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Kevin McCarthy lacked votes but has moved into the speakers office. Asshole.
cilla4progress
(24,763 posts)See how they like it!
UTUSN
(70,730 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,375 posts)Lovie777
(12,326 posts)but we know the GQP don't care about rules and laws.
montanacowboy
(6,100 posts)watching him have to move out!!! OMG pleeeeeze
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Who's supposed to stop him? The Capitol Police?
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)... if that don't work,...
....seize power by sneaking in the backdoor and grabbing the reins of power and then installing yourself as the de facto dictator.
Fascism is for alpha macho males,... they never back down or yield ground. They take what they want absent any remorse.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,542 posts)Cha
(297,618 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,300 posts)Holed up. Ready for a standoff.
NewDayOranges
(692 posts)the republican occupying the Speaker's office REMOVED.
The Speaker's office had been occupied by a republican since the 40s or 50s even when the Speaker was a Democrat...
BComplex
(8,064 posts)just before Newt Gingrich started fucking up the entire republican party.
Hekate
(90,788 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(3,336 posts)Maybe we pick up a few spite votes.
tavernier
(12,400 posts)that they changed party affiliation?
Stranger Things.
Prairie_Seagull
(3,336 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)McCarthy is as stupid as he is arrogant. Unfortunately for him, so are the members of the opposing Clown Car Caucus--Gaetz, Greene, Jordan, whomever...I can't keep those assholes and their cliques straight, anymore. Kevy's antics are not going to sit well with them. I expect this to produce some fireworks.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,542 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,375 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)I heard earlier today that it is actually possible, given the slap fights in their caucus, that Jordan could assemble a coalition to bring him to power, even if right now he is supporting Kev.