Keep in mind that the Speaker of the House is elected by ALL House members -- not just the majority party.
So if the GOP margin is very narrow and a couple of Republicans refuse to vote for McCarthy, then Nancy Pelosi remains as the Speaker even though she's in the minority party.
Called it. She is just a social media now flake, with no substance.
We should call the Gazpacho police.
She phoned into War Room a little while ago and justified her position (working with Gantz-FL) that the Dems could peel-off a few turncoats (such as the R-Reps that supported Jan-6) and elect a Democratic speaker of the house.
Now we see why all the talk of Liz Cheney as Speaker. This, yet again, is orchestrated by those who always, always put power over party……McConnell, McCarthy and the rest of the cabal.
Maybe they have something up their sleeves.
I understand, but if all the Democrats and 3 Rinos vote for Liz Cheney, then Liz Cheney is the new speaker. MTG has a point here.
I disagree with the prevailing sentiment that this represents a break with MAGA on MTG’s part. Note that she was speaking of strategy, not principle.
She quite rightly sees that the GOP is set up to fail with a 1-vote lead. Let McCarthy and the other McStupid take the fall. They deserve it.
We have deeper wounds to tend to, and a Pyrrhic victory at this stage is no victory at all.
She’s probably been promised something in return. So don’t rush to judgement, an MTG with power could be a good tradeoff. Although I would much rather have an Andy Biggs and a MTG with power.
She was on War Room tonight encouraging votes for McCarthy. Gaetz came on a little later and said absolutely NOT to vote for McCarthy.
Both made some sense; Gatez made the most sense.
Another name to my growing list of crappy republicans.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Well, it didn’t take her long to fall in line with the GOPe.
She’s probably right. Plus, her backing him early means a better chairmanship which could produce something. The more import battle is getting rid of 7% Mitch
Unless there is someone else who’s better, I think she’s right. If it’s handled wrong, it’s even possible that Pelosi could be reappointed Speaker if a Republican majority is split.
McCarthy follows the GOP tradition of BIG Government/Corporatist elites as Speakers. Corrupt Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Paul Ryan. RINOs ALL.
The last good GOP speaker was Newt Gingrich.
Committee positions is where the money’s at and she ain’t got none. Maybe she’s been promised some. If she starts pimping for DeSantis, we’ll know.
MTG made a good argument on Bannon this morning. She doesn’t like the idea of McCarthy being speaker and neither do I. The wildcard here is Liz Cheney. There’s a movement to make Cheney speaker. There’s enough RINOs to make that happen. Face it, MAGA doesn’t have the power to remove McCarthy from leadership.
Keeping Kevin doesn't help her agenda or mine.
I’m not a fan of MTG, but that being said, this sounds to me like she may have been offered some committee positions she really wanted. And if that is the case, perhaps she can do more if she has more power.