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McSame_as_Bush
10/20/23 8:01:23 PM
#151:


https://twitter.com/RealAmVoice/status/1715488911311425764?s=20

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Xenogears15
10/20/23 8:03:00 PM
#152:


As long as Ukraine funding is on the table, I'm game. Just get a fucking speaker in who is going to pass that funding.

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andel
10/20/23 8:08:41 PM
#154:


bannon is partially responsible for lunatics sending death threats to repugs that opposed gym jordan. he will beat the drum for the most extreme lunatics possible

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mybbqrules
10/20/23 8:11:32 PM
#155:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Easy explanation: MAGAs are gullible and stupid.

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ClayGuida
10/20/23 8:11:35 PM
#156:


King_Rial posted...
I mean, if Gaetz is the House MAGA leader, and he says he'll back Emmer, then they should have a Speaker. But, he can also be lying and pull his endorsement. So who really knows just yet.
Gaetz also supported Scalise. Then Scalise got tanked.

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Sariana21
10/20/23 10:08:12 PM
#158:


Bump.

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ClayGuida
10/21/23 9:41:57 AM
#159:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Imagine if you had a news network that's only purpose is indoctrinating viewers and it gets millions of views nightly.

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ScazarMeltex
10/21/23 11:31:58 AM
#160:


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They don't live in the same reality you and I do. They live in the reality that Fox News, OAN, and the like tells them exists. Imagine you lived in that world and it would make way more sense.

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Block_that_Kick
10/21/23 12:19:27 PM
#161:


What a shock, Trump hates Emmer because he didnt try to overturn the election.

https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-world-vows-to-tank-a-speaker-bid-from-house-majority-whip-tom-emmer-exclusive

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Inohira
10/21/23 12:31:28 PM
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Another source with knowledge of the conversations regarding Emmer's play for the speakership told The Messenger that majority whip already has a dozen Republican lawmakers that will "never" vote for him.

After the precedent that's been set you can't really be surprised. Now that Republicans know they can kill Speaker bids they don't like by just refusing to negotiate and being a permanent "no" that's what they're all gonna do.

I don't think they realize how deep a hole they've dug for themselves.

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ClayGuida
10/21/23 1:04:10 PM
#166:


Reminder, Chip Roy said he would shut down the government in August 2022, to force the removal of 81,000 IRS agents, if Republicans win the House.

What did moron Americans do, as well as corrupt judges in New York? Give Republicans the House.

There is no moderate Republican. They're all extremists. Chip Roy. Dan Crenshaw. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Matt Gaetz. Nancy Mace. Patrick McHenry. All of them.

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brestugo
10/21/23 1:14:18 PM
#167:


ClayGuida posted...


Also, Byron Donalds throwing his name in the hat is hilarious. Dude's been in Congress for 1.5 terms. He does check all the boxes of insane conspiracy theorists though.

Sweet Jesus.

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Inohira
10/21/23 1:23:07 PM
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Gaetz remarks that he doesn't mind the chaos:

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/10/matt-gaetz-struts-amid-house-chaos-were

Matt Gaetz is very proud of himself for throwing a bomb into the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and dethroning Kevin McCarthy. Even after today's contentious conference meeting in the basement beneath the Capitol where Kevin McCarthy told him to "sit the fuck down" when he rose to speak more of his nonsense, he was proud. Kind of like a toddler smearing crap all over his bedroom wall proud.

"What did you actually get for leading this charge to push out Kevin McCarthy?" Manu Raju asked.

"We're shaking up Washington DC," Gaetz bragged. "We're breaking the fever and you know what it's messy but the only reason people think there's chaos in this town right now is because the special interests aren't in control anymore."

After some blather about how McCarthy "failed" them, Gaetz added, "This is what it's supposed to be and it's not clean and it's not orderly and the lobbyists and the special interests hate it but I don't seem to mind too much."

He knows the long longer the House is non-functional the longer his ethics investigation is delayed.

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mercurydude
10/21/23 1:30:59 PM
#171:


mybbqrules posted...
Easy explanation: MAGAs are gullible and stupid.

Yes, it's the same reason they went running back to Alex Jones and Tucker after both basically admitted to being frauds.

