Posted on 01/04/2023 5:58:51 AM PST by mikelets456
he day ended up surprising everyone when state Rep. Jim Gregory (R) of Blair County nominated state Rep. Mark Rozzi (D) of Berks County to be the speaker. The move was seconded by another Republican, Tim O’Neal of Washington County, who said, “We need an independent voice and an independent mind." State House Majority Leader Joanna McClinton (D) agreed to support him, and within short order, Rozzi was elected speaker of the Pennsylvania state House.
Rozzi then proceeded to flip from Democrat to independent in his acceptance speech. “I am sure a lot of you didn’t see this coming today,” he said, then began discussing the importance of the independent voter in American politics owing to their putting “their fellow man first,” he said.
Rozzi then dropped the bomb no one saw coming that he was no longer going to be a Democrat, adding that he would not caucus with either party and would have staff from both parties.
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Oddly it’s technically a GOP house pending the filing of 3 rat vacancies that I assume are in safe seats.
What about Frank Burns? I’ve heard people call him a “conservative democrat” “basically a pro-union Republican”?
Not familiar with him. Thought you were talking about the M*A*S*H* character.
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