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McCarthy loses sixth vote for speaker as House remains deadlocked
NBC News ^ | Jan. 4, 2023, 3:21 PM CST | Staff

Posted on 01/04/2023 1:26:12 PM PST by Red Badger

Edited on 01/04/2023 1:32:08 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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To: Openurmind
Speaker candidate Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was already inhabiting the Speaker’s office

He is not even entitled to a vacant Janitors cubicle somewhere in the nether reaches of the house basement.

Since he is not currently an elected government official he is a CIVILIAN and the Sergent at arms / Capital police should arrest him and escort him to jail awaiting trial.

261 posted on 01/05/2023 4:56:05 AM PST by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: spokeshave
cacnel that

Congressman Kevin McCarthy represents the 20th District in California

262 posted on 01/05/2023 4:57:26 AM PST by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Notice they use it like an epithet!..................


263 posted on 01/05/2023 5:01:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: MtnClimber

McCarthy has made a ‘deal’......................


264 posted on 01/05/2023 5:02:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Blue Highway

Hannity is a fraud.......................


265 posted on 01/05/2023 5:03:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like McCarthy and the Rinos need to stop the chaos they created with the nomination of an unelectable speaker and cooperate and pick a compromise candidate.


266 posted on 01/05/2023 5:07:05 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: LS

McCarthy has made a ‘deal’.
I knew he would. He’s that determined to be Speaker.

He put himself over country, over Party and over principle.

That tells me he’s no better than Pelosi.

In fact he may be worse.

She never pretended to be something she wasn’t.

At least with her you know what you were dealing with.

With McCarthy, flip-flopping like a fish on a hook, you never know..................


267 posted on 01/05/2023 5:11:21 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: RitaOK
Well, these votes -- in reality, these negotiations between GOP opposing factions -- are serving to expose the tenuous commitment to principle of a lot of self-described conservatives (Gingrich; Hannity; Hewitt; sadly, Levin, et al.) who, in their rush to crown McCarthy (at best, questionable as a leader), clearly fail to see the benefit -- and the correlation to the basic concepts of representative government -- of how the GOP leaders in the House will be expected, by the members of the caucus, to carry out their responsibilities as well as how they will conduct themselves.

The consistent reason they give for their rush to install McCarthy as House leader is that it's taking too much time and that it's important to "get on with the peoples' business."

Condemning these honorable members of their own party who are committed to taking a few extra days -- if not a week or more -- to clarify matters about how House business will be conducted over the next two years is not only despicable, it conflicts directly with the principles of representative government; thus, their reasoning has failed and will continue to fail to persuade.

268 posted on 01/05/2023 5:19:51 AM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: Jewbacca

They won’t.

McCarthy made a ‘deal’ for the votes he needs during the night.

He will be Speaker and will exact his revenge.........................


269 posted on 01/05/2023 5:20:40 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: spokeshave

I absolutely agree...


270 posted on 01/05/2023 5:38:06 AM 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: BillyBoy

“The numbers were swayed between the vote House Republican Leader months ago, and the vote for Speaker in Jan. Again, that was BECAUSE Trump ENDORSED McCarthy for Speaker IN NOVEMBER. 33 Republicans opposed McCarthy for Republican Leader. ONLY 20 opposed him for Speaker.”

A specious assertion.


271 posted on 01/05/2023 6:27:36 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: csvset; P-Marlowe

The omnibus bill issue is huge. The budget issue is huge.

The federal enslavement of America is huge.

The IRS gestapo issue is huge. Why 88,000 armed IRS agents?

My sense is the uniparty will unite to silence these rebels. The military/industrial/tech complex (MITC) is now international and global. Is Lee Harvey Oswald around the corner for the MITC if the rebels don’t get in line eventually?


272 posted on 01/05/2023 6:37:47 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: tennmountainman

So do you want idiotic rules like the one that says 5 random reps can challenge the Speakership and thereupon force nitwit vote after nitwit vote?


273 posted on 01/05/2023 8:16:07 AM PST by EliRoom8
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To: EliRoom8

It’s the way it’s always been until Queen Pelosi.
Our Speaker must be held accountable.


274 posted on 01/05/2023 8:19:16 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: xzins

If McCarthy gets elected speaker, it will be because the democrats will vote for him.


275 posted on 01/05/2023 8:22:45 AM PST by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: P-Marlowe

Or someone gets threatened


276 posted on 01/05/2023 9:01:51 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: EliRoom8

It was only one representative in the past. It worked just fine for decades. Why? Because they weren’t keeping reps under the thumb of leadership and not allowing them access, not even allowing them to see bills they vote on until the last minute.


277 posted on 01/05/2023 9:05:51 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: glennaro

Spot on.

I read a headline that the GOP may use the “nuclear option”. I am in a phase of ignoring news about Rino threats, and didn’t read it.

I’ve no idea what that may or may not mean. Just surprise me.

I’m watching actions at this point and having to filter just about everything else. 🥴


278 posted on 01/05/2023 11:30:28 AM PST by RitaOK (Vinmva Christo Rey! Publik Skules/Academia = The Farm Team for more Marxists coming. Infinitum. )
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To: Red Badger

https://twitter.com/LarrySchweikart/status/1611113273071669248

First, some promises you can break. But other such as the appointment to committees, chairmanships, those are done deals. Those are EXTREMELY important concessions.

Second, 200 congressmen including some very conservative ones I know are sticking with him. He must have some skillz as I mention in my thread.


279 posted on 01/05/2023 2:25:16 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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