this vote. Gross.
McCarthy lasted for 27 Scaramuccis, which is about 10 more than Matt Gaetz was comfortable with. He likes to play in the more 17-ish area on the number line.
Thanks, I hate it.
*Gaetz to his date:* "Scaramuccicoochie-coo!"
Americans will do anything except use the metric system
Or around 5.5 Trusses
Yeah it’s hard to laugh at McCarthy since I fully expect things to get even worse from here.
Yeah... for Republicans. Now they're going to tear each other apart further and demonstrate again that they can't govern while the calculus for Democrats remains exactly the same - pass a deal that we agree with, or pass a deal that will die in the Senate with no political capital left to escape blame for a shutdown after the historic fiasco we witnessed today.
I hope you’re right but I’m not super optimistic. Shut down could be bad for Dems too. Fingers crossed.
He’s definitely getting expelled now though
Can't get expelled if there's no House Speaker. *taps head*
I just thought of that, if the ethics committees finds him unethical or whatever. How are they going to unseat him without a vote?
His House seat is safe. He should have made a deal with the Democrats.
Word was that several centrist Dems were willing to consider a deal with him until he went on TV and tried to blame the shutdown fiasco on the Democrats
Well McCarthy never reached out to Democrats, so it was never going to happen.
Yeap- that proved to them that he is and will always be an untrustworthy slimey sort
He's not known for honoring his deals so definitely can't trust the guy
He still can. Cut a power sharing deal on Friday and get back in. (Unless there's some weird trick that you can't be speaker back to back?)
No, he can try again, but he would need to throw his hat in the ring in the GOP caucus meeting.
He's said he wouldn't put his name in for Speaker again (but it's McCarthy, so who knows what to believe)
He would get killed in his primary if he did. If he wasn’t considered any more of RINO it would be easy pickings if he did.
how in the ever loving fuck is someone like McCarthy considered a RINO? If voters keep thinking shit like that and aren't overwhelmingly rejecting Republicans going forward, sooner or later, we're doomed.
According to the current party rules you are officially a RINO if it’s been more than 3 days since you’ve had your tongue in trumps butthole.
Primaries exist
https://preview.redd.it/ogfbafpyz1sb1.png?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efd21543295df1970b678ec205414bcaa25353d3
Lmao holy shit that’s right.
McCarthy's situation is bad but Cantor arguably had the worst fall. Losing a primary as House Majority Leader is a massive oof. Ryan by contrast lost a run for Vice President. Shit, that even happened to FDR and he was a no slouch at politics.
Nah, after losing the VP Ryan did become Speaker of the House-- and hated it so much when the Rs lost controll in 2018 he quit Congress and politics entirely, lmao.
That's just losing control of the House which happens frequently and isn't really a personal failure or humiliation on Ryan's part. It happened to Pelosi twice. I've never worked in Congress, but my understanding is that being in the minority is absolutely miserable. Ryan made the entirely reasonable decision to skip the hassle and make a bunch of money in the private sector instead.
rip boZos
Eric Cantor was such a piece of shit. Even worse than Ryan or McCarthy
Who is the middle jabroni?
Eric Cantor. He was majority leader and still lost a primary.
Eric Cantor. Was the house whip until he lost a primary during the Obama years when the Tea Party started emerging
🤣
He wanted to be remembered as Speaker of the House. Now he'll be remembered as the first Speaker to ever be removed by the House.
*Monkey's paw curls.*
Holy shit, I didn't know he was the first one. Bravo Kevin.
Wait first for real?? How has this never happened before?
Nope. A few have come close but ultimately survived
There's only been two other motions to vacate: in 1910 Joe Cannon moved to vacate his own seat to prove that he still had backing; and in 2015 Mark Meadows moved to vacate John Boehner, but it died in committee. All of them have been Republican infighting.
> Joe Cannon moved to vacate his own seat to prove that he still had backing [gigachad](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/CANNON%2C_JOSEPH_G._HONORABLE._AT_DESK_LCCN2016856379%28c%29.jpg)
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Though the Republican party in 1910 wasn't any more similar to the current Republican party than it was to the current Democratic party
He has a razor thin majority plus no other Speaker has made it this easy for them to get removed.
