House Speaker Vote Live 2nd Thread

[Hoodat]

C-Span reported that some kind of deal may being worked in the GOP Whip's office.

After the one "guilting" nomination speech today, I don't see it.

Speaking of the GOP Whip, Steve Scalise's ONLY job is to get all the votes in line.  He really sucks at his job.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1611067551743897601

[Wingnut]

Speaking of the GOP Whip, Steve Scalise's ONLY job is to get all the votes in line.  He really sucks at his job.

He is the Rona Romney of the house but without the junk.

[catfish1957]

Note this has brought sunlight to all the Pubbies in the closet.  We are in a small minority, but that doesn't mean we're letting go of the tiger's tail.  I'm hearing many people starting to repeat my line from Tuesday:  "If not now, when?"

Who is to say which is the Hill to Die on and for.......

The dim/RINO steamroller has to stop somewhere.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Like the Trump lackey who slandered Gaetz as some kind of rapist, pedophile and human trafficker even though a hostile justice system found nothing?

Making up this shit sure is a good example.

[Hoodat]

[Maj. Bill Martin]

OK, then allow me to put it in simpler terms for you.  How much in federal spending has Congress appropriated in the past three days?

None.  But that's not what you said.

In any case, the spending that is occurring right now is spending that was authorized last year.  So it's happening already.  What this Congress would be debating is spending for next fiscal year, which doesn't happen until October so it wouldn't be happening whether Congress was in session or not.

In other words, not a penny less is being spent, and the debt is still accruing as those previously-authorized funds are spent.

[Hoodat]

In any case, the spending that is occurring right now is spending that was authorized last year.  So it's happening already.

And the borrowing to cover that spending was also authorized last year.

What this Congress would be debating is spending for next fiscal year, which doesn't happen until October so it wouldn't be happening whether Congress was in session or not.

Congress debates a hell of a lot more spending than that.  There were trillions of dollars added to our debt last year during session that had nothing to do with the budget.  The Inflation Reduction Act [sic] is a prime example.

[Hoodat]

McCarthy faction pushing the patriotism angle now.

[DB]

So our party is so shallow there is no one other than McCarthy that can lead the house?

Is that what these 200 are saying?

[Sighlass]

  Hold the Line Bookmark (I find myself 20 pages behind)... seems my nap turned into 4 hour tour to Gilligan's Island.

[roamer_1]

So our party is so shallow there is no one other than McCarthy that can lead the house?

Is that what these 200 are saying?

Well, it's obvious that McCarthy can't lead the house either. 

[Mesaclone]

I don't know why anyone thinks he is Conservative.

Ummm. Because he’s advocated for every important conservative policy position AND supported an endless stream of conservative leaders and candidates. Of course, that doesn’t mean he has to advocate for conservatives who are being grotesquely incompetent and self aggrandizing (case in point being the 22 morons holding up the speakership). These 22 are destroying Conservatism and alienating voters across the country…dumb is not a strong enough word for what these dimwits are doing.

[Free Vulcan]

Making up this shit sure is a good example.

Ex-Trump Aide Wrecks ‘Brat’ Matt Gaetz: ‘You Hate McCarthy’ Because He Didn’t Defend You ‘Screwing Call Girls’

On Wednesday, Sam Nunberg, a strategist who advised Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, tweeted at Gaetz and accused him of only opposing McCarthy for Speaker because the Republican leader would not defend Gaetz against accusations he’d slept with “call girls.”

Nunberg’s tweet was in response to Gaetz claiming he’d been told by a colleague that McCarthy was in for an “endless war.” This would be after McCarthy lost multiple rounds of voting to become Speaker of the House.

“He texted one of my colleagues who didn’t vote for him: ‘I am ready to fund an endless war.’ I’m assuming this is in *addition* to Ukraine,” Gaetz tweeted.

Nunberg told the Trump supporter to listen to his “daddy” and support McCarthy, referring to Trump calling for Republicans to unite following McCarthy failing to gain enough support from his own party.

“bleep off @mattgaetz,” Nunberg tweeted. “You hate McCarthy because he didn’t issue a press release defending you for screwing call girls. Maybe you are being an arsonist gadfly because you are suffering from early late stage syphilis? Listen to your daddy Donald and cut this shit out you brat.”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ex-trump-aide-wrecks-brat-matt-gaetz-you-hate-mccarthy-because-he-didnt-defend-you-screwing-call-girls/

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And on drugs too!



Alleged ‘Weed Lady’ Rep. Nancy Mace Asks Rep. Matt Gaetz If He’s On Drugs

South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace asked Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz if he’s on drugs, as Gaetz refuses to vote for Kevin McCarthy in the bid for Speaker of the House.

Mace, who has pushed to legalize cannabis in the U.S., accused Gaetz on Wednesday of being on drugs in response to Gaetz and several other lawmakers refusing to vote for McCarthy as the House begins its fourth vote to elect a new speaker.

“I know people think I’m the weed lady…but serious question [Rep. Matt Gaetz], what are you on?” she wrote.

https://www.conservativereview.com/alleged-weed-lady-rep-nancy-mace-asks-rep-matt-gaetz-if-hes-on-drugs-2659067025.html

[Hoodat]

Hold the Line Bookmark (I find myself 20 pages behind)... seems my nap turned into 4 hour tour to Gilligan's Island.

The only change is that one GOP Rep went home.

[Free Vulcan]

Hold the Line Bookmark (I find myself 20 pages behind)... seems my nap turned into 4 hour tour to Gilligan's Island.

Dibs on MaryAnne.

[roamer_1]

Ummm. Because he’s advocated for every important conservative policy position AND supported an endless stream of conservative leaders and candidates.

You're kidding, right?

[catfish1957]

McCarthy faction pushing the patriotism angle now.

Round 11 will be about kitties, and puppies probably

[deb]

So our party is so shallow there is no one other than McCarthy that can lead the house?

Is that what these 200 are saying?

That’s what they seem to be implying. That the man with a 54% Liberty Score is Thee Only One who is capable.

[Mesaclone]

Well, it's obvious that McCarthy can't lead the house either. 

Well, then who’s this magical ubermensch these 22 idiots are putting forward to be Speaker? Or are they so full of empty rhetoric, so vacuously self aggrandizing, that they haven’t figured that part out yet?

[Hoodat]

You're kidding, right?

Hey, it sounded good.

[Mesaclone]

You're kidding, right?

No. Are you?

[roamer_1]

Dibs on MaryAnne.

S'Alright... I'll be over here with Ellie May...

[Mesaclone]

That’s what they seem to be implying. That the man with a 54% Liberty Score is Thee Only One who is capable.

Than who fudge is?

[roamer_1]

Hey, it sounded good.

Well, Hammity sure don't sound good. I was over that POS when he got in bed with McCain't... not to mention Romulus. *flick*