That’d show her.
I believe we’re mostly joking about MTG as speaker, but it’s a terrifying thought. For all of their solar-flare glaring flaws, Johnson and McCarthy cared about their legacy as politicians. They didn’t want to see it all burn down while they would bare the blame. MTG and her fellow travelers, with flaws that blaze like a sun going nova, would gladly take credit for burning down the government and dancing in it’s ashes, riiiight up until they, like the rest of us, are fighting over a rat to roast over a literal dumpster fire.
(and even then, they’d be proud to have done it, just say something, as their eat a rat, that they’d have done it a bit differently if they had the do over, probably some self-excusing BS about how they should have purged all the (D) team and THEN of course it would have magically all worked out)
It would be so awesome if this resulted in Jefferies as Speaker, and in the two days before he’d have to vacate they passed all kinds of legislation (e.g., Ukraine, etc.)….
Apparently, though, she did not file it as a privileged motion, which would force the House to vote on it. As it is, Johnson can just decline to bring it to a vote.
The coward.
Are we sure if she knows the difference?
Ah, it’s just performance art for the rubes then.
Yes, it is a chicken shit move. She can refile as privileged anytime she wants to, but why wouldn’t you do so out of the gate if you were serious? And due to vacancies (and assuming all Democrats support the motion), she would only need two other Republicans’ support for it to pass.
Maybe she forgot. Not like she’s the sharpest crayon in the box.
Today is the day Mike Johnson became Speaker of the House
And Republican Rep Mike Gallagher announcing today that he’ll retire from the House next month, officially reducing Republican’s margin to “wafer thin.”
This is exactly it. You have nailed it. Only Greene sees it as cooperation with Democrats, which, for any reason, is wrong.
We do, but the sentence was (as worded) about the R’s actions. Sorry if I missed where you were going with it.
So addressing their motivations is reasonable in that context. The fact that we (and anyone with three functional brain cells) aren’t fooled doesn’t seem particularly noteworthy, except perhaps in a thread about scammers.
Of course, thinking about it, this whole thread could be considered to be precisely that, given the Republican Party’s relationship with the electorate and the process of governance. Which is truly fucking sad.
Why aren’t they just finishing their terms? Are they really trying to stick it to the MAGAs?
They want to land their post-congress jobs before there’s a rush of other members on the market?
i will laugh and laugh if they end up with speaker jeffries.
Why spend their time and energy fundraising for those fuckers? Seriously, if they stay through the next election, they have to play nice, raise money, sing praises of people they likely hate, and the rest. Leave now and they can wash their hands of it and still have whatever political / lobbying / etc secondary career with less stress AND risk.
Plus, any money they fundraise for the RNC now goes straight into Trump’s pocket.
Good emphasis, after all, from all reporting, a lot of those leaving now fully recognize that Trump wanted to play his own game on THEIR court, and by doing so, screwed it up for them. So, why fundraise for the stupid git who screwed it all up, and his lackeys? It will never be used for their benefit one way or another.
Moderate Republicans in the House must enjoy kingmaker status now. With a 1-vote majority they can exert immense clout.