Tom Emmer is next on the block.

[berg80]

I hope he or anyone else does not get in. It would be great if D.C. cannot pass any laws or wasteful spending.

Anarchy is not a strategy for governance.

 

[berg80]

 

[Auld Phart]

5 republican votes and he's SOTH, minority or not.

5 democrat votes for one of the pubs, and we'd have a speaker.
See how that works?

 

[bendog]

Will he get enough votes to become speaker without republicans?

I'm sorry I insulted you. It was not called for.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Trump has spoken and now 27 GOP lapdogs are ranged against Tom. Most of them seem to be from the crazy wing.

I wonder if this will even get to a vote ?

You have to assume that this is GOP policy. Trump wants to break things. Only people as childish as him shit in their own house.

 

[Blaine Sweeter]

Does he have a chance to unite the crazies ?
I know very little about him.

But he is one of the few to support gay and interracial marriage in the GOP..His fellow republicans are already saying that support for degeneracy is a red line.
Will the GOP unite around a grooming race traitor ?

Tom Emmer: Republicans pick third nominee for House Speaker

The Minnesota congressman may struggle to win votes from allies of former President Donald Trump.

www.bbc.co.uk

And nobody even knows who the fuck he is. LOL! Fun watching the GOP go into full meltdown.

 

[John09]

No way Emmer wins. MAGA/ Trump world is totally against him.

The source of MAGA World’s grievances against Emmer are manifold: Emmer voted to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 election. As the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2022, he reportedly implored Republican candidates in the midterms to distance themselves from Trump. And he’s been telling GOP donors that he won’t support Trump’s 2024 presidential primary campaign. “You can’t have the majority leader of the Republican Party being very anti-Trump and against his agenda,” one source close to Trump tells TIME. “That’s just not going to work. There’s no trust there.”

Former President Donald Trump privately conveyed to allies on Friday he does not back House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s bid for speaker, throwing another wrench into an already chaotic process to find the next person to hold the gavel... The former president’s top allies are already working to thwart Emmer’s candidacy. Trump supporters have begun passing around opposition research on the congressmember, and the pro-Trump “War Room” podcast on Friday afternoon turned into an Emmer bash-fest.

Aside from being 'anti-Trump', he's seen as "establishment". In other words, moderate, willing to compromise, and not crazy "conservative" enough.

 

[Oddball]

 

[bendog]

OMG.

 

[kaz]

But he is one of the few to support gay and interracial marriage in the GOP..

You need serious mental help. Run, do not walk to your nearest head shrinker

 

[kaz]

Oh no! The Federal government is shutting down! Last time this happened, I .... I ... I ....

Wait, what did happen? I don't remember ...

 

[AsherN]

why would the Majority pick a Speaker from the minority?

Because the majority can't get their shit together long enough to elect a speaker. Jeffries has support of the entire Dem side. Only needs a few Repubs.

 

[berg80]

Seeing headlines that Emmer is out. The clown car is running out of spares.

Tom Emmer drops out of contention for House speaker, hours after winning GOP nomination

The previous two speaker nominees, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, failed to secure enough votes.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Oddball]

‘Not The Guy This Country Needs’: Conservatives Fume Over House GOP’s Speaker Nominee

Conservatives took to social media following the House GOP’s nomination of Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota for speak...

dcenquirer.com

 

[kaz]

Seeing headlines that Emmer is out. The clown car is running out of spares.

Tom Emmer drops out of contention for House speaker, hours after winning GOP nomination

The previous two speaker nominees, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, failed to secure enough votes.

www.cnbc.com

You're really excited about ending democracy. What about Xi and Putin running your life excites you so much, mutant?

 

[Auld Phart]

Because the majority can't get their shit together long enough to elect a speaker. Jeffries has support of the entire Dem side. Only needs a few Repubs.

which he will never get.

and, stated before, dems could end this by voting for a pub.


House members going to work

https://media.tenor.com/746rDE_ZrrYAAAAC/oh-no-chinas-here-please-shrink-your-army-china-danke.gif

 

[TNHarley]

This is such a shit show
But godDAMN i love congressional gridlock

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Seeing headlines that Emmer is out. The clown car is running out of spares.

Tom Emmer drops out of contention for House speaker, hours after winning GOP nomination

The previous two speaker nominees, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, failed to secure enough votes.

www.cnbc.com

fake news ?

 

[bodecea]

You're really excited about ending democracy. What about Xi and Putin running your life excites you so much, mutant?

MAGAts are the ones trying to end Democracy.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Oh no! The Federal government is shutting down! Last time this happened, I .... I ... I ....

Wait, what did happen? I don't remember ...

What happens is that federal employees get a big backpay cheque for sitting on theeir arses for a few weeks.