McCarthy hasn't picked up a single vote from yesterday.
Posted on 01/05/2023 11:41:54 AM PST by Navy Patriot
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is poised to fall short of the support needed to become speaker on the eighth ballot, with a group of 20 conservatives continuing to push back on the California Republican on the third day of votes on the floor.
His detractors have said they will continue to vote against him unless he makes additional concessions for rules changes.
Florida Rep. Brian Mast (R) nominated McCarthy, while former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) nominated Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on the floor. Although the 20 holdouts had lined up behind Donalds on multiple rounds, Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Josh Brecheen (R-OK) voted for Kevin Hern, the chairman of the Republican Study Committee. Gaetz voted for former President Donald Trump, as he had on the seventh ballot.
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“Beautiful - representatives truly representing the best interest of the US holding firm!”
I agree. It’s only a few days delay so far and the group of 20 is getting concessions. No reason to cave yet.
The party of minority rule discovers the pain of being ruled by a minority.
Why is the Republicrat Uniparty pushing
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It was the instructions in the cubicle narrative memo from the intelligence agency this morning.
As opposed to cheating on his wife by having an affair with a porn star/prostitute.
trump for speaker
everyone wants to see him gavel down the dems
everyone wants to see him withhold funds from the fbi until they release their records.
this would be a beautiful thing to see.
Agree, the House should govern as lightly as Constitutionally possible, and should mind the Budget as Constitutionally as possible.
Yep, I'm starting to like the idea.
I would be in favor of this:
McCarthy withdraws from consideration.
McCarthy personally nominates Jim Jordan.
Jim Jordan accepts the nomination.
Jim Jordan says his door will always be open, but he is not going to make promises to anyone or try to buy votes.
It would be interesting to see what the ‘patriot’ holdouts would do then. My guess is they would turn on Jordan like a pack of rabid dogs once they realized their time in the spotlight was over and they wouldn’t be getting perks from the Speaker.
Hey, these Reps have the power to do exactly what they are doing. None of it is illegitimate. If McCarthy wants their votes, he’d better get on his damn knees. Otherwise, the GOP better get its act together and come up with a compromise candidate.
no speaker is better than the corrupt, globalist uniparty stooge McCarthy
Rupert Murdoch gave the order that his Fox minions attack the Freedom Caucus and support McCarthy.
CHAOS!!! CHAOS!!
Oh no, the system actually working like its supposed to...
Chaos...
Dogs and cats living together...
end of days...
Yep...Biden has been ruling via executive order anyway. This keeps RINOs from doing his bidding too.
Great! Now Congress can't take our money away from us and give it away. Hope they keep this up for two more years.
If McCarthy was actually a leader, he would do one of two things:
1. He’d have been Speaker by now.
2. He’d have withdrawn by now.
Took 133 ballots in 1855, they’ve got a long way to go.
All they have to do for the next 2 years is vote NO on everything the Dems want and then play games on their phone til adjournment.
It’s not theater, though.
It’s procedure.
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