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Kevin McCarthy lacked votes but has moved into the speakers office. Asshole.
cilla4progress
(24,738 posts)See how they like it!
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,134 posts)Lovie777
(12,281 posts)but we know the GQP don't care about rules and laws.
montanacowboy
(6,093 posts)watching him have to move out!!! OMG pleeeeeze
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Who's supposed to stop him? The Capitol Police?
magicarpet
(14,155 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
(145,340 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,292 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
(8,054 posts)just before Newt Gingrich started fucking up the entire republican party.
Hekate
(90,715 posts)2naSalit
(86,650 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(3,330 posts)Maybe we pick up a few spite votes.
tavernier
(12,393 posts)that they changed party affiliation?
Stranger Things.
Prairie_Seagull
(3,330 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 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
(145,340 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,134 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,808 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.