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[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox)." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal)." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker", ">\n\nImagine Cheryl Johnson losing her spot after all she’s done these past few days" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker", ">\n\nImagine Cheryl Johnson losing her spot after all she’s done these past few days", ">\n\nGeorge Santos helped blow up the 2nd Death Star." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker", ">\n\nImagine Cheryl Johnson losing her spot after all she’s done these past few days", ">\n\nGeorge Santos helped blow up the 2nd Death Star.", ">\n\nSoo we back to the Boring part of government? Lovely" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker", ">\n\nImagine Cheryl Johnson losing her spot after all she’s done these past few days", ">\n\nGeorge Santos helped blow up the 2nd Death Star.", ">\n\nSoo we back to the Boring part of government? Lovely", ">\n\nHe was absolutely giddy when he got his hands on that gavel" ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker", ">\n\nImagine Cheryl Johnson losing her spot after all she’s done these past few days", ">\n\nGeorge Santos helped blow up the 2nd Death Star.", ">\n\nSoo we back to the Boring part of government? Lovely", ">\n\nHe was absolutely giddy when he got his hands on that gavel", ">\n\nThe word 'selects' is doing a lot of work in the thread title." ]

[ "If they didn’t want Jeffries to have a speech this long then they shouldn’t have given him so long to write it.", ">\n\nThat part with the ABC’s where he was like x over y and calling out Qanon, racism, fascism, Mar-A-Lago, voter suppression, and more by name was brilliant.", ">\n\nThank you! Time-stamped to perfection. It's like at the C's Republicans were starting to roll their eyes and Jeffries was \"buckle up, kids, I have 23 more of these and you're not ready.\"\nNo punches pulled. M was a nice touch.", ">\n\nhis entire speech was excellent.", ">\n\nIt really was. It was like a jolt of electricity mixed with with a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to McCarthy’s speech that was full of oppressive fear driven dictates and felt like some evil villain telling you his plan to destroy the world. Jeffries speech was full of hope and freedom and accomplishments and a vision of the future. It made me feel good inside and hopeful and thankful that we have someone as passionate about helping people as he is helming our ship.", ">\n\nthanks for some insight into McCarthy's. I had no intention to listen to bullshit after Hakeem Jeffries spoke.", ">\n\nIt's been said by a few people I saw on TV that McCarthy wanted this to solidify his legacy. Well, he sure did that. He's got his place in history.", ">\n\nThey can use his portrait for the floor mat in the men's room.", ">\n\nUrinal cakes.", ">\n\nIt means Gaetz & friends are in charge because confidence in McCarthy runs through them. McCarthy gave them everything to be speaker.", ">\n\nThey verbalize they want to save the taxpayer' money, but all they want to do is turn social security into a trough for military contract pyramid schemes.", ">\n\n\n\"It's not how you start, it's how you finish\": Kevin McCarthy\n\nGoing to age like milk", ">\n\nBruh teeing up fate like that...", ">\n\nDiving head-first into the woodchipper of fate.", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can over come.” The speaker of the house everyone", ">\n\nNo one ever said the speaker could speak", ">\n\nUnintended honesty… he is basically saying - even the smallest road bump will prevent this Congress from making any measurable difference over the next two years…. which is true.", ">\n\nNobody beats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row, nobody.", ">\n\nthe first 14 votes didn't count. He won on the first try! /s", ">\n\nCan’t help but imagine lego Batman throwing 20 bat-arangs at a button and then saying “First Try” when one accidentally falls on it.", ">\n\nI get a real kick out of McCarthy celebrating this as a victory instead of realizing it's an embarrassment. Fifteen votes and a near-fight on the floor\nIt's a pyrrhic victory at best", ">\n\nThe annoying part is McCarthy is going to act like he has a major mandate just because he won… even though the Rs performed terribly in the midterms, he barely has a majority, and this cluster fuck to get the speakership.", ">\n\nI mean beyond sham investigations into issues like Hunter Biden's dick pics - what can he really accomplish with a razor thin majority that is in civil war with itself along with the Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.", ">\n\nWhat can be accomplished? The total destruction of the US economy by refusing to pass a budget and letting the debt ceiling fall/go into default.", ">\n\nHow many Scaramucci's before the first motion to vacate?", ">\n\nLess than 5.", ">\n\n$10 it's Gaetz and a brawl happens on the floor.", ">\n\nI’d pay to see that.", ">\n\nThis might singlehandedly pay off the USA's deficit for 2023, just make it pay to view on c-span.", ">\n\nI dont know why people keep asking \"why Democrats didnt do this or that?\" or \"what could the democrats have done?