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ClayGuida
10/21/23 1:36:23 PM
#172:


https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-TRUMP/LAWMAKERS/xegpbedzdvq/

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darkace77450
10/21/23 4:04:07 PM
#174:


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4266514-ken-buck-says-hes-had-four-death-threats-amid-speaker-vote/

In an NBC interview Thursday, Buck said his office has received four death threats over his refusal to support Rep. Jim Jordans (R-Ohio) effort to become Speaker. In both Speaker ballots this week, Buck voted for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).
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Inohira
10/21/23 4:20:11 PM
#175:


Buck is one of the 8 Republicans who threw out McCarthy and the guy who admitted to casting troll votes during Jordan's run, and says he opposes any Republican who receives Democratic support too. Now that Emmer is the actual frontrunner watch him stop voting for Emmer. He's treating the office like a playground.

While death threats are never justified, the dude can't be surprised about a negative response to his actions when he's the second most disruptive member of the House after Matt Gaetz at this point.

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alphapipi
10/22/23 9:17:02 AM
#176:


Bump

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McSame_as_Bush
10/22/23 9:47:21 AM
#177:


Let's meet our (new) contestants!

Tom Emmer (MN)

Mr. Emmer, 62, is the highest-ranking Republican in the race. Endorsed by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Mr. Emmer is the No. 3 Republican in the House, whose job is to whip, or count votes, to pass the speakers agenda.

He is considered among the front-runners, though he could encounter the same issues that dogged Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, Republicans first failed nominee to replace Mr. McCarthy. Far-right Republican activists have accused Mr. Emmer of being insufficiently supportive of former President Donald J. Trump. And some moderates in the conference were privately unhappy that he did not back an effort to temporarily empower the acting speaker, Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina.

A former college ice hockey player and coach, Mr. Emmer has allies among both the conservative and the establishment wings of the party.

Mr. Emmer served two terms as the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, helping Republican candidates across the country win elections and making inroads across the conference in the process.


Austin Scott (GA)

Mr. Scott, 53, was a surprise candidate for the speaker nomination last week, garnering 81 votes in the conference against the better-known Mr. Jordan.

A small-business owner, Mr. Scott was the freshman class president for the 112th Congress.

He is also an ally of Mr. McCarthy and expressed outrage at the Californians ouster at the hands of far-right rebels, denouncing them as nothing more than grifters.


Byron Donalds (FL)

Mr. Donalds, 44, a member of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, is a favorite of the partys right wing. This is only his second term in Congress; he won his Naples-based district in 2020.

A native New Yorker, he received as many as 20 votes for speaker on the House floor in January during the prolonged fight that resulted in Mr. McCarthy emerging as speaker.

He has already picked up endorsements from his fellow Floridians.


Kevin Hern (OK)

Mr. Hern, 61, is the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a group committed to advancing conservative ideology that a majority of the Republican conference belongs to. The post often serves as a springboard to leadership positions. Mr. Jordan and Mr. Scalise, as well as former Vice President Mike Pence, all have led the committee.

Mr. Hern has the conservative credentials that could assuage the hard-right lawmakers who bedeviled Mr. McCarthy, but he is seen as a more moderate option than Mr. Jordan.

Nicknamed the McCongressman for his previous ownerships of 18 McDonalds franchises, Mr. Hern, a former aerospace engineer, was elected to the House in 2018.


Jodey C. Arrington (TX)

Mr. Arrington, 51, rose to prominence this year as the chairman of the Budget Committee, responsible for delivering a framework laying out the spending cuts Republicans said they would demand in exchange for suspending the debt limit.

Mr. Arrington had a pained relationship with Mr. McCarthy as tensions flared around the debt ceiling negotiations. Mr. McCarthy did not trust Mr. Arrington after he floated the idea of supporting Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana to a colleague midway through Mr. McCarthys drawn-out battle for the House speakership in January. Mr. McCarthy later largely cut him out of the negotiations.

A former official in the George W. Bush administration, Mr. Arrington is a favorite of Representative Kay Granger of Texas, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee. She could be a powerful ally: Many of the holdouts who sunk Mr. Jordans candidacy were veteran members of her panel.


Jack Bergman (MI)

Few people outside of his district may be familiar with Mr. Bergman. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant general, Mr. Bergman, 76, represents Michigans Upper Peninsula and the northern half of the Lower Peninsula.