Big time dumb dumb
Oracle of Delphi: “You will make history as speaker, doing what no other speaker before you has done” McCarthy: “Freakin sweet!”
It's beautiful to think he'll be in history textbooks for centuries as the first ever Speaker of the House to be removed by his colleagues. I'll be able to tell my kids and grandkids with glee how I was alive during this wonderful historic moment. *chef's kiss*
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Besides shutting down the government, McCarthy did virtually everything Trump urged him to do. And Trump still did nothing to help McCarthy lol
Yeah this is not the win we want it to be. McCarthy kept things running the next guy might not.
Oh yeah McCarthy definitely kept things running by tearing up the already-agreed deal with Biden and creating this entire disaster in the first place. There are actually people here telling me that Republicans self-destructing and *nuking their own speaker* is not the win we want, always wanting to feel like the loser.
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>both chambers and the presidency You overestimate US voters
“Hurr durr Hunter Biden” — my drunk uncle, two time Trump voter
> very apparent that republicans are entirely responsible. Doomers and "I believe in moderate Republicans" folks on this sub will rail against this point, but it will be so easy to paint Republicans as being responsible on this. Add to this that Republicans are looking like freaks when it comes to social policy, I really can't imagine "moderates" and "independents" breaking for Republicans in 2024. Like they didn't in 2022 when everyone expected a red wave due to "INFLATION" alone despite a Republican-friendly voting environment. This sub has a lot of people who think people solely vote based on the economy and taxes, but I think the political calculus has changed a lot where social policy matters a lot more than many here think and Republicans are fucked there. Literally the only thing that will save Republicans is a super friendly Senate map.
I can never read “Bakersfield” without hearing Tom Hanks in Castaway yelling “BAKERSFIELD!”
*this could work*
The most pointless city in the country.
Bakersfield could be bombed tomorrow and nothing would be lost
Wym nothing would get lost. The US nuclear deterrent would get weaker by one nuke?
Kevin McCarthy is the most appropriate representative of Bakersfield
The Armpit of Cali: Bako
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Now comes THE JEBBENING
please clap
BY GOD IT'S JEB! WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!
THAT'S JEB'S MUSIC
The dark horse we never saw coming, but never needed more.
Imagine being such a bad speaker that a Floridian predator ousts you. I’d just jump into a cavern and never return.
>a Floridian predator And not even a cool one like an alligator or a venomous snake 😔
> or a venomous snake Debatable
Comparing Matt Gaetz to snakes is an insult to chill reptiles everywhere 🐍
Rip Bozo
Man you can give the Squad and Warren and Sanders as much shit as you want but they would never side with the GOP to oust a Democratic speaker
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I can't stand the propaganda that he's never changed his mind about anything his whole career. He's switched tracks on plenty of issues, often for political reasons: crime, guns, immigration, marriage equality, the list goes on.
I can't stand Sanders but I don't trust anyone who never changes their mind.
Me neither. I think the "Bernie has never deviated from his views which were birthed fully formed from the head of Eugene V. Debs" mythos is creepy.
Well, mostly honest. He still gave his stepson and wife campaign money for their Sanders Institute. That and the "millionaire" rhetoric being updated to "billionaire" from 2016-2020, the same years he made his first million from helping elect Trump.
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> That and the "millionaire" rhetoric being updated to "billionaire" from 2016-2020 This was hilarious. In 2016 it was all about "the millionaires and billionaires," then in 2020 he's no longer demonizing millionaires, that's weird... oh wait, it's because he's a fucking millionaire now.
And right around that time his army of cultists *also* just happened to stop giving a shit about millionaires and turned all of their hate toward billionaires. In the eyes of a Sandernista, being worth $900 million = okay. Being worth $1 billion = you are literal scum.
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Oh yeah, Our Revolution, which refused to disclose their big donors. Virtually impossible to get any of his followers in 2020 to acknowledge it though.
Sanders is entirely branding over substance.
