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Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:00 pm

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:47 pm I like the idea of changing the rules to let a plurality win. Let those score-and-some of Rs decide whether they will eat it and vote for a non-ideal R, or let Jeffries have a go at it. Either way, let's get the show on the road.

It would be the Dems fault if that worked to put Jeffries in! How dare the Dems only have a single candidate and all Dems vote the same! How undemocratic, unChristian, un-everything! You should be inclusive and vote for a clown!

And it's the Dems fault that we threw out the previous Speaker because … because … oh, it is, it is, it is!

House GOP spirals into chaos as Emmer becomes third speaker nominee dropped in three weeks

Estiveo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:43 pm Many Speakers serve their terms
With diligence and zeal,
Pelosi and John Boehner,
Or good ol' Tip O'Neill

Gregg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:43 pm Also, NY Times headline tomorrow:

"Dems in Disarray as Speaker fight continues"

neeneko wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:40 pm I can't help but think the Dems missed an opportunity with Emmer. I do not think Trump really cares who is speaker, only that he demonstrates his power and relevance by appearing to sink people's chances. The dems could have embarrassed him by having Emmer win with their support despite his failed kingmaking.

optimusprime wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:26 pm I want to know why Elise Stefanik is not even mentioned or in the running?

p0rtia wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:42 pm Speaking of My Despicable Congresswoman--I have always thought that she would never advance further than where she is because she is a lightweight. She is evil to the core, but does not have that crazy factor or mad drive that the modern Republican Congresswoman needs to possess to get attention. She just wants to be bossy to Dems and suck up to Fuckhead. She was picked to replace Liz C because she was female and there.

Alternatively: Heard a couple of talking heads today saying that all the Republican women were too smart to run for Speaker. Take that for what it's worth.

Gregg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:52 pm Lock em in a room with bread and water until some bleeding and beaten survivor crawls out, then let the Democrats dictate terms and elect him, and get stuff done before the Republicans figure out what happened.

House Republicans nominated Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for Speaker Tuesday evening, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill, making him the fourth GOP lawmaker to win the conference’s nod — and its second nominee within a day after House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) dropped out of the running amid GOP opposition.

Johnson’s nomination capped off the end of a whirlwind day.



He got 128 votes within the GOP conference.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the GOP’s new House speaker designate, vowed after he won his conference’s nomination that people would soon see “a new form of government,” but also said he did not want to get into policy questions Tuesday night.

Johnson, 51, an attorney and former radio host, is a close ally of Donald Trump, having served on the former president’s legal defense team during his two impeachment trials in the Senate. Johnson also contested the results of the 2020 election — urging Trump that year to “stay strong and keep fighting” as Trump tried to overturn the results of the presidential race.

In January 2021, Johnson objected to certifying Joe Biden’s electoral win, arguing that states’ voting accommodations during the pandemic were unconstitutional.

On several other issues, Johnson has been on the far right, even within the Republican conference. Johnson introduced legislation last year — modeled after what critics call the “don’t say gay” law in Florida — that would have prohibited discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as related subjects, at any institution that received federal funds. The Human Rights Campaign, a pro-LGBTQ civil rights organization, gave Johnson a score of “0″ in its latest congressional scorecard.

Johnson, who opposes abortion, cheered the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and has said he supports “the sanctity of life, all the way.” He has also opposed sending additional aid to Ukraine.

Johnson has served in the House since 2017 and is the vice chair of the House Republican Conference, serving under Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). From 2019 to 2021, he chaired the conservative Republican Study Committee, the largest bloc in the GOP conference. He’s also the chair of the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and limited government.