A highly decorated naval aviator, Mr. Bergman has earned cachet with many of the mainstream conservatives several of whom are military veterans themselves who opposed Mr. Jordans candidacy and want an experienced leader at the helm. Mr. Bergman has presented himself as a temporary option who would work to steady the ship and return normalcy to the House.

What we need right now is a speaker who has experience leading and can put ego aside to work together for the American people, Mr. Bergman said in a statement. We need a leader who shuns permanent power and recognizes the current crisis of leadership.


Mike Johnson (LA)

Mr. Johnson, 51, is a lawyer who is the former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee.

An evangelical Christian who is a member of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Johnson was a key architect of Republicans objections to certifying the victory of Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Jan. 6, 2021. Many Republicans in Congress relied on his arguments.

He is an ally and supporter of Mr. Jordan who only considered moving forward with his own bid for speaker after Mr. Jordan fell short.


Pete Sessions (TX)

"Mr. Sessions, 68, is the longest-serving member of Congress so far who is considering running for speaker, first serving from 1997 to 2019. After he was defeated in 2018 by a Democrat, Mr. Sessions ran for a seat in a neighboring district and prevailed, returning to Congress in 2021. He has previously served as the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee and as chairman of the powerful Rules committee.

Mr. Sessions participated in a 2019 campaign by Trump allies targeting Marie L. Yovanovitch, the ambassador to Ukraine, writing to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that she should be fired for repeatedly expressing disdain for the Trump administration. (Mr. Trump recalled her in April of that year.)
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Dan Meuser (PA)

"Mr. Meuser, 59, was elected to Congress in 2018, after serving as his states secretary of revenue. He told the National Review that he was considering running for speaker because Im not gonna let this kindergarten continue.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/us/politics/meet-the-republicans-running-for-speaker.html

Little known fact: The C in Jodey C. Arrington stands for Cattywampus

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Xenogears15
10/22/23 12:12:25 PM
#178:


So when's the next vote?

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McSame_as_Bush
10/22/23 12:33:36 PM
#179:


https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1716122961751515456?t=7aoVB0vEKiji7PYinvXwgw&s=19

Jodey chickened out.

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ClayGuida
10/22/23 12:43:10 PM
#180:


Emmer seems DOA.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1716097573042245816

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dummy420
10/22/23 12:53:53 PM
#181:


ClayGuida posted...
Emmer seems DOA.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1716097573042245816
The professionalism behind that fuck all yall is quite enjoyable.

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SimulationSwarm
10/22/23 12:55:08 PM
#182:


Funny that there are no women candidates

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ClayGuida
10/22/23 12:59:59 PM
#183:


SimulationSwarm posted...
Funny that there are no women candidates
Makes sense. Republican women can't get elected in close elections. MTG or Boebart would never get elected in a swing district. And Lauren's so bad, her incredibly safe district is currently viewed as a swing district.

I mean Nancy Mace talks about being in a swing district, then you look at how gerrymandered her district is.

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darkace77450
10/22/23 1:33:12 PM
#184:


ClayGuida posted...
Emmer seems DOA.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1716097573042245816

When your best response to being called a clown is to liken yourself to a high schoolers, your party should be dissolved.
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UnsteadyOwl
10/22/23 2:02:33 PM
#185:


darkace77450 posted...
When your best response to being called a clown is to liken yourself to a high schoolers, your party should be dissolved.
He tried to say it as if that's just what Congress as a whole is like, but House Democrats managed to come together on a choice for speaker without all the drama both now and the last time they had the majority.

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McSame_as_Bush
10/22/23 3:21:34 PM
#186:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/8/AASbx8AAE9lm.jpg

Not the biggest supporters of women.

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Shadow_Don
10/22/23 3:49:06 PM
#187:


McSame_as_Bush posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/8/AASbx8AAE9lm.jpg

Not the biggest supporters of women.

Or democracy

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BurmesePenguin
10/22/23 3:51:11 PM
#188:


McSame_as_Bush posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/8/AASbx8AAE9lm.jpg

Not the biggest supporters of women.
Whats with the guy who certified the Arizona election results but not the Pennsylvania one?