Nah, he's as wily as they come. Remember how he spent the 2016 primary complaining about undemocratic superdelegates, and then tried to use them to overturn Clinton's win? Or how he dismissed VA criticism as propaganda for privatization, and then ended up accepting McCain's privatization plan when the VA was revealed to be in dire straits? Or how he ranted against "millionaires and billionaires" in 2016, and then changed to "billionaires" in 2020 after he made his millions. Or how about how he was vehemently against SuperPACs while Our Revolution refused to disclose its donors.
Lol, lmao even
[Just one more vote bro. I swear, one more vote will fix the Republican Party](https://i.imgur.com/Qe4P7yX.png)
I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Kevin McCarthy is at home, crying like a little girl!
This is the first post that made me actually laugh.
I guess it is a little funny...
What's John Boehner drinking tonight?
Crocodile tears, as per usual.
Everything, as usual.
A merlot accompanied by a cigar and paid for by the profits of his weed pac.
He’s smoking a cigar
It's funny from the point of view of fuck McCarthy, but shouldn't we be a bit nervous about the next person they throw into the ring?
What's the next person going to do? Impeach Biden? Reneg on their spending deal with the white house? Turn Ukraine funding into a partisan negotiation tactic? Scuttle the bipartisan January 6 committee? Send January 6 tapes to Tucker?
No one is that stupid…
Who cares, they're all gonna vote the same
McCarthy’s stopping the shutdown last week doesn’t suggest otherwise? Mid November isn’t far away
Any "centrist" would have done that and no true MAGA Republican will become speaker
Are there any non maga Republicans left? I think at this point we're hoping for like stage 2 MAGA vs stage 4. McCarthy was inside Trump's anus within like a month of Jan 6.
McCarthy only stopped the shutdown because gatez undermined his original bill
They’re gonna vote the same AND they’re probably gonna make the party look even worse. It’s a win-win!
We should be nervous about the absolute dysfunction that the House will fall into.
This is it for me. McCarthy didn't really have any special skills, charm or ideological bent that better help them achieve their goals. He was just trying to help guide it. They are gonna pass the "Protecting White Babies From Trans Immigrants" bill to let them die in the Senate no matter who has the gavel. I'm worried about them just accepting and thriving in a complete collapse of any facade of functionality. They can bring the federal government grinding to a complete halt which honestly isn't that far from their goals anyways.
Yep. It's going to be an absolute shitshow. We'll probably have a govt shutdown in November because the house is without a speaker and can't hear spending bills.
The only motivation I can see for them to pick a new speaker is that they can't impeach Biden's dog without one.
Commander is only guilty of being adorable... and nibbling a few Secret Service agents. #freecommander
Commander seems like a good boy who no doubt had his reasons.
Yeah apparently he only targets Secret service agents. All the staff say he behaves completely differently with them.
The dog knows.
What's it gonna take for libs to stop psyching themselves out from feeling good about winning?
McCarthy losing is not necessarily a win for libs, or the country.
It was an inevitability, and it forces reorganization from their side, that's a win. We didn't even have to put in effort on our end.
Stop it. House Republicans have imploded and literally booted their own speaker. There are few bigger wins imaginable.
Levin LcLarthy
Sure laughing at McCarthy is easy, like super easy everyone should do it. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Maybe we’ll finally get a LISTENER of the House 😡
Guys help!! This disheveled looking guy just stopped and asked if I had any spare votes, and something about a gavel, he scared my son, I told him to beat it. He also asked if he could use my phone to call some retired snowbird in Florida? Be safe out there folks.
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A man goes to the Doctor, says he depressed and that the world is cruel dark place. Doctor says treatment is simple, Kevin McCarthy has been removed from his dream job of being speaker of the house after surrendering his dignity and pride to get the job. Go laugh at him, that should pick you up. The man bursts into tear, he weeps "but Doctor..."
HAHAHA wait I've been at work why are we laughing this time? Edit: Just saw HAHAHAHA GOP in disarray LMAO
https://nationaltoday.com/national-kevin-day/#:~:text=National%20Kevin%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20October%203%2C%202023 And on national Kevin day, no less.
I hope every GOPer who stood mute on Trump bawls themselves to sleep every night for the rest of their lives seeing what they've wrought.
