Funny events in anti-woke world

[TheMysteriousGX]

Oh, this is going hilariously


In other interviews he's whining about "they're letting Nancy Pelosi keep control" because the Clerk of the House is technically in charge until they seat new members, and the clerk was nominated by Pelosi. Mind you, all the clerk does is handle procedure

 

[Trunkage]

Oh, this is going hilariously


In other interviews he's whining about "they're letting Nancy Pelosi keep control" because the Clerk of the House is technically in charge until they seat new members, and the clerk was nominated by Pelosi. Mind you, all the clerk does is handle procedure

The funniest part is where neither McCarthy or Crenshaw have anything remotely resembling what could be called a policy

Most of the concession given by McCarthy to the larger group if GOP dissenters is just procedural points and nothing to do with policy

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Oh, this is going hilariously


In other interviews he's whining about "they're letting Nancy Pelosi keep control" because the Clerk of the House is technically in charge until they seat new members, and the clerk was nominated by Pelosi. Mind you, all the clerk does is handle procedure

 

[thebobmaster]

Apparently, Jordan Peterson may be on the verge of having his medical license revoked.

 

[Baffle]

Apparently, Jordan Peterson may be on the verge of having his medical license revoked.

It seems inappropriate that the world's oldest and edgiest (most edgey?) teenager have a medical licence anyway tbh.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Wasn't aware the libsoftiktok ghoul was some fundamentalist Jewish offshoot type too. (She straight up calls LGBTQ ppl "evil" here multiple times btw)


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Turns out having a voting block of utter lunatics isn't particularly productive

Thought he was doing a Fallout cosplay for a hot second there As always with Peteyboi, the reality is exponentially more pathetic.

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On a lighter note.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[Dalisclock]

Oh, this is going hilariously


In other interviews he's whining about "they're letting Nancy Pelosi keep control" because the Clerk of the House is technically in charge until they seat new members, and the clerk was nominated by Pelosi. Mind you, all the clerk does is handle procedure

The party of that backed the clown in 2016 is a circus in 2022. Tracks.

 

[Avnger]

House Speaker vote update:

McCarthy has now lost the 5th speaker vote in a row (3 yesterday, 2 today). Democrats remain united behind Jeffries while McCarthy loses 1-2 votes per round. The Republican splinter group has switched from voting for Jordan (as a gag since Jordan supported McCarthy anyway) to voting for fellow House Freedom Caucus member Donalds. A 6th round of voting is apparently "imminent" after the results of the 5th are officially recorded.

5th vote results

• Jeffries (D): 212
• McCarthy (R): 201
• Donalds (R): 20
• Present: 1

U.S. House adjourns without a speaker after GOP leader McCarthy loses sixth vote

Republican House leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed six times to secure enough votes to be House speaker, leaving his party in disarray.

www.cnbc.com

CSPAN link to watch live if you're as bored as I am at work: https://www.c-span.org/video/?525146-1/gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-appears-lose-ballot-speaker&live=

Edit: A fun point of trivia is that if the number of Republicans voting "Present" reaches 11 (with no increase in McCarthy support) then Democrats would theoretically win the vote despite not having a majority of members in the chamber.

Edit 2: Sixth vote in progress and McCarthy already does not have the votes required to win less than halfway through it. 12 Republicans against currently.

Edit 3: Sixth vote results identical to the 5th round above. Looks like they might recess for the rest of the day as Republicans meet internally.

Edit 4: 7th round of voting will take place at 8pm (ET) tonight

Edit 5: Coming back from recess, Republicans have passed a motion to adjourn until tomorrow over Democrat opposition. No 7th round vote tonight.

 

[Kwak]

What power does house speaker have? Why is it noteworthy he's losing the vote? Why do they keep voting and over-riding/not abiding by the last vote?

 

[Avnger]

What power does house speaker have? Why is it noteworthy he's losing the vote? Why do they keep voting and over-riding/not abiding by the last vote?

The Speaker of the House is the top official of the US House of Representatives. They set the legislative calendar, decide the chair(wo)manship of the various committees, and are 2nd in line to succeed as President should something unforeseeable happen. They are (along with the Senate Majority Leader) in charge of what bills even make it to a vote in Congress.

The summary from wikipedia is "[t]he speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head."

Becoming speaker requires a majority * (not just plurality) of votes from members of the House. With the current House size set at 435 members, that means 218 votes are required. The Speaker has been decided in a single vote for all but 14 Congresses in US history. The most recent was in 1923 which took 9 votes, and the longest was in 1859 which took 44 votes over 8 weeks.

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

*This could be bypassed by agreement of the House. In some rare past Congresses, the House has agreed to let plurality decide. The other thing to note is that voting "Present" (or not being there to vote) actually lowers the "total vote" count; this means that for every 2 "Present" votes, the number of votes required to win decreases by 1.

 

[meiam]

The funny thing is that if they bypassed the need for the majority, then the democrats candidate would become speaker since they have more vote. Now I imagine that the republican would unite at that point, since the only thing defining someone with an R is that they are against democrat, but there is a slim chance that the democrat might retain the position, which would be pretty astonishing. Still, I imagine all the people who think republican are the adult in government are completely unaware of this mess or have somehow being told its the democrat fault somehow.

