Things just got very heated on the House floor Group of hardliners were trying to pressure Johnson to only put Israel a

[riversedge]

Things just got very heated on the House floor

Group of hardliners were trying to pressure Johnson to only put Israel aid on the floor and hold Ukraine aid until the Senate passed HR2

Johnson said he couldn’t do it, and Van Orden called him “tubby” and vowed to bring on the MTV

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[jcgoldie]

1. WTF is tubby?

[maxrandb]

8. The thing that makes them terrified as a cat on a porch with 100 rocking chairs

Why, it's the most terrifying thing the Reich-Wing has ever seen. It's the thing that makes them sleep with the lights on in mom's basement and hang Wolvesvayne and garlic around the windows.

The Gay Tellytubbie.

[Ocelot II]

2. When are they going to start whacking each other with canes like in the olden days?

[jcgoldie]

3. The idiots could have a duel

Likely some of them smuggle yheir guns in there.

[Ocelot II]

5. I'd pay to watch a duel between MTG and Boobert.

[Irish_Dem]

13. They are the kind who scratch eyes out and pull hair.

[riversedge]

4. Just spoke to Derrick Van Orden. He tells me he was calling Matt Gaetz "tubby" -- not Speaker Johnson --

Just spoke to Derrick Van Orden. He tells me he was calling Matt Gaetz “tubby” — not Speaker Johnson — after Gaetz called DVO a “squish”

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[OnDoutside]

6. You old rapscallion you.....

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Wow, those are some really tough guys - 'tubby' & 'squish' - damn, I'm surprised they didn't come to blows or call

for their Moms.

[oregonjen]

9. I chuckled at the MTV reference.

Nice to know what the acronym stands for in this case.

[leftieNanner]

14. Me too

I wondered why he would go on television, and then I realized that meant Motion to Vacate.

[Beachnutt]

10. And on our side of the isle

[LakeArenal]

11. Well... All their mothers wear combat boots! So there! 😝

[MOMFUDSKI]

12. Somebody please furnish them with swords.

This could be fun with the right weapons!

[Midnight Writer]

15. Van Orden is the drunk who screamed at Senate pages in the Rotunda.

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Called them pieces of shit and jackasses and told them to get the fuck out.

[mahina]

23. Yikes!

[Bettie]

16. I am so Gen X that

I saw MTV and was confused for a second, because I reflexively thought of music videos! But, it only took a second to note the context.

Also, I hope that there are a few decent republicans. I don't have faith, but I have a tiny shred of hope.

[obamanut2012]

17. lol same

[riversedge]

18. I could not figure it out either until I saw the last tweet in the OP!!

[riversedge]

19. @MarkPocan Clarification. Apparently the person @derrickvanorden called "Tubby" was not Johnson but Matt Gaetz

@MarkPocan
Clarification. Apparently the person @derrickvanorden
called “Tubby” was not Johnson but Matt Gaetz. In response, Matt Gaetz said Derrick was unhinged and not particularly intelligent.
Just another day in Derrick Van Orden land.

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[riversedge]

20. Gaetz told us that DVO was acting "unhinged" and that the Wisconsin Republican is "not particularly intelligent"

I never thought I would ever agree with matt Gaetz!!

@mkraju
Gaetz told us that DVO was acting “unhinged” and that the Wisconsin Republican is “not particularly intelligent”

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[EX500rider]

21. Video Killed the Radio Star!

[riversedge]

22. "Gaetz should know about not being intelligent. Love the "tubby" blast."

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[keep_left]

24. With all the insults and name-calling, one wonders when things will escalate...

...to physical threats. What do you suppose would be the modern version of the Charles Sumner caning incident? Or perhaps some future assailant would still threaten to wield a cane, you know, just for old times' sake?!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Buchanan#.22Presidency.22

Violence reached the floor of the United States Senate, where Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina savagely beat Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with his cane. Southern sympathizers sent Brooks new canes. Members began carrying knives and pistols into the Chamber. Meanwhile, the Nation's Chief Executive, James Buchanan, did nothing.

--David McCullough narrating The Civil War by Ken Burns

on edit: Whoops, I jumped the gun (no pun intended) and didn't see post #2--sorry about that.