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McSame_as_Bush
10/22/23 3:52:06 PM
#189:


Shadow_Don posted...
Or democracy

I wonder what's the most harmful yes vote/s in terms of being elected Speaker.

Certifying the two elections?

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streamofthesky
10/22/23 3:53:22 PM
#190:


McSame_as_Bush posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/8/AASbx8AAE9lm.jpg

Not the biggest supporters of women.
If you can't accept objective reality, you're auto-out. so it looks like Emmer and Scott are the only possible viable options out of that field (extra special WTF? to Meuser for certifying the election that was a margin of like 13,000 votes but not the one that was over 10x that margin).
Here's hoping one of the two of them makes a power-share deal w/ Dems to end this farce...

ClayGuida posted...
Makes sense. Republican women can't get elected in close elections. MTG or Boebart would never get elected in a swing district. And Lauren's so bad, her incredibly safe district is currently viewed as a swing district.

I mean Nancy Mace talks about being in a swing district, then you look at how gerrymandered her district is.
How's Stefanik? I seem to recall her sounding reasonable at times, and I still think her citing Jordan's coaching job as she voted for him was a subtle troll to sink his nomination...
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McSame_as_Bush
10/22/23 3:55:13 PM
#191:


BurmesePenguin posted...
Whats with the guy who certified the Arizona election results but not the Pennsylvania one?

He's represents a district in Pennsylvania, so if he said there was massive fraud he would face questions about the legitimacy of his own election. So nope, no issues here.

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streamofthesky
10/22/23 4:01:53 PM
#192:


McSame_as_Bush posted...
He's represents a district in Pennsylvania, so if he said there was massive fraud he would face questions about the legitimacy of his own election. So nope, no issues here.
But...he didn't certify the PA election, implying there was fraud...in his own state that re-elected him.
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McSame_as_Bush
10/22/23 4:03:19 PM
#193:


streamofthesky posted...
But...he didn't certify the PA election, implying there was fraud...in his own state that re-elected him.

Oh yeah. I can't read apparently.

I dunno then.

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ClayGuida
10/22/23 9:37:34 PM
#194:


streamofthesky posted...
If you can't accept objective reality, you're auto-out. so it looks like Emmer and Scott are the only possible viable options out of that field (extra special WTF? to Meuser for certifying the election that was a margin of like 13,000 votes but not the one that was over 10x that margin).
Here's hoping one of the two of them makes a power-share deal w/ Dems to end this farce...

How's Stefanik? I seem to recall her sounding reasonable at times, and I still think her citing Jordan's coaching job as she voted for him was a subtle troll to sink his nomination...
She's a female jim Jordan.

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darkace77450
10/22/23 9:45:04 PM
#195:


streamofthesky posted...
How's Stefanik? I seem to recall her sounding reasonable at times

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/593493-trump-endorses-stefaniks-reelection-bid/

Former President Trump formally endorsed House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefaniks (R-N.Y.) reelection bid on Wednesday, calling her one of the America First movements greatest warriors.

She destroyed Adam Shifty Schiff, Corrupt Cuomo, and Wacky Liz Cheney, Trump said. She is very strong on Election Integrity, our Second Amendment, Veterans, Farmers, Military and New York Law Enforcement. Elise has my Complete and Total Endorsement!

The endorsement follows Stefaniks comments on Tuesday, when she said that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has every right to take any action to rebuke Republican Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) for serving on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

That should tell you everything you need to know about Elise Stefanik.
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ClayGuida
10/22/23 10:00:27 PM
#196:


She also pushes the great replacement theory.

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streamofthesky
10/22/23 10:22:46 PM
#197:


Well, shit

So.... Emmer or Scott is at least not total garbage, right?
Enough to limp thru another year before hopefully Dems retake the House (get your shit together, NY)?
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mystic_belmont
10/22/23 10:31:35 PM
#198:


We are officially at the "I don't care where we eat, just pick something" part of choosing a candidate.

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Sir_Will
10/22/23 11:42:14 PM
#199:


mystic_belmont posted...
We are officially at the "I don't care where we eat, just pick something" part of choosing a candidate.
lol

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ironman2009
10/23/23 11:28:16 AM
#200:


We voting today chaps?

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