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Reply #30 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 2:21pm

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 1:18pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 10:50am:

He's lost 11 ballots now. Eleven!

He's gonna need a bigger pizza Grin

Eminently preferable to the unanimous 'election' of Xi Who Must Be Obeyed or Boy Kim as life-time supreme dictators.

Hey, that's Failed Forty Five's bum buddies you're talking about there.

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Reply #31 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 3:13pm

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 1:18pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 10:50am:

He's lost 11 ballots now. Eleven!

He's gonna need a bigger pizza Grin

Eminently preferable to the unanimous 'election' of Xi Who Must Be Obeyed or Boy Kim as life-time supreme dictators.

You seem oblivious to the fact that this is exactly what trump was trying to setup for himself with his insurrection.

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Reply #32 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 3:18pm

Dnarever wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 3:13pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 1:18pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 10:50am:

He's lost 11 ballots now. Eleven!

He's gonna need a bigger pizza Grin

Eminently preferable to the unanimous 'election' of Xi Who Must Be Obeyed or Boy Kim as life-time supreme dictators.

You seem oblivious to the fact that this is exactly what trump was trying to setup for himself with his insurrection.

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Reply #33 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 3:23pm

Failed Forty Five has suffered another massive election defeat.

"The former president was nominated for House speaker twice on Thursday. He failed to garner a majority of votes on both ballots."

Donald Trump Loses Another Election

Former President Donald Trump was nominated for House speaker on Thursday but lost badly, failing to secure the hundreds of votes needed to take the gavel.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) nominated Trump on the seventh and eighth ballots of voting, in a protest against Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), the top House Republican who is facing a conservative revolt over his bid for speaker. Gaetz was the only lawmaker who cast his vote for Trump.

One vote. He received one vote Grin

Tell us again how popular the bloated orange alleged child rapist is.

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Reply #34 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:09pm

Contrast this:

Over half of Republican voters do NOT want McCarthy as the Speaker

Over half of their "respresentives" do.
Bo Snerdley

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans in Congress are gathering to vote for their preferred politician who will let the voters down over the next two years.

"This is an honorable tradition, where we come together as team players to choose the one man who will most effectively preserve our power while doing the opposite of everything we promised our voters and spending trillions of dollars," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw. "Anyone who opposes our pick is anti-American!"

At publishing time, Republicans had considered just electing a Democrat Speaker of the House since there isn't much difference anyway.

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Reply #36 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:25pm

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:09pm:

Contrast this:

Over half of Republican voters do NOT want McCarthy as the Speaker

Over half of their "respresentives" do.
Bo Snerdley

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans in Congress are gathering to vote for their preferred politician who will let the voters down over the next two years.

"This is an honorable tradition, where we come together as team players to choose the one man who will most effectively preserve our power while doing the opposite of everything we promised our voters and spending trillions of dollars," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw. "Anyone who opposes our pick is anti-American!"

At publishing time, Republicans had considered just electing a Democrat Speaker of the House since there isn't much difference anyway.

Yet that doesn't change the fact that Trump only got one vote Grin

For Trump supporters it must hurt that their one time god has fallen out of favour with the republicans, I wonder if he threw his lunch against the wall when the results came out Grin

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Reply #37 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 7:04pm

scope wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:25pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:09pm:

Contrast this:

Over half of Republican voters do NOT want McCarthy as the Speaker

Over half of their "respresentives" do.
Bo Snerdley

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans in Congress are gathering to vote for their preferred politician who will let the voters down over the next two years.

"This is an honorable tradition, where we come together as team players to choose the one man who will most effectively preserve our power while doing the opposite of everything we promised our voters and spending trillions of dollars," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw. "Anyone who opposes our pick is anti-American!"

At publishing time, Republicans had considered just electing a Democrat Speaker of the House since there isn't much difference anyway.

Yet that doesn't change the fact that Trump only got one vote Grin

For Trump supporters it must hurt that their one time god has fallen out of favour with the republicans, I wonder if he threw his lunch against the wall when the results came out Grin

It was a joke nomination, Trump is not a congressman.