 

[Avnger]

Still, I imagine all the people who think republican are the adult in government are completely unaware of this mess or have somehow being told its the democrat fault somehow.

Fox News, at least, seems to be pushing the line that Republicans are making their own look stupid. Tucker Carlson being a lone exception there.

CNN and Fox News Agree: Kevin McCarthy Is Embarrassing Himself

Alex WongFollowing Tuesday’s chaotic House vote that initially denied Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) his long sought-after speakership, several CNN anchors and reporters took turns dunking on the Republican leader for finding new ways to embarrass himself.It wasn’t just CNN that dunked on McCarthy...

www.yahoo.com

GOP anger at holdouts grows: Any vote against McCarthy 'damages the conference and our ability to govern'

Anger in the GOP is growing at the holdouts against voting for Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker as the House of Representatives is at a standstill until someone is elected.

www.foxnews.com

Sean Hannity's Dig At Republicans For House Speaker Fail Is Laughable

The Fox News host went after his own party after the GOP-controlled House couldn't elect Kevin McCarthy in multiple votes.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Dalisclock]

Fox News, at least, seems to be pushing the line that Republicans are making their own look stupid. Tucker Carlson being a lone exception there.

CNN and Fox News Agree: Kevin McCarthy Is Embarrassing Himself

Alex WongFollowing Tuesday’s chaotic House vote that initially denied Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) his long sought-after speakership, several CNN anchors and reporters took turns dunking on the Republican leader for finding new ways to embarrass himself.It wasn’t just CNN that dunked on McCarthy...

www.yahoo.com

GOP anger at holdouts grows: Any vote against McCarthy 'damages the conference and our ability to govern'

Anger in the GOP is growing at the holdouts against voting for Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker as the House of Representatives is at a standstill until someone is elected.

www.foxnews.com

Sean Hannity's Dig At Republicans For House Speaker Fail Is Laughable

The Fox News host went after his own party after the GOP-controlled House couldn't elect Kevin McCarthy in multiple votes.

www.huffpost.com

Murdoch is trying to rally the troops here. I wonder how long before Tucky Bucky changes his tune.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

since the only thing defining someone with an R is that they are against democrat

We've gone well past that. We're now in "they're against anyone who doesn't currently have Trump's dick in their mouth" territory.

all the people who think republican are the adult in government

Anyone who actually believes this is still deciding what to have for breakfast yesterday.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

We've gone well past that. We're now in "they're against anyone who doesn't currently have Trump's dick in their mouth" territory.

You say that, but Trump called the holdouts and told them to just get in line behind McCarthy. They told him no, and touted it on the floor. They have unironically lost the script.

But it's important to know why they won't vote for McCarthy, what their plan is.

Kevin McCarthy Must Commit to Government Shutdown Over Raising Debt Ceiling, Says Freedom Caucus Holdout

Kevin McCarthy must “shut down the government rather than raise the debt ceiling” in order to win the support the Freedom Caucus, said Rep. Ralph Norman.

theintercept.com

 

[tippy2k2]

You say that, but Trump called the holdouts and told them to just get in line behind McCarthy. They told him no, and touted it on the floor. They have unironically lost the script.

But it's important to know why they won't vote for McCarthy, what their plan is.

Kevin McCarthy Must Commit to Government Shutdown Over Raising Debt Ceiling, Says Freedom Caucus Holdout

Kevin McCarthy must “shut down the government rather than raise the debt ceiling” in order to win the support the Freedom Caucus, said Rep. Ralph Norman.

theintercept.com

Give us what we want (crash the economy) or we're going to not vote for you (crashing the economy because the House can't do shit until this gets done).

"I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face!!!" says Billy, voting member of the "Leopards eating people's faces" party

 

[Kwak]

What is it about Kevin that they are against, or do they just have someone more rightwing qanon in mind?

 

[Avnger]

What is it about Kevin that they are against, or do they just have someone more rightwing qanon in mind?

It really comes down to that while McCarthy is fairly well-liked in the Republican party, no one actually loves him. He's fairly spineless and while he has bought into the MAGA nonsense since the beginning, he's never been an out-and-out zealot about the craziest aspects of it. He largely just comes across as milquetoast overall when compared to his fellow (R) representatives. With a significant minority of the Republican party becoming evermore radicalized, he finds himself being seen as a RINO despite his purely conservative positions. It also doesn't help that this is his third attempt at gaining the speakership, and this is the smallest majority ever for a party selecting a new speaker.

edit: Also, he apparently had a "friendly" exchange with Trump during the Jan 6 insurrection:

It was reported on February 12, that McCarthy called Trump asking for help during the riot. Trump refused to send the National Guard, saying, "Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." McCarthy responded, "Who the fuck do you think you are talking to?" This was reported to CNN by multiple Republican members of Congress, including Jaime Herrera Beutler and Anthony Gonzalez.[145]

 

[crimson5pheonix]

What is it about Kevin that they are against, or do they just have someone more rightwing qanon in mind?

As the article says, he won't support crashing the economy with no survivors. They don't have someone they want, they just don't want Kevin.