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Republicans explode in uproar as Gaetz accuses McCarthy of 'vanity' in House speaker showdown
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Posted on 01/06/2023 12:32:56 PM PST by USA-FRANCE

Remarks from Florida GOP Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz :

"You only earn the position of speaker of the House if you can get the votes. Mr. McCarthy doesn't have the votes today, he will not have the votes tomorrow, and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year," Gaetz said as he nominated Ohio GOP Rep.-elect Jim Jordan to serve as the next speaker of the House.

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KEYWORDS: gaetz; jordan; kabuki; mccarthy; whiteflagfrog
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To: Dr. Sivana

“But, out of 200+ Republican members of the House, surely there must be someone less distasteful to the base of the Party than McCarthy.”

What base are you referring to?


21 posted on 01/06/2023 12:44:07 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: USA-FRANCE

You know you’re over the target when....


22 posted on 01/06/2023 12:44:09 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Swamp creature

23 posted on 01/06/2023 12:44:31 PM PST by lizma2
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To: Dr. Sivana

Just as Gaetz indicated, McCarthy is the sugar daddy supreme of these House Republicans, and they’re addicted to his teats. Exact same for McConnell in the Senate.


24 posted on 01/06/2023 12:45:27 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who follows it.)
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To: for-q-clinton

Amazing how this is bringing out more trolls (some new, some not so new) ;^)


25 posted on 01/06/2023 12:46:02 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: TexasGator

Do you have a link to it?


26 posted on 01/06/2023 12:46:21 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: blackdog

Uniparty/deep state. Yep. Given McCarthy is a WEF boy, yep.


27 posted on 01/06/2023 12:46:21 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Gaetz is not at all fairplay, he acts like a spoiled teenaged brat !

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And you talk like the bully standing behind the kid that steals all the others kid lunch money waiting for your cut.


28 posted on 01/06/2023 12:46:49 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Dr. Sivana

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You sound like a very reasonable person.

The backdrop here the media doesn’t report is you have a huge segment of the country that has no representation because their Reps and party signed up with Joe Biden and his agenda to spend us into oblivion and tons of that money going to prop up Woke causes and Orgs that only exist to destroy traditional America, right down to our monetary system.

The impetus for the frustration is very important.


29 posted on 01/06/2023 12:46:51 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: USA-FRANCE

Gaetz is correct about McCarthy’s vanity. McCarthy is also an arrogant SOB considering that he has never accomplished anything in his life. He never had a job outside of government. That in itself demonstrates what a pussy McCarthy is. He never had the stones to make his mark on the world in the private sector. No one should be allowed to make a career out of government. I can’t think of anything more pathetic than lifer government employees. They are the ones that make government wasteful and ineffective. All they care about is their paychecks, benefits and pensions. Serving the American public is last on their list.


30 posted on 01/06/2023 12:46:58 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: Dr. Sivana

The thing is, there are no real proposed alternatives !
THAT is the terrifying problem !


31 posted on 01/06/2023 12:47:10 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

This is Gaetz’s way of pushing McCarthy to take the conservatives’ deal.


32 posted on 01/06/2023 12:47:16 PM PST by ryderann
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To: USA-FRANCE
When you constantly lie & betray, no one believes what you promise.

What you see right now is the developing of the baseline as far as the House rules go, for when the next candidate for speaker steps forward.

33 posted on 01/06/2023 12:47:43 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: cuz1961

Correction, no and, just

you talk like the bully standing behind the kid that steals all the others kid lunch money waiting for your cut.

Griffter weasel Tory.


34 posted on 01/06/2023 12:48:22 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: USA-FRANCE

McCarthy is an infiltrator. He was groomed for this position. To control the house for the bad guys no matter who had the majority. His history shows that he is not a friend of the constitution or freedom, justice, and liberty for all. He is in on the plan to tear this nation down and to bring it under the dominance of dark world forces.

Yet I have no doubt that he will be speaker. We have moved past the precipice. Those who are fighting against him are heros. But in this case I believe that evil will prevail. There are too few left to fight back.


35 posted on 01/06/2023 12:48:30 PM PST by Revel
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To: USA-FRANCE

It’s clear at this point that McCarthy is over the big hurdle, the opposition has dwindled from a high of 20, to now only 8.

He is 4 votes from out right winning the speakership.

He will get them, the question is simply what exactly he’s going to have to give to get them.


36 posted on 01/06/2023 12:48:43 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: stars & stripes forever

“Negotiations are ongoing. McCarthy hasn’t officially signed off on anything.”

I doubt if he’ll ever “sign off” on anything, i.e., put anything in writing — ever. Even if he did, who would see to it that he kept up his end of the bargain? And McCarthy shouldn’t have to negotiate in order to do the right thing. If that’s not his first goal, then we conservatives do not want him.


37 posted on 01/06/2023 12:48:54 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: blackdog

“Scalise here. Near death experiences tend to keep you honest and genuine.”

Why not a strong conservative?


38 posted on 01/06/2023 12:49:24 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: All

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At least the Republicans, and every single Senate Republican (sans three) could return every penny raised with A Republican label or letterhead.

They are 100% behind Joe Biden’s agenda, and they used Fraud to achieve their goals.

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39 posted on 01/06/2023 12:49:43 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: USA-FRANCE

Correction, no and, just

you talk like the bully standing behind the kid that steals all the others kid lunch money waiting for your cut.

Griffter weasel Tory


40 posted on 01/06/2023 12:50:28 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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