Republican Congressmen can’t agree a speaker
 

Bizarre scenes in the US of A where about 20 MAGA Republican congressmen have decided to derail the process of electing a new speaker. The party’s preferred candidate is Kevin McCarthy but their majority in the house isn’t big enough for him to get the job unless at least some of the dissenters decide to stop mucking about and vote for him.

With stunning lack of self awareness, their preferred rebel candidate in the *fourth* unsuccessful round of votes today was Byron Donalds, a Trump fan and 2021 election denier.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl...anada-64153397

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The third vote yesterday was even more bizarre.

After Jim Jordan nominated Kevin McCarthy to be Speaker, he (Jim Jordan) was then nominated (over his own objections) by Texas Congressman Chip Roy.

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Rumor being spoken of in local golf club is that Donald Trump , could be àked to stand ! In case people didn't know you do not need to be a member to be speaker

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This is a consequence of the poor Republican performance in the mid-terms, wafer-thin majority. The MAGA Republicans were always going to cause trouble.

What's crazy is that they had already got concessions but they just want to cause disruption anyway, no goal other than destruction.

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Yes your Golf club will have its finger on the pulse....
In that case I nominate Daffy Duck , nothing to say poultry can't be speaker either. Daffy's time has come.

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Probably do , many local big noises , councilors , at least two mayor's local republican supporter's , and quite a few red baseball cap wearers with deep pockets , all are members:p:

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Donny would be bored senseless as speaker, he's need a tivo/tv on his desk. Plus a video golf game. Plus some acquiescent young ladies... And unlimited cola, plus Maccy Ds...

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Now on the sixth vote

https://wapo.st/3GeeTZD

Update - lost that one as well…

https://media.tenor.com/d3eHtOmgztMA...ready-dead.gif

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If it's a golf club in Florida, that's probably a given - they'd elect him Pope...

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Apparently, he's a RINO, so that's why they won't vote for him.

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Well, 20 of them think that, and 200 don’t.

Or does that mean the 200 are RINOs too, and the 20 are the only true Republicans?

Oh, and Trump has said they should support McCarthy - does that make him a RINO?

I think their "logic" may not be consistent…

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It's clearly a fractured Party. Enough Republicans feel he is sufficiently Republican to have nominated him.

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So around 20 elected members of the Republican Party get to determine who’s Republican In Name Only, and ought to be given more credence than around 200 elected members of the Republican Party who have been content to vote for McCarthy?

Such is life in the alt-reality these utter numpties inhabit I guess. :shrug:

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How about Steam Boat Willie - at least he'd see things in black and white.

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And on we go, again and again…

https://wapo.st/3GceKpG

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At some point do the Democrats weigh in and put their fingers on the scales for McCarthy or someone else?

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Why would the Democrats put their fingers on the scales for a Republican? :confused:

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They could present themselves as the reasonable ones getting America moving. They could negotiate concessions of their own. They might simply want to twist the knife in the MAGA tendency’s twitching corpse. Any number of political reasons really.

Given that McCarthy was quite rude about the Dems in the previous session, if they wanted favours they could probably exact a significant price. Although I suspect any suggestion he might have been talking to them might just bring the GOP lunatic fringe back on-side. If they don’t ultimately decide to play king maker and vote for McCarthy they’ll walk away from this debacle with absolutely nothing, which would be politically amateurish. Mind you, if the cap fits I suppose …

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How many rounds can they go on for? They've done 10 now!

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Done 11 now, adjourned until tomorrow.

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And he was nominated !!!:erm:

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And didn’t win the vote - he demands a recount, and will appeal to the Supreme Court… ;)

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15 attempts and sooooo many concessions. Is it worth it to be beholden to so many?

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Not a great advert for the West. And I can't think that it increases the Republicans' electability either.

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They just need someone who can make America great again to lead them

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The west of what?

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The Western World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world

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I was being ever so slightly facetious, because I’m having a hard time understating why you think internal divisions in one party in one county taints the entire concept of western democracy. Perhaps you could elucidate.

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Of course. I can just see countries like China and North Korea covering this in a very negative way and justifying that they're better off with their own versions of governance.

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I sincerely doubt it will change anyone’s mind in either country.

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Well it seems they finally managed, at the 15th attempt.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64193932

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Slight inaccuracy/accidental misinterpretation in that article.

That makes it sound that he (and five others) voted for McCarthy - they didn’t, they voted "Present"; this lowered the the threshold for a Majority from 218 to 216 (to win the Speakership, a candidate needs a majority of all members who are voting for a candidate).

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It reminded me of the fiasco we had when trying to sort out the deal to leave the EU.