It’s funny how they obviously just ignored Trump’s request though 
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We are exceptional. Never forget that.
Technically it could be broken, but given that all members of Congress need to be reelected and more importantly, the fact that there's a Presidential election around the corner, neither political party would want to go into 2024 on the wrong side of voters.
I can't imagine that has any chance of happening. It would have to be someone that already decided they are absolutely not running in 2024 and even then they would be so brutally savaged by conservative media and influencers, they'd probably have to move their home.
I can't even see Republicans agreeing to a more moderate compromise to obtain Democrat votes at this point.
Good point on Bacon not going rogue?
The only way to neuter the dissident members is to steamroll over them. This might be the only way.
There's more bi-partisan stuff done than most realize, low-level stuff that may be important to them, funding for local projects and stuff, break an agreement and they'd kiss that sort of stuff goodbye + I suspect that they'd be offered some plum assignments in committees and such like that would get pulled
Wonder if a similar message has/will come across the Fox News talking heads today/this week? Or continue keeping the sheep hoodwinked?
It's a hollow threat. The concessions that McCarthy would give up to get the Dems on board would cost him his own party.
I'd say so many of them are in their element on the house floor right now. Gossiping, plotting backstabbing and conniving in between votes. Some of them probably feel high on the buzz of it all, governing the last thing on their minds.
Knobs
Knobs
So, so broken.
This cringeworthy stuff from the latest speaker. Bringing up Fredrick Douglass to justify a Byron Donald vote.
Nailed it
Shambles
Would be the first drug dealer as Speaker, no doubt.
Has any person in the history of the world ever said the same names as many times in two days as this woman? Her dreams must be crazy the next few days.
He was on CNN earlier. He's definitely pro-McCarthy, but even more so, anti-Freedom caucus insurgents. Wouldn't be surprised to see him floated as a wild card speaker pick at some point.
What an absolute farce this has become.
What did you expect, elect idiots you get morons, they're doing exactly what they said they were going to do
Oh, I am enjoying the feck out of this because it was always preordained. I just wasn’t expecting to be as gleeful as I am now. McCarthy is claiming he isn’t going anywhere. The buffoonery is breathtaking.
I agree but at some point it becomes a serious problem, if McCarthy steps aside who would get the job, Scalise is McCarthy Mk2 and presumably wouldn't pass muster with the likes of Gaetz
I think Gaetz would have Scalise as Speaker in a heartbeat, it’s the moderates that would need winning over.
There’s a reason why someone glosses themselves ‘David Duke without the baggage.’ They ain’t moderate.
If so why hasn't he proposed him - Gaetz is known to dislike McCarthy on a personal level so is never going to vote for him, Gaetz is just a shit stirrer IMO - not he only on either
I too think that Gaetz et al enjoys being in the middle of the chaos & is a shit stirrer. They want the debacle to continue.
Well they'll change their tune by Jan 13, as I understand it, their staff won't get paid after then and none of them can function without flunkies!
Can someone not just give John Bercow the US citizenship already? I would honestly pay a lot of money just to see this from a speaker in the House of Representatives.
They cannot.
This stopped being funny yesterday; it's boring now.
1-6! McCarthy wins!
If he doesn't do then Betty will sort them out
Republicans voted to adjourn for the evening til noon today. Victory for McCarthy, first vote he’s won so far.