Posted on 01/05/2023 3:38:37 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
On Tuesday, Trump-endorsed Kevin McCarthy failed three times to win the vote for US Speaker of the House. It was the first time in 100 years that Speakership was not decided in the first vote.
Kevin McCarthy lost the third vote for House Speaker on Tuesday afternoon, with 20 Republicans voting for Rep. Jim Jordan.
The winning Republican can only afford to lose four votes! He must reach 218 votes to win the Speakership. And the GOP holds a narrow 222 to 212 majority in the chamber.
On Wednesday morning McCarthy lost a 4th time! Then a fifth time. And then in the afternoon Kevin McCarthy lost a sixth time.
This was despite the fact that President Trump endorsed Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday morning and urged Republicans to vote for McCarthy.
The actions of these principled conservatives who refuse to support Kevin McCarthy is infuriating to party insiders, the Uniparty, lobbyists, and GOP elites.
The 7th Vote was started at noon on Thursday – No Speaker. The 8th Vote was held on Thursday afternoon – No Speaker. The 9th vote was held on Thursday afternoon – No Speaker. And, now the 10th vote was held on Thursday afternoon – No Speaker.
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Is it true that McCarthy has already started moving into the Speaker’s office?
Trump throws McCarthey under the bus !
The House has no power of the purse until next November. String it out until then.
“I read in another thread a couple of days ago that he was moving in.”
He’s in. Gaetz is trying to get him evicted.
11th time at failing to be elected as speaker. Why is he keeping this up? A better man, who was interested in the good of the country, and interested in a conservative speaker, would have backed up several votes ago. I suspect they are looking through FBI files now to find things on those that are against him, and he is just delaying until they can find what they need.
“I am beyond shocked that 20 people had the stones to do this”
These are the 20 most RINOs. Doing what the Dems want !!
Another way to look at it — Congress can’t do any business in this quandary. No work is good.
real national emergency
They may need to send a few more billion to Ukraine.
Why is he keeping this up?
Maybe these 19 are the newly elected, true conservatives.
Kevin needs to retreat if for no other reason than his presumptuous arrogance in occupying the Speaker’s office prematurely. There is a process for selection of a Speaker and until it is complete there is no Speaker.
His turn does not apply. There is a process and it does not include assertion or proclamation or appointment to office.
Not Ukraine.. not even close.
In this case no progress is a positive. At least they aren’t legislating, law making and spending digging our hole deeper.
A 133 times in 1855 was the record!
Sean Hannity might stroke out on the air tonight.
Trump endorsed him for god’s sake.
These are the 20 most RINOs. Doing what the Dems want !!
What are you watching? MSLSD, CNN or PBS?
LOL when has that ever happened?
Pay per view time
One problem for him. No one believes anything he says. They know him for the liar he is.
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