House Speaker election/circus/all ages carnival - ongoing coverage

[Indus]

I think if Republicans allowed a Democrat to be speaker while they have the majority, Republican voters would snap and go nuclear. Hell, the freedom caucus would probably go postal.

Only way is if any Jeff Van Drew types change their party affiliation.

 

[nakedfrog]

He does what his constituents like, which is talk shit. They don’t care about him doing anything else.

The issue isn’t with the politicians, it’s with the voters.

It can be both.

 

[eelw]

Gym Jordan got 124 votes in closed door party vote. But highly unlikely enough for full house floor vote to win

 

[K1052]

That's way too many holdouts for him to have a shot. So the Rs are giving up for the weekend and going home.

What's next nobody seems to know.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712933132616212715

 

[fskimospy]

Gym Jordan got 124 votes in closed door party vote. But highly unlikely enough for full house floor vote to win

Hard for me to see Gym winning the speakership, but then again it’s hard for me to see anyone winning it and eventually someone has to.

 

[APU_Fusion]

Hard for me to see Gym winning the speakership, but then again it’s hard for me to see anyone winning it and eventually someone has to.

At this point are we sure we will have speaker before 2025? 🤣 Jordan literally cover up sexual assault, never sponsored a passed bill in 16 years, lied about election, was part of January 6, instigated investigations that found nothing on President and did not honor subpoena in the very body he wants to lead. The Republican Party is dead

 

[K1052]

Apparently the idea is to give Jordan the weekend to work on the holdouts. All 60some of them, of which about half hate his fucking guts.

No problem for a man of his natural charisma and charm I'm sure.

 

[fskimospy]

Apparently the idea is to give Jordan the weekend to work on the holdouts. All 60some of them, of which about half hate his fucking guts.

No problem for a man of his natural charisma and charm I'm sure.

Well he only has to convince like 56 of them! Haha.

 

[K1052]

Well he only has to convince like 56 of them! Haha.

Piece of cake!

 

[nakedfrog]

Well, let's see, if he sucks one dick per hour, and starts right away...

 

[nickqt]

Well, let's see, if he sucks one dick per hour, and starts right away...

Obligatory Silicon Valley dick jerk algorithm video. Could help the Republican Speaker-in-waiting.

NSFW

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Apparently the idea is to give Jordan the weekend to work on the holdouts. All 60some of them, of which about half hate his fucking guts.

No problem for a man of his natural charisma and charm I'm sure.

He’ll talk sports and stuff with them. I am sure that will work.
Gyms office this weekend:
Gym? Gym? What’s going on in there?

 

[MrSquished]

Imagine, at least half the GQP party is ok with Gym Jordan as the speaker. That's the politicians. And the base voters are fine with Trump.

What a bunch of shitty fucking evil people the GQP is mostly full of.

 

[soundforbjt]

Here’s how they should do it.

 

[Moonbeam]

Hard for me to see Gym winning the speakership, but then again it’s hard for me to see anyone winning it and eventually someone has to.

I see little reason he won’t get it too. He is qualified as a GOP candidate because he is a complete piece of garbage.

 

[fskimospy]

I see little reason he won’t get it too. He is qualified as a GOP candidate because he is a complete piece of garbage.

He is a world class piece of shit, we agree on that.

 

[Puffnstuff]

He is a world class piece of shit, we agree on that.

I thought that was a prerequisite for GOP leadership positions?

 

[Perknose]

Well, let's see, if he sucks one dick per hour, and starts right away...

Well, they're Republicans, so we're talking cocktail frank sized weiners. Gym knows his way around the showers. He can easily handle 2-3 at a time.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Well, they're Republicans, so we're talking cocktail frank sized weiners. Gym knows his way around the showers. He can easily handle 2-3 at a time.

Such a good post and it’s made better by the completely unexpected poster.

 

[Moonbeam]

Such a good post and it’s made better by the completely unexpected poster.

I don’t know. I've have come to expect him to be unusually frank.

 

[HomerJS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712845853293998194

Some speaker ...

And people bitch about AOC?

 

[IronWing]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712845853293998194

Some speaker ...

Gym has accomplished the unpossible, achieving less than Ron and Rand Paul.

 

[K1052]

So one of these will happen

1) mods cave to Jordan
2) keep fucking around
3) pro tem speaker empowered
4) compromise speaker with Dems

Which? No idea.

 

[theeedude]

Fox seems to be going radio silent on the whole mess. It's Gaza Gaza Gaza.

 

[eelw]

So one of these will happen

1) mods cave to Jordan
2) keep fucking around
3) pro tem speaker empowered
4) compromise speaker with Dems

Which? No idea.

Said to be like 50 that won’t vote Gym. Even worse than the 20 for Scalise. But 2) is the most likely. Instead of 15 very public house floor votes, they’ll just waste week after week with the next failed speaker. 3) will happen in the mean time. And 4) will never happen. Santos has a better chance.