Posted on 05/05/2024 9:16:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
If a motion to vacate the speaker of the House fails resoundingly, does it make a sound?
The answer is, of course, yes — with a Capitol Hill press corps that loves nothing more than pitting all-too-willing Republicans against one another. Next week, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is poised to finally pull the trigger on her quixotic quest to oust Speaker Mike Johnson — but she’s likely to be left holding a bag of small-dollar donations and press clippings, which is what her detractors think she is actually motivated by.
On one side of the push to oust Johnson is a trio of Greene, Thomas Massie and Paul Gosar. On the other side is Donald Trump’s handpicked RNC chair, Michael Whatley, the Freedom Caucus, the Republican Main Street Caucus and basically every other caucus in the House GOP. Greene’s chaos is so unpopular that every Republican who voted to oust McCarthy is opposed to getting rid of his successor — even if some are frustrated with him.
With a House majority hanging on the edge of a knife, and with near-universal opposition amongst Republicans to Greene’s move, the only way she could actually succeed would be if she teamed up with every single Democrat — which also won’t happen.
What’s most notable about MTG’s MTV is how unsuccessful it’s likely to be. Even Johnson’s critics in the Freedom Caucus are staying on the sidelines. In fact, we’re told by someone who was in the room that the caucus’s chair addressed a closed-door room of Republicans this week where he stridently opposed Greene’s move. This comes as Greene is on a crusade to oust Bob Good in this summer’s primary and as the lawmaker has tried to curry favor with Johnson’s powerful political operation, run mainly out of the Congressional Leadership Fund.
While Johnson’s detractors like Massie argue that the newish speaker is still “in over his head,” the latest intra-GOP feud may backfire so spectacularly that it could trigger a full-blown revision of the procedures by which the speaker can be removed in the next Congress.
If that happens, we can finally ignore MTV pushes — until they’re actually likely to happen.
If it fails it will be because the communists rallied to his support. Might be kinda nice to have a little transparency in government for once. At least we will have some reality and the GOPe can stop pretending it represents conservatism.
“....does it make a sound?”
Like flatulence in the breeze.
bttt
Just remember, MTG doesn’t give a s### about “Republicans”
They’ve wasted resources addressing this that obv could’ve been spent trying to win elections.
Massey is tweeting of the next funding almost five months away from now.
They look like they are after something here in settlement for going away.
I’m not caring enough to try and read the minds of idiots.
And you think Republicans care about us. They hate you.
Blacks are the most loyal constituents for Democrats.
Conservatives are the most loyal constituents for Republicans.
Democrats do more for black people than Republicans do for conservatives.
The next Democrat Speaker of the House will most likely be a black man (Hakeem Jeffries).
There will never be a conservative Speaker of the House in our lifetime.
“the only way she could actually succeed would be if she teamed up with every single Democrat —”
Numerous democrats have stated they are happy with Howard Johnson and would vote for him.
Uniparty is alive and well.
If it fails, does MTG get sanctioned ? I bet she may. Not that it means anything.
In November, I believe you’d be happy with 30 house and 10 senators who are true conservatives. I truly believe that. Problem is. What would they accomplish? You seem so sure they’d do well.
Who, with the exception of political junkies, remember McCarthy being vacated?
15 separate votes or something, first time in history the speaker was vacated-it wasn’t memorable at all-similar to everyone forgetting about the Titanic.
“ In November, I believe you’d be happy with 30 house and 10 senators who are true conservatives. I truly believe that. Problem is. What would they accomplish? You seem so sure they’d do well.”
What’s the damned difference?
Huh?
You’ll see. It won’t be as pretty as you believe it will be.
I get wanting to remove Johnson. I support it.
But its better to spend our time and resources on electing Trump and dealing with this afterwards.
“The next Democrat Speaker of the House will most likely be a black man (Hakeem Jeffries).”
He’s already Speaker of the House.
This motion draws out the liberal riff-raff GOP establishment more into the open and shows that in reality the Democrats still run the House. The House and Senates liberal voting record is killing them with their base and the phrase the Democrats will win if you don’t vote for us no longer holds the fear in once did. The Democrats rule the congress and will continue to for the foreseeable future because the Republicans are liberals and lets be honest, quite cowardly and utterly stupid.
If the Republicans are passing Democrat legislation and following orders the only downside for the Democrats is not getting premium office space for their members. Once the Democrats no longer need the GOP establishment they will be kicked to the curb as their need as useful idiots will have been served.
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