With apologies to Andy Warhol, “In the future, everyone will be the Republican nominee for House Speaker for 15 minutes.”
Don’t apologize, Andy would laugh.
From the linked article from The Hill:
“I like Tom Emmer a lot as a person, but I couldn’t support him as Speaker of the House. He didn’t object to Joe Biden’s electoral college vote,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
Screaming internally
Screaming Externally
Anyone who voted for that fucktard is a moron.
Anyone who votes for any republican at this point is a moron
Which very much summarizes the situation: One part of the party does not want a criminal as a speaker, and another part does not want anyone but a criminal in that position.
[Emmer withdrew his name from the running after a contingent of Republicans made clear they would not back him on the House floor]
They are already ignoring the pledge they signed to back the nominee. This makes it considerably more likely that Dems will be needed.
And there’s no way they’ll help.
When the GOP decides to walk away from the freedom caucus, insurrectionists, and 100x felon Trump, they can ask for help. Until then, the GOP is on its own.
Really? If the government shuts down and (say) Kevin McCarthy begs them?
Then hopefully they’ll say ‘vote for Jeffreys and we’ll get the government going, otherwise you own this’.
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It used to be that Republicans couldn’t cooperate with Democrats. Now Republicans can’t even cooperate with other Republicans. I think the next stage will involve the various body parts of each individual Republican turning against each other. Is your liver not Making America Great? Better cast it out, just to be sure…
The republican party is splitting in two in front of us. We are watching the sausages being made.
And surprise surprise, I’m just as disgusted and sickened looking at it
Is this teasing a new sausage talk?
That’s too self-critical. More like: is your liver not Making America Great? Blame an immigrant! Or trans person, or abortion doctor, or librarian…
Did you put your name in the Goblet of House Speaker?
…Dumbledore asked calmly.
If this shitshow didn’t have drastic consequences, and if Republican voters were capable of thought, this would be hilarious news. As it is, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the Republicans will not be able to find anyone to act as their Speaker, and will not work with the Democrats just to get someone in the seat to pass legislature. That makes the threat of the looming shutdown very real and terrifying, and Republican voters will just keep voting for this kind of obstructive nonsense.
All the Trump supporters I’ve talked to have been cheering this on. They don’t believe there will be actual consequences to a government shutdown. They don’t realize that the adults in the room have been preventing them from feeling consequences for years.
So… ha ha, on the surface this is “lol Republicans are a clown show” but wtf actually happened? Did someone threaten his family? Is there video of him doing morse code with blinks? We can all laugh now but I don’t think this is a win for anyone.
Trump torpedoed him earlier in the day with a post on his own social network saying that Emmer never really supported him or the MAGA view of things, accused him of being a “globalist” and a Republican in Name Only and mentioned he had voted to certify the 2020 presidential election result. In short, Trump made sure everyone knew the guy was only Lawful Evil and not batshit crazy, therefore unqualified to lead the GOP.
Bunch of god damn clowns
At this rate, to end this shitshow once and for all, I would like to propose a solution that will satisfy everyone and volunteer myself as the Speaker of the House.
- Red blooded all-American woman from the mean streets of Queensland, New York. (Shh…)
- An actor, like the hero of the Republican Party, Ronald Reagan.
- Nominated for an Academy Award for playing a Fox News employee, so probably pretty good at pretending to be a Republican too.
- Expert in Houses (especially of the dream variety)
- Top moderator of a 20K+ member internet community on an obscure technology forum, which is more governing experience than most US Congressmen.
- Usually have good takes on everything.
- Better looking than Marjorie Taylor Green.
I am literally the perfect candidate for the position, vote for Margot!
(But if I can be serious for a moment, this House Speaker thing is getting completely ridiculous.)
Miss Robbie, you have a very packed schedule this year. Should you really be running for political office?
If Trump did it then why not? Can’t do worse than him
I don’t know when the strike is going to end, so my schedule’s pretty empty right now.
You know, my years on reddit have taught me you’re a novelty account.
