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BREAKING: Kevin McCarthy Fails to Win Speaker Race in First Round(no search results)
townhall.com ^ | 1/3/2023 1350 hrs est | Spencer Brown

Posted on 01/03/2023 11:32:36 AM PST by rktman

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to secure victory in his long-running quest to become Speaker of the House in the first round Tuesday afternoon, a setback for both McCarthy and House Republicans who have an uphill battle to prove Republican leadership can govern with a narrow majority following last November's midterm elections.

The selection of House Speaker is generally a procedural step in a new majority's work to take control of the lower chamber, but Republicans in the House have had a rough go of it between the midterm elections and Tuesday's vote. GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to lock up enough votes to cruise to easy election as Speaker of the House, and the intervening period saw Republicans going after each other as much, if not more, than Democrats.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: antimagavote; bloggers; braking; california; historicvote; january6th; kevinmccarthy; ruhroh; speakerofthehouse; trump
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To: Jane Long

then it must be due to climate change....lol


41 posted on 01/03/2023 11:51:24 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: srmanuel

¡Si, Sr!

McCarthy-Luntz has said if he doesn’t get his “earned” Speakership he will leave politics.

He’s also, supposedly, moved some of his items into the Speaker’s office, already.


42 posted on 01/03/2023 11:52:18 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 of day. )
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To: Valin

Watch the stupid party snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.


43 posted on 01/03/2023 11:52:39 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: rktman

A few democrats will eventually cross the aisle and vote for him, if only to get the gravy train going again.


44 posted on 01/03/2023 11:53:52 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: skr

I want Jordan doing those investigations. I want Jordan to preside over all three impeachment hearings. I think he’d be bored, stiff being speaker.


45 posted on 01/03/2023 11:55:43 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: cyclotic

Good for you. That is a good start.

It will be a cold day in Hell before Gray Beaver votes in the direction of a single thing I believe in.


46 posted on 01/03/2023 11:55:44 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: nickcarraway
Trump is going to be pissed.

Who cares? This is none of his business, other than as an ordinary American citizen.

47 posted on 01/03/2023 11:57:17 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: napscoordinator
Poor Paul Ryan went through the same thing and hated every minute of it. <<<<

“Poor Paul Ryan” ...lol...Good one!!

48 posted on 01/03/2023 12:01:13 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: rktman
I believe President Trump endorsed McCarthy-not sure what to make of this?

Then again, IMO, the entire government is criminal, so, in the words of her Heinousness "At this point, what difference does it make?"

However, the objections to McCarthy are understandable.

I pray it will be resolved with the right person chosen. 🙏

(Is Devin Nunes a possibility? 🤔)

49 posted on 01/03/2023 12:01:30 PM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in a new Sontable.cialist America.)
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To: rktman

There is absolutely no difference between McCarthy and Jeffries. They will both promote and advance the very same Globalist agenda. So even if McCarthy wins, the Dems still control the narrative and agenda and the GOP controls nothing even though they are the majority. McCarthy will just hand the Dems what they want anyhow. Majority means absolutely nothing at this point without a more loyal house leader.


50 posted on 01/03/2023 12:02:28 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: NorthMountain
Who cares? This is none of his business, other than as an ordinary American citizen.

That's how people in D.C. view all of us.

51 posted on 01/03/2023 12:03:02 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: aquila48
"Watch the stupid party snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory."

You think electing McCarthy is "victory"? Honestly, I saw little chance for the GOP to come out victorious today. Go ten rounds of voting. Maybe it will make McCarthy a bit more humble. Probably not.

52 posted on 01/03/2023 12:03:48 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: rktman

I think the best outcome is to not seat a speaker in this congress.


53 posted on 01/03/2023 12:05:36 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: CatOwner

“You think electing McCarthy is “victory”? Honestly, I saw little chance for the GOP to come out victorious today.”

Absolutely, well said.


54 posted on 01/03/2023 12:08:21 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: CatOwner
Maybe it will make McCarthy a bit more humble. Probably not.

No ... nasty little b!tches like him don't get humble. They get vindictive.

55 posted on 01/03/2023 12:08:25 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: rktman

Honestly this isn’t nearly the drama the media wants you to believe it is... no, its not even historic.. yes been a while since multiple votes are needed, but unless you get to taking more than 133 votes to get a speaker, you aren’t in history making territory.

If McCarthy is worthy of the position he seeks then he should be able to get 15 more votes... if he can’t that speaks, frankly, to the fact he probably shouldn’t have the position.


56 posted on 01/03/2023 12:11:35 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: rktman

He already lost round 2 79 votes in.
McCarthy was caught on Camera laughing after 1st vote.


57 posted on 01/03/2023 12:11:40 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: oldguy1776
"It won’t change until we stop re-electing the fossils in Congress. "

Sadly, old fossils are eventually replaced by new fossils.

58 posted on 01/03/2023 12:12:01 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Jane Long

Yep. 1923.


59 posted on 01/03/2023 12:13:38 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: srmanuel
"There is a reason McCarthy doesn’t have the votes, if you constantly complain about Republicans never doing anything then if you support electing the same people over and over again especially to leadership then that is insane."

Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

60 posted on 01/03/2023 12:14:01 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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