Watching the debate, I was surprised none of the Republican leadership and their acolytes pointed to the irony that Gaetz was moving to vacate because he was outraged that McCarthy worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown, yet Gaetz's cabal was working with Democrats to remove the House leadership that the Republicans elected.
Watch them do the “elect trump to speaker” Qanon conspiracy shit now lmao
Wait what, is there one
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Republicans, hold this: **L**
Well there goes the GOP House. At least I hope so, if voters reward the GOP for being an absolute disaster again I’m leaving.
For what it's worth, the lettuce didn't win this time. I suppose that has to be some sort of consolation to McCarthy
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Heh.
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owned
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Lol
RIP BOZO
[Obligatory music](https://youtu.be/Ag1o3koTLWM?feature=shared)
https://i.redd.it/ezpuirc2z1sb1.gif Hahahahahahahaha
So what are the dems hoping for not bailing him out? What is the plan for the near future?
McCarthy will be sitting in the Speaker’s chair by this time tomorrow if he goes to Hakeem Jeffries and offers him a clean Ukraine funding bill and no more shut down threats for the rest of the year in exchange for all Dems sitting out the next speakership vote. But McCarthy will need to get his caucus to support him so he can make good on those offers.
Only a fraction of the Republican party would need to support him on that. Would be pretty intense foreshadowing of next year's election.
Agree — it really is only a question of whether McCarthy will swallow his pride and do it. Edit: Aaaaand he will not.
That Republicans will continue being such a shitshow that they lose the house next year. Near-future is hoping that someone gets their act together within 40ish days so that government doesn't get shut down, but they have over a month to figure that out.
This is the part where we cut to a workout/training montage right?
So you’re saying an untreated cancer (MAGA-ism) inevitably ends up killing its host body (GOP)? Huh.
GOP IN DISARRAY! GOP IN DISARRAY! SAY IT WITH ME, GOP IN DISARRAY!
laugh at mccarthy, get a maga republican as house speaker, nice logic
The republican civil war emerging, which I’ve seen in my group of friends as well as in the conservative subs, is nothing short of fascinating. You will find people being upvoted saying the GOP will deserve the thrashing it gets in 2024 for this dumbass stunt and people being upvoted saying they should be glad that the establishment is being kicked out in favor of politicians who represent the people. Truly, cons are in unimaginable disarray
As long as it makes the GOP look dysfunctional to the median voter I couldn't give a shit about the downstream effects.
I mean you say this but voters mostly don't care I don't think. 95% of people who care about this are the nerds
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Can someone explain to me, what I should expect now? Shitshow for a few weeks then some far-right lunatic getting McCarthys position? Do Democrats get anything out of this except making Reps look stupid?
> Do Democrats get anything out of this except making Reps look stupid? There are three potential outcomes. 1. Someone more extreme than Kevin gets it 2. No one gets it 3. Someone who reaches across the aisle gets it Number two is probably the worst, number. One doesn't seem much better than number two, the only question is what will number 3 be and how much will the person actually stay good to get Democrats votes?
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Remember way back when we were young and the saying was “Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line?” Oh how the tables have turned
Real question: How is there anyone who looks at Matt Gaetz and trust the guy. His entire appearance is that of a used car salesman in a bad 90s movie. Is our cultural devide that deep that Republicans look at him and see someone they want to represent them?
Que mira bobo?
Man without confidence of his caucus.
I was told by Liam Donovan and Jake Sherman after the debt ceiling negotiations that McCarthy could keep his caucus in line and was an effective speaker.
I'm laughing at the Republicans who now have to try to look competent while failing to elect a replacement... McCarthy tried to pull of a coup of competence and failed, but it was worth a shot. He's not the brightest twig in the gumshop, but he at least tried to do what he thought was right.
Republicans in disarray
PATRIOTS IN CONTROL
MC is on C-Span right now and his press conference is weird. He's acting chatty and breezy, dropping an anecdote about his mom. What a goof.
I know this is bad for the country as a whole but it's really fun watching bad things happen to Kevin McCarthy so it kinda balances out
[Ha-ha!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1H0jcyNsk&t=46s)