Darn it all! Their beloved Byron Donalds isn't getting a Committee Chair

[underpants]

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[Ocelot II]

1. They all look kind of, um, pale.

And Gym Jordan the chair of Judiciary? God help us.

[Dorian Gray]

32. Just about to say the same

the whitest bunch of pale faces I've ever seen.... and I'm Irish Catholic and come from a large Irish Catholic family!

[Ocelot II]

35. Definitely a whiter shade of pale.

Makes my Norwegian-descended family reunions look positively colorful.

[Efilroft Sul]

37. The only group whiter than the GOP House chairs is the audience at a Kenny Chesney concert.

[PatSeg]

2. Wow, look at that "diverse" party

They even have THREE women!

[rurallib]

4. some red ties, some blue ties also

[PatSeg]

5. Oh yes, you're right

They really look like America don't they?

[Hortensis]

17. :) Pretty sure the third woman was added to make the

picture look better. Seriously.

Though their previous purge of women from the house caucus (down to 13 from over 200 at one point) and turning it literally into a hostile workplace finally resulted in rebellion and public speaking out, so the women themselves may have fought for a third one too.

Black people? Only 13%, not 50%.

[PatSeg]

19. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

used to be their token woman. Whenever a republican leader(s) was speaking to the press, they'd put her in the background, though she rarely said anything. Personally, I think she finally got fed up with it and perhaps felt she had better things to do than be a part of their phony photo op.

In the senate, it was Kelly Ayotte who played the token woman role for a long time. It is all performance with these people, a lot of stage-setting, but no real substance.

[Hortensis]

23. :) Poor things. Makes me think of Elise Stefanik because

I was reading a long NYT's article about her. ("The Invention of" ES.) She has drive and ambition, but because of what those guys are, I wonder if her elevation is much more secure than as a higher-level female token. She offered her gender and absolute loyalty as top qualifications for replacing Liz Cheney, and they're why she was chosen.

She's come through, all right, abandoning all that people once thought she was (exposing her own "no real substance" ) to align with men who're mostly emotionally and increasingly ideologically opposed to women in power. At least she can rely on tRump to reward her ultra-MAGA services to him.

[PatSeg]

25. That pretty much matches

my impression of her. I've saved that article and haven't read it yet. Think I'll read it later today.

[Hortensis]

27. Notice who'd wanted to take Stefanik's RNC chair position?

Byron Donalds! She reportedly really wanted to run for party whip, but strong male competition might well have squeezed her out of power altogether and she scurried to secure her position when Donalds put himself out.

The article points out, though, what a terrible job whip'll be in this congress and she may come out far better off. (Such a shame.) The lucky male who got it is of course now already famous for his historic fail to deliver the votes for McCarthy's speakership...

Well, we expected to find things to enjoy in their takeover.

[PatSeg]

28. I was watching her during the endless votes

for Speaker and she often looked uncomfortable and out of place. Kind of like a kid in high school who doesn't really fit in anywhere. Then when she was around McCarthy, she put on her huge grin, but I don't think her colleagues really like her very much. Once again, another token female who will take their abuse to further her career.

[Hortensis]

34. Umhm. :) Apparently no one trusts her over there either.

[PatSeg]

38. Well, right now among republicans,

I'd say that most of them don't trust anyone in their party these days. Looks like a horrible workplace environment. People like McCarthy, Gaetz, Greene, and Stefanik are probably the worst. Talk about swimming with sharks!

[Deuxcents]

3. Was he just a prop as suggested by Rep Cori Bush?

[Ocelot II]

6. Of course.

[Wednesdays]

30. My prediction coming true

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17524883

"The MOMENT the ballots end and they have a Speaker, he won't even have a footnote mention in a back page article."

[woodsprite]

7. Granger is one of the "congressional delegation" that spent July 4 in Moscow. nt

[MagickMuffin]

18. Indeed she was

She’s my “rep” and I have called her office several times to find out why she was in Moscow meeting with Putin, I have never gotten an answer.

Perhaps she was selling Lockheed Martin secrets. They funnel her a lot of corporate money.

Plus her son is on the development team to revitalize Fort Worth’s Trinity River project.

[mobeau69]

8. Is that Rogers' senior yearbook picture?

[underpants]

13. I wasn't aware of Rogers until Friday night

Even with the camera distance I let out a “Jesus. Look at that rug!” I knew it couldn’t be real.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Wow, in that picture Rodgers hair isn't snow white.

[Celerity]

22. That pic is at least 10 wigs ago

[hlthe2b]

10. well, they are all unqualified performance poseurs, but Virginia Foxx?

Good gawd.


Who chairs ethics?

[underpants]

14. She's a nut job. Is Ethics under Oversight?

[hlthe2b]

15. It might be...

[underpants]

16. Nope. Independent

The Office of Congressional Ethics, established by the House of Representatives, is an independent, non-partisan entity charged with receiving and reviewing allegations of misconduct concerning House members and staff and, when appropriate, referring matters to the Committee on Ethics.


https://oce.house.gov/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. I loved the way Joy Reid interviewed this idiot

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[Retrograde]

20. He's slick, though

and he's learned the trick of talking so much that the interviewer can't get a word in edgewise, hoping that the audience will only hear him. Joy Reid has experience dealing with this sort of politician, and knows this trick.

[CatWoman]

26. he's still butt hurt about it

I was on his Twitter page last night and he's still posting right wing sources saying "he" won the debate.

[Wednesdays]

31. Perfect example of the "Gish Gallop"

[Polybius]

39. He's a lot of things, but an idiot isn't one of them

He's smart, dangerous, extrene, and a phenomenal speaker.

[librechik]

12. one look at him and you know why.

[newdayneeded]

21. I the sad or even pathetic part is

Donalds doesn't even realize he was being used as a pawn.

[Cha]

24. Donalds Gish Gallop Karma.

[Wednesdays]

29. Hmm...what do all those committee chairs have in common?

I can't qwhite think of white it is...

[Iris]

33. Tighty Whitees

[FBaggins]

36. He's only been in office for two years

He wouldn't be eligible to serve as committee chair in our caucus either.