House Speaker Vote Live 2nd Thread

[Hoodat]

Someone has broken their word here.  I'm guessing it is Gaetz.

[Mesaclone]

Good stuff!

As far as I'm concerned, the Pottery Barn rule is in effect.  Gaetz has broken the caucus. McCarthy should cancel any agreements or concessions, restart at square one, and settle in for the long haul on voting.

Let Gaetz see if he can get someone else to 218 with McCarthy still in the race.

My guess is that Jeffries or some outsider gets their first.

Exactly. Time to pull back all concessions and start talking to the Dems and see if they can make a new deal. No other option for Republicans at this point….can never give in to Gaetz and his little cadre of self aggrandizers.

[mystery-ak]

Robert Costa
@costareports
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17s
Scalise now leaning in to McCarthy

MTG now coming to work Gaetz, whispering in his ear

He won’t look at MTG

[mystery-ak]

Erick Erickson
@EWErickson
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1m
Kevin Hern needs to bury his mother.
Ken Buck needs to rest up after surgery.
Wesley Hunt needs to be with his wife and son.
This turn at the end is going to alienate a few of these guys from other hardcore conservatives in the House.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1611575110938271744

[Sighlass]

Annie Grayer
@AnnieGrayerCNN
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1m
Mike Rogers of Alabama lunged at Matt Gaetz after Kevin McCarthy walked away from him.

Great, my great turned Rino state makes news during this.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Realistically, this isn't even the worst of it. Just wait until they try to pass 12 different appropriations bills with Gaetz and his crew deliberately sabotaging attempts to get to 218 by insisting on poison pills for the liberal members of the caucus while touting their own conservatism.   It'll be pure grandstanding wrecking any chance at passage.

It'll be impossible.  Might as well vote for someone like Amash so the blame isn't only on Republicans.

[Hoodat]

This has become personal for six members.  The GOP should regret that they didn't put up a better fight for House seats during the election.

[mystery-ak]

adjourn til Monday....oh brother!

[corbe]

   Adjourn till Monday up for vote.

[Sighlass]

Exactly. Time to pull back all concessions and start talking to the Dems and see if they can make a new deal. No other option for Republicans at this point….can never give in to Gaetz and his little cadre of self aggrandizers.

And there it is...

[mystery-ak]

🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸
@mrddmia
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7m
One vote short for @GOPLeader
.

@mattgaetz
 asking for adjournment until Monday.

Amen.

[Mesaclone]

And there it is...

It’s that or Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker. Out of other options.

[Hoodat]

I would vote 'no' to adjourn.  Make them stay all weekend.

[Hoodat]

Gaetz (or Boebert) could have been the hero tonight.  But he chose otherwise.  Emotion got the best of him.

[mystery-ak]

Going to bed...I am sick of all of them!

Feel sorry for the families waiting to see their family member sworn in....

[corbe]

   Gaetz just worked his way onto the Rules Committee as McCarthy's pick.

[deb]

I would vote 'no' to adjourn.  Make them stay all weekend.

You mean like normal folk sometimes have to work weekends? Or business owners have to work 7 days a week? Gah!

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Exactly. Time to pull back all concessions and start talking to the Dems and see if they can make a new deal. No other option for Republicans at this point….can never give in to Gaetz and his little cadre of self aggrandizers.

I wouldn't make a deal with the Dems, although forcing Gaetz to fulfill his promise of resigning if that happens is tempting.

Vote for Amash.  At least the blame for the  shitshow that will be the 2022-23 House will be a bit more diffuse.

[Sighlass]

It’s that or Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker. Out of other options.

Options have been listed here, you are the one that suggested some are so Rino they would vote for a liberal (and I believe you). The only way to get Jeffries is true colors be shown, and you know it is coming.

[Hoodat]

If Dems had crossed over on the first vote and put McCarthy in there, the Conservatives would have gotten zero concessions.

But they didn't, and the Conservatives held out to get us to this point tonight.  I'm not understanding what they are lacking?

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Options have been listed here, you are the one that suggested some are so Rino they would vote for a liberal (and I believe you). The only way to get Jeffries is true colors be shown, and you know it is coming.

Could also go the plurality route, and force the six to choose between Jeffries and McCarthy.  I suspect they'd choose Jeffries, but at least that way, the GOP could be the obstructionists rather than the targets of obstructionism by both the 6 and Democrats.

[Mesaclone]

Options have been listed here, you are the one that suggested some are so Rino they would vote for a liberal (and I believe you). The only way to get Jeffries is true colors be shown, and you know it is coming.

Thanks to Gaetz, “other” options are dead in the water. Nowhere else to go but to deal with Dems…which means the end of every investigation we all know are desperately needed. Thx Mr Gaetz and your 6 dimwitted pals.

[Mesaclone]

Could also go the plurality route, and force the six to choose between Jeffries and McCarthy.  I suspect they'd choose Jeffries, but at least that way, the GOP could be the obstructionists rather than the targets of obstructionism by both the 6 and Democrats.

Explain…how would that work?

[Maj. Bill Martin]

If Dems had crossed over on the first vote and put McCarthy in there, the Conservatives would have gotten zero concessions.

But they didn't, and the Conservatives held out to get us to this point tonight.  I'm not understanding what they are lacking?

The concessions are of two basic types:

1) Symbolic votes on conservative issues that will fail, and;

2) Rules changes that will make it much easier for Democrats to sabotage the GOP majority.