Democratic Politics

Vote Something, Day 3, In Case You’ve Lost Track

by WaterGirl| January 5, 20235:10 pm| 151 Comments

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Here, you’ve all been so patient, have some DougJ.

This guy is good! Maybe we can see if he would like to write for Balloon Juice!?

Are House Democrats too united?

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 5, 2023

One silver lining for McCarthy is that once the number of votes goes over 16, Matt Gaetz will probably lose interest.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 5, 2023

McCarthy Destroys His Speakership In Order to Save It – POLITICO https://t.co/4R2WNwtlGz

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 5, 2023

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Vote 119, Day 15, In Case You’re Losing Track

by WaterGirl| January 5, 20233:23 pm| 268 Comments

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And here we go again!

Open thread.

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Vote 8, Day 3, In Case You’re Losing Track

by WaterGirl| January 5, 20231:42 pm| 249 Comments

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And here we go again!

If Trump gets nominated Speaker of the House, it would change everything.

By that I mean we would have to change all the indictments to “Speaker Trump”.

— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 5, 2023

Reminder: The only vote Republicans have won this week was a motion to go home early.

— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 5, 2023

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Open Thread: Another Day, Another Vote

by WaterGirl| January 5, 202311:45 am| 212 Comments

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I’m in for more Republican mockery today, and I truly hope they can’t get it together, but I fear that Kevin has finally given them enough that as many as 15 of the 20 will fold.

This guy is my happy place on twitter.

Kevin McCarthy finally won a vote…to not lose the vote for the 7th time.

— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 5, 2023

So while we wait…

What’s happening in the House Chambers is a microcosm of what’s happened to the Republican Party.

A fringe faction holds the larger group hostage.

The larger group is 💯 responsible for letting it happen.

— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 4, 2023

Confession: It’s hilarious to see Republicans turn their most effective weapon, tyranny of the ignorant minority, on themselves.

— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 4, 2023

I actually think it’s possible that 15 of the 20 might go Kevin’s way this time. Not Boobbert, though, this is her chance at her 15 minutes of fame so it’s her hill to die on.

Even so, I think this is funny.

If he gets nominated again, they should play Sarah McLachlan’s “In the arms of an Angel” during the vote.

— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 3, 2023

Open thread.

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No Surprise Here

by WaterGirl| January 4, 202312:18 pm| 315 Comments

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I think it’s time for the “new” Republican party to change their animal symbol from the elephant to this. In my mind, they are no better than filthy pigs who want to destroy good government and trash the place. Gaslighting Old Pigs.

According to the Washington Post, all but two McCarthy defectors in House are election deniers.

All but two of the 20 Republican House members who voted against Kevin McCarthy for speaker in Tuesday’s third ballot round are election deniers who embraced former president Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

Of the 18 deniers, 14 are returning members who voted against certification of the electoral college count on Jan. 6, 2021. In addition, four election-denying newcomers either expressed support for that vote, embraced partisan post-election audits or promoted false claims of 2020 election fraud.

The tally reflects the degree to which election deniers dominate the House Republican caucus, accounting for more than three-quarters of the 222-person conference. A significant majority of McCarthy’s 202 votes — 157 — came from election deniers. But with Republicans holding only a slender majority, any Republican seeking to lead the House must garner near-unanimous support from the caucus’s deniers in order to succeed.

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