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With Buck (R, CO) out most of the day for medical treatment the magic number McCarthy will need is 217.
Gaetz: If Democrats Join Up with GOP to Elect a Moderate Republican House Speaker, I Will Resign
Gaetz: If Democrats Join Up with GOP to Elect a Moderate Republican House Speaker, I Will ResignThursday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said a coalition of Republicans and Democrats electing a moderate Republican was not a concern.https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/05/gaetz-if-democrats-join-up-with-gop-to-elect-a-moderate-republican-house-speaker-i-will-resign/
Gaetz needs to quite being so twitchy and keep his head.
So we cannot swear in new members until a speaker is nominated?
Gaetz has voted for 6 different candidates in 11 ballots.If we wants to avoid the schitzoid memes he needs to level off a bit.
He knew those were ballots that were a holding action.I rank Gaetz right up at the top in the conference. He is the only Rep I've seen who berated Generals up and down for their incompetence. He is tough and quick on his feet. We need more like him.
the arson caucus?
Agree. I like Gaetz too, and think overall he's done a good job. But they need an endgame. Either a proposal on paper to lock down the rules process and prevent another Omnibus type disaster, or a list of compromise candidates that they will vote for.Where you don't want to go is just sitting at the back of the class throwing spitballs. Fun, but they'll lose their credibility and leverage if all they want to do is flip the bird.
There is an ocean of difference between perception and reality. And in the world of politics, you know which prevails.We all know as political junkies the details of the game. The noobs don't, and don't forget....they vote.
What you are calling the Arson Caucus to some of us, are 20 patriots who don't want to give RINO McCarthy the green light toward full capitualtion to the Biden agenda. You don't think he's Turdle Jr? Prove me wrong.
The end game without some drastic measures, is going to boil down to McCarthy finding 16 out 20 FC fighters who don't hate his guts so badly that they won't vote for him under any circumstances.I am guessing Gaetz and Biggs are pretty close to being rock solid "never"
I agree with you, but two weeks after a Speaker is picked the noobs will forget about it, just like Afghanistan was no longer an issue when it came time to vote.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on a GOP conference call Thursday morning he has made progress on negotiations with Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and others who have not been supporting him for Speaker.But the deal is not finalized with all of the holdouts, and McCarthy stressed that the deal was still tentative – later telling members to stop leaking the details to the press and for any reporters to get off the call.Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), a McCarthy backer, told Republicans on the call that budget cuts under the deal would be similar to those in 2011, according to a source.There will also be a Church-style committee under the Judiciary panel, as previously agreed to, as well as commitments to move bills through regular order and work on a Texas border bill.Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), another McCarthy backer, also squashed rumors on the call that the deal included Roy being chair of the Rules Committee.— Emily Brooks