But you’re so damn consistent, I half expect to see an interview someday that brings up Robbie’s use of Lemmy.
The goal of the republican party is to prove to American voters that government is incompetent. I’d say mission accomplished!
Usually have good takes on everything
Unacceptable. I demand an immediate vote of no confidence whenever a good take is made.
Sigh. As soon as Harley Quinn throws her hat in the ring, they elect some joker.
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Meanwhile in Europe, a well-renowned newspaper (the “Neue Züricher Zeitung”) calls the Republicans “Partei der Putschisten” (“Coupist Party”) in their headline. Yep, people are not blind out there…
In all seriousness, if the People’s business isn’t being conducted, how can they possibly be getting paid or getting benefits?
I said it in another post that Emmer may have been a decent compromise for Dems to extend an olive branch. I’m not saying they’re at fault at all, just that he seemed reasonable.
For the hundredth time- it’s not on Democrats to unfuck Republicans. If they want to actually be adults they can come to Democrats and offer up their own “olive branch.”
Let the fuckers stew in their own shit and maybe some people will finally wake the fuck up that Republicans aren’t at all fit to manage a Wendy’s, let alone govern the country.
I’d say the Democrats should extend an olive branch at the price of heavy concessions, or try to get a few Republicans to vote for Jeffries. Unfortunately, neither concessions or getting someone to cross the aisle will happen, so…guess we’re back to square one.
EDIT: Why the downvotes? Literally, I said the Republicans wouldn’t go for something that is workable and potentially advantageous to the Democrats.
The Republicans are completely untrustworthy. The party has built itself on the idea of “owning the libs” which has killed all compromises.
The only olive branch the Dems should offer is “we’ll keep things functioning if you abstain from the next speaker vote”. They don’t need anything else. The majority of Dems aren’t the socialist communists Republicans like to fearmonger over
That’s exactly my point. Their olive branch should come with rule changes, committee re-shufflings, etc. to get the Democrats in a more powerful, better position. But like you said, the Republicans won’t go for that because they’re intransigent, so…back to square one.
You’re getting downvotes for suggesting the Democrats should be the ones reaching out. No. That’s on the Republicans. The most we should be doing is saying “we’re voting for our choice. If you want to end the madness, vote with us.” That’s it.
I said it in another post that Emmer may have been a decent compromise for Dems to extend an olive branch.
Emmer withdrew without ever having a vote by the full house. He chose to withdraw because he couldn’t convince 217 republicans to support him in the private, republican-only votes. At no point did he seek support from democrats, or even give them a chance to vote for him. Republicans are clearly not interested in any olive branches from democrats.
Fair point. If they’re bent on pushing it through along party lines, I can’t imagine a single nominee that’ll satisfy the fringe.
I think it’s just always been party line. Bipartisanship is mostly dead these days too so it’s a tough time.
Eventually we are going to be talking about the democrats bailing them out for nothing because we are about to run out of funding for the government among other things.
This is the republican agenda. Get nothing done, blade democrats.
I don’t think blaming Democrats will work when they can’t get enough votes from their own party to even start the process of letting the Democrats vote
You underestimate the ignorance of Republican voters.
You’ve not been paying attention to right-wing media. Most pundits are PISSED at the Republicans and aren’t shy expressing it. This is something that’s pierced the right wing media bubble.
Now, whether or not that will stop them from voting R is a different story. However, the “this is the Democrats problem” message is not flying.
Fox “news” has this story on the front page of the main website (I’m extremely surprised) but I can’t find it on the politics page. I need a shower now.
I try not to, but they continue to find ways to surprise me. You may be right.
Everyone check your email; at this rate we’ll all get a shot at being House Speaker at some point.
I have an old pork loin in my fridge that I should have thrown out already. How about that for Speaker?
If the Republicans’ Clearing House Sweepstakes knocks on your door, don’t answer it
Wow. We don’t even need to get a new head of lettuce at this rate. Just keep reusing the existing one
Republican Speakers can’t outlast a vending machine egg sandwich at this point
I would like to be the first to say: Who?
