McCarthy: 'I earned this job', Boebert when he finished: "that's Bullsh*t": GOP explodes in meeting before speaker vote, which you can watch live here

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Andy Biggs got a total of 10 votes in the first round and dropped out thereafter. He could not even carry the other 24-25 members of the Freedom Caucus.

 

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MAGA is blowing up the Republican party. They are not builders, they are destroyers.
Dysfunctional humans.

Again, you need to understand that many of these MAGA Republicans would prefer to be in the minority. They’d actually prefer that Democrats controlled the House.

 

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I know analysts are gonna analyze. But don't be so sure that either Kevin or his opponents have a plan here. Not a lot of strategic masterminds in this fight.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It is obvious Hakeem Jeffries is the only candidate with a secure base

Must name Jeffries and be done with it

All it would take is 6 Republicans who are fed up with the circus.
That...would..be..epic!!

 

[ElmerMudd]

Technically, this is what the House was supposed to be when envisioned. It's just that elites took control of the Progs and many Republicans so it was more antiseptic than the chaos it could be.

The US is built on compromise. Without compromise we have no country. We have no union. We have no Democracy. The most stupid among us do not understand this. 22 is one of the most stupid among us.

 

[rightwinger]

All it would take is 6 Republicans who are fed up with the circus.
That...would..be..epic!!

Republicans are unwilling to lead
Let the Democrats do it

 

[ElmerMudd]

Again, you need to understand that many of these MAGA Republicans would prefer to be in the minority. They’d actually prefer that Democrats controlled the House.

Why?

 

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[22lcidw]

The US is built on compromise. Without compromise we have no country. We have no union. We have no Democracy. The most stupid among us do not understand this. 22 is one of the most stupid among us.

Progs do not compromise. We just saw that in a glaring way the last two years. Progs do not have a left, center and right in their party anymore. It is left of left and anyone not there is coerced or ridiculed and even destroyed. And this happens while being a Democrat! Progs get their marching orders every day from outside somewhere from elites. We see the same spouts from their politicians and media shills. Almost identical.

 

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Regardless of their cringe politics, the GOP Freedom Caucus' mutiny against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker is EXACTLY what The Squad should have been doing for last 2 years. Like FC, they had the votes to block just about anything in the House & get concession from Biden for the left

 

[22lcidw]

Regardless of their cringe politics, the GOP Freedom Caucus' mutiny against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker is EXACTLY what The Squad should have been doing for last 2 years. Like FC, they had the votes to block just about anything in the House & get concession from Biden for the left

Progs won near everything they wanted. The squad just felt they did not move left fast enough. When it gets here, most Americans will not like it.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Instead, what McCarthy is doing is selling out to a minority of nine Congress members out if a caucus of 220

McCarthy is allowing himself to be blackmailed by the extremists at the expense of loyal Republicans

Loyal to what or whom?

 

[Seymour Flops]

Regardless of their cringe politics, the GOP Freedom Caucus' mutiny against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker is EXACTLY what The Squad should have been doing for last 2 years. Like FC, they had the votes to block just about anything in the House & get concession from Biden for the left

I agree in principle with the strategy of policy minorities not caving in to the majority. Neither extreme righties or extreme lefties were sent by their voters to cave to the moderates.

But it is hard to imagine Biden's actions being any more left than they already are. Not without actually singing The Internationale and locking up political opponents without trial. Oh, wait. Not without singing the Internationale.

 

[rightwinger]

Loyal to what or whom?

Loyal to Republican values and agenda

The extremists are just arsonists trying to destroy the party and the government

 

[Mac-7]

Loyal to Republican values and agenda

The extremists are just arsonists trying to destroy the party and the government

McCarthy is a RINO with no agenda beyond sucking up to democrats

 

[rightwinger]

McCarthy is a RINO with no agenda beyond sucking up to democrats

McCarthy sucks up to everyone

Sucks up to Trump
Sucks up to moderates
Sucks up to the far right
Sucks up to Dems

All with his eyes on being named Speaker
He has no values and his only agenda is whatever it takes to win the post