(MTG's phone last night, pointing to it with her non-photographed hand. Last 4 days was choreographed - DJT *owns* the house now, dragging mcC thru the mud of 15 votes)
Posted on 01/06/2023 10:43:23 PM PST by SmokingJoe
UPDATE posted around 12:36 am EST:
Kevin McCarthy won the House speakership during the 15th round of voting this week which began late Friday night and spilled over into Saturday after the clock struck midnight. He earned 216 votes.
Andy Biggs of Arizona, Eli Crane of Arizona, Bob Good of Virginia, and Matt Rosendale of Montana, who had previously voted against McCarthy in the first 14 rounds, each voted present in the 15th round, which lowered the threshold McCarthy needed to secure victory — Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Matt Gaetz of Florida, who had switched to present in the 14th vote, voted present again for the 15th round.
Original story below:
For the 14th time this week, Kevin McCarthy has come up short in his quest to clinch the House speakership.
He came closer than he had all week by earning 216 votes — he would have locked up a win if he had been able to reach 217.
Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Matt Gaetz of Florida, who had previously voted against McCarthy in the first 13 rounds, voted present during the 14th vote.
Andy Biggs of Arizona, Eli Crane of Arizona, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana, who had all voted against McCarthy on the first 13 rounds, voted against him again in the 14th round.
A group of more than a dozen Republicans voted against McCarthy in 11 votes this week, including three votes on Tuesday, three on Wednesday, and five on Thursday. Nineteen Republicans opposed McCarthy in the first two votes, but that number increased to 20 when Byron Donalds of Florida, who had voted for McCarthy twice, switched and voted against McCarthy on the third vote.
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So you hate freedom and love masks, clot shots, and lockdowns. Good for you.
LOL...you're an idiot of the highest class lacking any grasp on reality
Well said.
How?
Well, I believe the ransom package included a provision where one member can call for a vote of no confidence in the Speaker.
That means that the threat of having to go this all over again next month is a reality if the speaker reneges
North Brazil in 30 years.
None of the above.
But you do, and you have.
“How? Strongly worded criticisms?”
No-confidence vote. Back down to one. If the party doesn’t do something, well, you know who you are not voting for in the next election cycle. That’s the process. It sucks big time, but unless the citizens choose to effectuate change by different means, this is all we have to work with.
Agreed.
I can’t stand her
Alright, now watch them get to work and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but talk.
They will do plenty, even if its just to stop crazy Dem bills from passing.
Give it a rest.
(MTG's phone last night, pointing to it with her non-photographed hand. Last 4 days was choreographed - DJT *owns* the house now, dragging mcC thru the mud of 15 votes)
Congrats to Trump, who got his man McCarthy in the Speaker’s podium.
America as we knew it is forever gone.
Hang on to those memories.
*******
The USA is ever changing just like the rest of the world.
Nothing new about that. Live you allotted time as best
you can. Take care and have a good day.
Seems like Trump was in charge.
Later we will find out or figure out why he backed McCarthy.
Nothing short of a Convention of States will bring about any meaningful reforms. That will take another generation or two.
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You and I know it’ll never happen. We’ll see a Convention of States to create a Constitutional Amendment protecting burglary before we see one bringing about any conservative reform: morally, fiscally, nationally, or socially.
Who do you think would be voting at a convention of states? 😄
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