2y ago

Race for speaker of the House slides into uncertainty, again

Less than a day after a majority of House Republicans selected Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., as the speaker designate, his support appeared to erode.

16 comments

GOP used overt racist
It hurt itself in its confusion!
- When the options are “David Duke without the baggage” or “What locker-room molestation?” both choices are worse than the other.
  
  I am on a mobius strip of sadness.
At this point I hear that a lot of reps have gone home or are otherwise absent. Several Democrats have said that if Republicans rush a vote today with a few hundred members present and try to elect a speaker without 24-hour notice, Democrats will offer a motion to vacate next week and force a real vote of the full House.
- They didn't fall in line under McCarthy. This House is deeply broken. If Democrats are smart they'll keep their members close and hold a vote while Republicans are playing hooky.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) gave NBC News the status of the House Republican conference as they emerged from their closed door meeting: “The French have a word for it… clusterfuck.”
Over / Under that a speaker will be in place by November 17?
- That is the Govt Shutdown date
- The best chance we have at getting a speaker is flipping the house next year
  
  I'd hope it wouldn't take that long lol
- Probably over. It again shows that the democrats are shit negotiators if they could only get an extension of 45 (?) days. Now without a speaker there's no way to pass anything that avoids a shutdown.
I really don't get how any republican voters can have any pride in what their party has done in the last few decades.

16 comments