Watch the Third Round of votes for McCarthy as Speaker in the last clip below. He lost again! There were only five votes against McCarthy to start. Then Mike Rogers shot off his mouth and threatened to take committee assignments away from anyone who didn’t vote for McCarthy. Crenshaw shot off his mouth and called them “enemies” and “narcissists.”
Then there were 19 who voted against McCarthy. After the third round, there were 20 who voted against McCarthy.
We believe the RINOs tactics are making things worse. The circus resumes tomorrow at noon.
BREAKING: @MattGaetz says members were threatened with removal from committees if they don’t vote for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.
“I’m not here to participate in some puppet show.. I don’t want to relive the Benghazi experience where it’s just theatre pretending to be oversight” pic.twitter.com/arK1HSJMsi
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) January 3, 2023
Happening now: Republican Kevin McCarthy has twice failed to win enough support to become House speaker. Watch live as the third round of voting begins. https://t.co/mMxQAGQ95s
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 3, 2023
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Considering what “leadership” had done to Margorie Green why in hell is she voting, and sucking up to, McCarthy.
One has to seriously ask Why it is that McCarthy continues to refuse to make any concessions in order to Become Speaker. To be such a hardliner suggests something nefarious when a candidate refuses to mend the political fences.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/04/tucker_carlson_ideologically_agnostic_kevin_mccarthy_needs_to_make_these_concessions_to_win_back_gop_hardliners.html
The problem with “leaders” is the threats made to “tow the line”, or Else. Members of Congress spend a majority of their time across the street making calls for money, not for themselves but for “the party”. That money then supports the “tow the line” members. It’s all a scam that few are aware of. This came to the forefront with leadership working against Republican voters in the primaries.
One of the duties of the Speaker is the press briefings. I listened to many of his as leader and it was pathetic. He proved what is thoroughly wrong with the party. You can tell what a person truly believes by the enthusiasm and passion they bring. McCarthy is unable to bring any enthusiasm or passion. If one has to bring a script to the podium one has to wonder “who” wrote that script. His answers to questions were lackluster at best. Polls show Pelosi, and even Shumer have much better numbers, and it’s no surprise. Pelosi, especially, brings a sense of motivation when speaking. whereas McCarthy is unable to handle any confrontation. He would quickly dart out of the briefings, suggesting he doesn’t have any more than mere soundbites. Too many believe some soundbite will sway the masses. This is where they need to take lessons from those like DeSantis, who will not cower when faced with confrontation. We can conclude the McCarthy types rely on the consultant class to formulate their responses.
Apparently McCarthy did have the opportunity to secure the votes if only he would have made compromises. He was unwilling. So we’d have to assume his attitude towards the MAGA side hasn’t changed one iota. The Tea Party was a revolt against “The Party” and they fought against them, their constituents. That brought about MAGA and little has changed. They certainly seem to view their own voters as abhorrent. Ever since the 80’s it’s been a war against the working class. It began with the end of itemized deductions for many; then it was going after income from Tips (because some doorman in NY made out big); then it was taxing Unemployment (As if that is windfall profits); then it was taxing SS benefits (In reality cutting SS benefits). So who’s left that goes to DC in “support” of Working Americans. (Since I moved my registration is now “Uncommitted”)
I suspect Scalise is benefiting more from the ball game shooting than anything else. Many have brought up Jim Jordan, but I don’t trust him either. He seemed to follow the Trey Gowdy method, too often showing indignation but with little substance when it counts. Let’s not forget his “memo” protecting Google from government oversight. And then we found out why. He’s bought and paid for by them. Out of the ones who are in the limelight; I would go with Zeldin. Gaetz has the authentic passion but is too much of a firebrand to be effective as required in a Speaker.
As I understand it, the Speaker isn’t required to be a sitting representative. Anyone could be installed. If McCarthy doesn’t step aside I seriously think Liz Cheney will get it. The dems will unify and vote for her, and then 5 or 6 RINOs that say she is principled, including probably Crenshaw and McCarthy, will vote for her. Boom. The democrats outmaneuver the republicans again.
Several republicans voted with Cheney to impeach Trump. I know at least one of them won re-election in California. I imagine there are enough of them to vote with the dems to bring despicable Cheney back. I bet they are planning this coup right now.