Just another I don’t care… I don’t care who is Speaker. And I can’t vote for THEM.
So, who exactly do the Gang O’Holdouts have in mind today for Speaker (it seems to change hourly)? Is it anyone that has even a remote chance at 218 votes?
Throughout this entire process the Gang has not nominated a single person that comes close to being a consensus candidate. Just pissing and moaning about McCarthy seems to be the only plan the Gang has.
Best thing that ever happened.
Fight on.
Absolutely NOTHING needs to happen inside the U.S. House of Representatives at this time. We have had two years of non-stop destruction by that body.
Nobody is bleeding. No fire is burning.
There is NO EMERGENCY.
All this should have been done long ago and now they just vote the Speaker but no BLAH BLAH BLAH
Get back to the Nursing Home Newt. Pudding is waiting for you.
Sorry, Newt, but I’m still against open-borders McCarthy at this time. Now go say hi to Nancy and DeeDee for me.
McCarthy supporters are calling this demand tyranny. They are saying that it gives any single member the power to throw the chamber into chaos.
Conservatives like Byron Donalds argues that this was the rule for a hundred years before Pelosi removed it when she took over after John Boehner was removed via the vacate motion. Donalds asks "why do we want to continue operating under Pelosi's rules?"
Donalds also says that the rule was only used twice when it was in place, so why should a Speaker who is effectively working within his caucus worry about that rule? He also argues that it is the right of each member of the House to question the ability of the Speaker to continue to lead.
So there we are. I think this is the hill that McCarthy is willing to die on, the Motion to Vacate the Chair. He's afraid of his caucus, and he doesn't want them to have the power to call for his removal if he reverts to establishment norms after winning.
-PJ
There was a time when Newt was someone to listen to.
He went downhill from there.
Today’s he’s just out to lunch.
Is that old fart still trying to be relevant?
Shut up Newt.
Eff off Newt.
He’s criticizing the WRONG folks!
Wow....the RINOists are sure crawling out of the woodwork, these past two days.
Holding hostage....terrorists.....threats.....
How dare they vote their conscience !!!
Newt & Dan Crenshaw calling fellow Republicans terrorists because they think on their own.
The purpose of the kidnapping is to extract a ransom.
The ransom demand is the only way the conservative representatives can achieve any of their agenda