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i know this has been discussed on a couple of threads, so not sure if they can be merged here, but this needs its own thread.

 

first vote starting soon.  for those unaware of how this whole mess works...

 

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biggs votes for biggs.

bishop votes for biggs.

boebert votes for jordan.

the math might get interesting if people start voting "present".  none of that so far.  6 non-mccarthy votes will mean at least one more round.

someone voted for banks? while i was typing.

Boebert votes for Jordan, which seems like a 4D chess move since Biggs was the symbolic alternative

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mccarthy is a complete piece of shit and there are a number of reasons i don't want him to be speaker, but the top of the list is that he just wants it so badly.

The woman counting the votes acts like she drew the short straw in having to count this.

1 minute ago, PhillyD said:

The woman counting the votes acts like she drew the short straw in having to count this.

Well, it looks like she did.

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gaetz votes for biggs.

mtg coming up.  if she votes for mccarthy, her deal is made.  

6 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

mccarthy is a complete piece of shit and there are a number of reasons i don't want him to be speaker, but the top of the list is that he just wants it so badly.

They brought this up on one of the Sunday shows.  Said that at the end of the day, no one really like McCarthy on either side.

So this is officially going to go to second ballot unless there are vote changes before the gavel. He’s already lost 9 votes

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1 minute ago, Aqua Buddha said:

They brought this up on one of the Sunday shows.  Said that at the end of the day, no one really like McCarthy on either side.

he's the tracy flick of the house.

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Well, it looks like she did.

The American people did.

I’m so conflicted because I don’t know what I should be hoping for, other than republican defections to Jefferies, which won’t happen. 

Do the newly-elected reps get to vote on this even though they're not yet officially seated?

Also, the Republicans can elect Jeffries, and then turn around tomorrow and demand a new vote?  Do I have that correct?

4 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Do the newly-elected reps get to vote on this even though they're not yet officially seated?

Also, the Republicans can elect Jeffries, and then turn around tomorrow and demand a new vote?  Do I have that correct?

- Yes
- Sort of, but it would be difficult to actually pull it off procedurally. The speaker’s gavel has real power. 

So McCarthy has already promised to seat Santos if elected, huh? 

Really gives some perspective to the wailing and teeth gnashing about D failures that goes on around here.

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they better get this shit done.  hunter biden's not going to investigate himself.

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

they better get this shit done.  hunter biden's not going to investigate himself.

what more is there to investigate, he's already bared all for the world to see

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

they better get this shit done.  hunter biden's not going to investigate himself.

Though he certainly has the equipment to do so if he wished. 

Every one of these votes after Biggs/Other got to 5 are purely masturbatory,  right?

So they'll just keep voting until the GOP defectors get in line, right?

I am very disappointed that no one has voted for Mike Lindell.

Just now, Beau Vine said:

I am very disappointed that no one has voted for Mike Lindell.

Nor TFG 

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Every one of these votes after Biggs/Other got to 5 are purely masturbatory,  right?

So you know Chip will participate.

 

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i never would've envisioned a party with zero platform, no real policy positions, and an aimless political directional strategy would have this much trouble uniting behind a speaker candidate.

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2 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

So they'll just keep voting until the GOP defectors get in line, right?

or they'll continue to vote against mccarthy until he steps down.  that's why there's some heat behind scalise, who many see as the compromise candidate.

it could go on for weeks and the house can literally do nothing else until this is decided.

root for the shitshow, people.  it will be a blue fucking wipeout in 2024.

212 Jeffries

203 McCarthy

10 Biggs

9  Other

Final, round 1!

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

or they'll continue to vote against mccarthy until he steps down.  that's why there's some heat behind scalise, who many see as the compromise candidate.

it could go on for weeks and the house can literally do nothing else until this is decided.

root for the shitshow, people.  it will be a blue fucking wipeout in 2024.

There should be a rule, old speaker is in charge until new speaker is selected 

McCarthy spent his time coddling instead of clamping down the nut-Job side of his party. So after supporting the Jaguars Ate My Face Party he is stunned that the Jaguars are eating his face.

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cnn just now, "when asked what conditions they would want in a deal, they want for mccarthy to not be speaker."

that sounds like a big ask.

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9 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i never would've envisioned a party with zero platform, no real policy positions, and an aimless political directional strategy would have this much trouble uniting behind a speaker candidate.

actually, i need to amend this.  they are the "no" party.  they are the party of obstruction.  it's much easier to do this from the minority, so i understand why there's so much confusion here.

this is right on-brand.

Reporting that Jim Jordan is whipping votes on the floor for himself. Yuck

7 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

212 Jeffries

203 McCarthy

10 Biggs

9  Other

Final, round 1!

Missing a vote? 

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there's only 434 right now.  death in va or something i heard?

that's why he could only lose 4 votes.  he lost 19.  lol.

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