# The Impending Attempt to Oust Speaker McCarthy {10/1/2023}; Patrick McHenry is now Speaker Pro Tempore {2023-10-03}

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> [@XOldiesJock](#):
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> Mencken had a lot of observations about politics and elections. I’ve always liked this one, relevant as it was to the election results in 2016:
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> **“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”**

For the record, H.L. Mecken was a fascist who, if alive today, would have been a diehard Trump supporter.

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