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Reply #38 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 8:27pm

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 7:04pm:

scope wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:25pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:09pm:

Contrast this:

Over half of Republican voters do NOT want McCarthy as the Speaker

Over half of their "respresentives" do.
Bo Snerdley

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans in Congress are gathering to vote for their preferred politician who will let the voters down over the next two years.

"This is an honorable tradition, where we come together as team players to choose the one man who will most effectively preserve our power while doing the opposite of everything we promised our voters and spending trillions of dollars," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw. "Anyone who opposes our pick is anti-American!"

At publishing time, Republicans had considered just electing a Democrat Speaker of the House since there isn't much difference anyway.

Yet that doesn't change the fact that Trump only got one vote Grin

For Trump supporters it must hurt that their one time god has fallen out of favour with the republicans, I wonder if he threw his lunch against the wall when the results came out Grin

It was a joke nomination, Trump is not a congressman.

Oh, I see! Matt Gaetz, Congressman, erected the big fella as a joke, eh?

Good show. That'll teach the leftards, ja?

Mess with us, and we'll use the People's house to fake Making America Great all over Again.

Cunning, no?

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Re: Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy struggling
Reply #39 - Jan 6^th, 2023 at 8:43pm

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 7:04pm:

scope wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:25pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 5:09pm:

Contrast this:

Over half of Republican voters do NOT want McCarthy as the Speaker

Over half of their "respresentives" do.
Bo Snerdley

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans in Congress are gathering to vote for their preferred politician who will let the voters down over the next two years.

"This is an honorable tradition, where we come together as team players to choose the one man who will most effectively preserve our power while doing the opposite of everything we promised our voters and spending trillions of dollars," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw. "Anyone who opposes our pick is anti-American!"

At publishing time, Republicans had considered just electing a Democrat Speaker of the House since there isn't much difference anyway.

Yet that doesn't change the fact that Trump only got one vote Grin

For Trump supporters it must hurt that their one time god has fallen out of favour with the republicans, I wonder if he threw his lunch against the wall when the results came out Grin

It was a joke nomination, Trump is not a congressman.

Oh, he's a joke alright - he received the lowest vote tally for speaker of the house in the history of the USA.

At this stage, I don't think there's anything Trump can't lose.

Moreover, the speaker of the house doesn't have to be a congressman.

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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy struggling Reply #40 - Jan 7^th, 2023 at 7:37am What would you Leftists prefer, that Congress just let McCarthy waltz in and take the gavel like Putin, unopposed? These negotiations are what Democracy is all about. You are such a bunch of hypocrites, but you have everyone else's best interests at heart.
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Re: Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy struggling
Reply #41 - Jan 7^th, 2023 at 8:27am

issuevoter wrote on Jan 7^th, 2023 at 7:37am:

What would you Leftists prefer, that Congress just let McCarthy waltz in and take the gavel like Putin, unopposed? These negotiations are what Democracy is all about. You are such a bunch of hypocrites, but you have everyone else's best interests at heart.

Nothing hypocritical about it, they have had how many months to choose a speaker?
But they choose to do it in the public forum , showing just how dysfunctional the republicans really are.Once again the rest of the world is laughing at the republicans, as if Trump wasnt enough.

It's sad that a once great political party has come down to being the party of me,me,me.

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Re: Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy struggling
Reply #42 - Jan 7^th, 2023 at 8:28am

issuevoter wrote on Jan 7^th, 2023 at 7:37am:

What would you Leftists prefer, that Congress just let McCarthy waltz in and take the gavel like Putin, unopposed? These negotiations are what Democracy is all about. You are such a bunch of hypocrites, but you have everyone else's best interests at heart.

They're so stupid they don't realise Ayn Rand is rolling in her grave.

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Re: Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy struggling
Reply #43 - Jan 7^th, 2023 at 9:54am

issuevoter wrote on Jan 7^th, 2023 at 7:37am:

What would you Leftists prefer, that Congress just let McCarthy waltz in and take the gavel like Putin, unopposed? These negotiations are what Democracy is all about. You are such a bunch of hypocrites, but you have everyone else's best interests at heart.

I'd love to see this go on for the next 6 months.

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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 42221	Re: Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy struggling Reply #44 - Jan 7^th, 2023 at 11:52am How a small group of Republicans nicknamed the 'Never Kevins' scuttled Kevin McCarthy's career and caused days of chaos
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