Reports coming in that McCarthy allies are trying to get Dem support.
No dice so far...
He's not getting dem support unless he makes concessions. At which point he will lose rep support. He's boned if he can't whip his caucus into agreement.
Declared vacant. We have no Speaker.
McCarthy’s term as Speaker has been as embarrassing as it was short-lived. His insistence on caving to the 20 or so votes of the far right over reasonable compromises with the democrats’ hundreds of votes was certainly a choice. But it was a bad one and it was his ruin. Last minute moves to diffuse your own bomb don’t inspire loyalty.
Now who? Who wants it that isn’t a nightmare or a fuckup? Preserved head of Nixon?
This guy is loud and incoherent.
Sorry, Kev. You pinned your political fortunes on blustering ignoramuses.
Kevin McCarthy has officially been removed from the speakership.
Motion passes for the vote. Let the games begin!
Got my popcorn ready.
10 Nays to NOT VOTE on a motion to vacate so far. McCarthy is cooked if the votes remain when the actual voting starts.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced she is in California and will not be in the House for the expected vote to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R
Wow, good job admins on removing the most active post and discussion on the matter just to push people here. Fuck you bring our conversation back.
We actually had a discussion on it, while I was against a megathread for the Diane Feinstein and Fulton County plea deal, this issue is likely to go on for DAYS given what happened last time (5 days, 15 votes). It makes sense to consolidate it down to a single Megapost.
That being said, we should have caught it quicker before any single post gained traction.
We do have future plans for sort of "Pre-emptive Megaposts" when there are scheduled events that we know the timing of. Expect to see those on primary elections, trial dates, that sort of thing.
Sounds like we may have 6 votes (Gaetz and crew) at least to vacate from Rs. Including potential others who are unknowns.
Assuming all the Ds also vote then that would be enough to vacate.
Then what? Who knows~
We get to repeat the spectacle of the House trying to elect a Speaker. Democrats will vote in unison, while Republicans will flail wildly before finding some kind of compromise candidate.
Any opportunity to repeat their absurd talking points... oh no, immigrants/great replacement! Oh no, we can't starve the government and make it ineffectual because debt and riders on the debt bills! Oh no, McCarthy compromised and compromise with Democrats is treachery!
Kevin McCarthy is a tireless warrior! No one has tongued the seam on Trumps balls as much or as long as he!
This has been freaking hilarious so far.
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