\"\nRepublicans will not work with Democrats. they wont do it. There is no point in Democrats trying to do anything with them. they will get stonewalled, or lied to", ">\n\nIt's also extremely important to point to the Obama years and the fact that Republicans - in a racist fury designed to do nothing more than obstruct the extremely popular first black President of the United States's agenda - Republicans (led by Mitch McConnell whom openly said this after Obama was elected) would go on to create the most do-nothing Congress in America history. They spent eight years openly obstructing the popular business and will of the American people, simply because the President was black.\nYou cannot negotiate or work with Republicans. They are deeply racist scum that tried to elect Trump to lead a fascist takeover of the government and they failed miserably because - in an act of cosmic mercy - this generation's fascists also happen to be shockingly stupid and incompetent at anything other than grifting. All of which has been done while Republicans have seen historically low approval numbers and have been kept in power by nothing more than racist vestiges of America's slaveholding past (i.e. the electoral college, which literally only exists because slave states wanted to use their slave populations to swing elections, which Republicans use to continue disenfranchising black Americans to this day).\nThe thing I can't wait for - and we're going to start hitting this point in the next 10 years is that the boomers are going to start dying off and the Republican Party is going to start losing every single election it stands in. Millenials and Gen Z are ultra-liberal generations and are becoming even more liberal at a rate unseen in any other point in modern history. The flip is going to be intense and Republicans are going to be completely annihilated in every election in which they stand and America is going to jerk so hard to the left that not a single one of these fascist fucks will ever be allowed to have a voice in American politics ever again.", ">\n\nI hope you're right. Gen X thought the same thing and it didn't seem to happen.", ">\n\nGen X is trending conservative as they're aging. Millenials and Gen Z aren't. Gen X will be the enemy that unfortunately for them will suffer the worst of the wrath of Millenials and Gen Z for the stuff the Boomers did.", ">\n\nI remember being told \"as you grow older, you'll understand and become more conservative\". I took that as a challenge and I actively watch for signs of being curmudgeonly & stomp that nonsense out.\nHere's hoping the younger folks do better. We (as a whole) did not.", ">\n\nNo doubt about it, the older I got the more liberal I've become.\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\nI know I've never been so engaged in politics until the MAGA era started.", ">\n\n\nOr maybe... maybe I have stayed the same and the conservatives just went so far right they lost their minds?\n\nExactly this. I’m all for having different opinions, different parties, and different values in our country. We need to have discussions and even arguments to make sure our entire country is properly represented. Maybe I would have become a more classical conservative in my later years if that was still a thing, but it’s not. The conservative party is nothing more than extreme right wing authoritarians. They don’t actually care about tax cuts, smaller government, free market capitalism and the like. All they want is control and power. They believe LGBTQ people are all pedophiles and need to be locked up or worse, that non-white people are the enemy, education is nothing but indoctrination, women have become too powerful and need to be put back in their place, healthcare and food are not a right but are instead earned… the list of their frightening ideals just keeps growing. I don’t care how I’ll feel about the economy or “them kids and their weird trends” when I’m old because those have nothing to do with conservatism anymore. All I know is that I will not somehow grow into the idea of hatred towards everyone who isn’t a white male like myself.", ">\n\nCannot believe these ass clowns are pretending to respect the police on Jan 6th\nAlthough I guess it is 1am so it’s technically Jan 7th", ">\n\nCongress was in session in the early hours of Jan 7th 2021 as well.", ">\n\nThe amount of people I have seen on social media touting this as some massive win and \"owning the Libs\" is absolutely astounding, but also just the fucked up reality we live in.", ">\n\nResist the urge to explain the obvious and let them \"own\" us like this for the next two years.", ">\n\nRepublicans: cut Medicare and Social Security, default on the national debt, cause a massive recession \nElderly conservatives in red states, already struggling: Haha libs, owned!! Freedom means I get to choose between starving or freezing to death... ah, but it's all worth it as long as some kid somewhere can't access gender affirming medical care. USA! USA!", ">\n\nDid you say gender affirming care!? The Dems are trying to chop my little Bobby's dick off! They want to take his dick! They want to take your dick too! They want everyone's dicks! Nobody's dick is safe these days!", ">\n\nYes sir, and here are those pictures of Hunter Biden you wanted.", ">\n\nThe irony of Republicans rushing Jeffries to finish his speech because they’re ready to leave. Y’all had months to get in & out of the House. Sit your asses down, listen to the guy who won 10/13 house votes and stfu", ">\n\nI loved how he was all, Thanks to all the Democrats for your unanimous support! Oh, yeah. Here's Kevin McCarthy I guess.", ">\n\nWhile I dislike Kevin McCarthy, I did find his opening joke funny. \"Just a warning to Mr. Jeffries, two years ago I had unanimous support too.\"", ">\n\nIt is a fair point to make to be honest.", ">\n\n\n“Maturity over Mar-a-Lago”\n\nThink Jeffries started hitting a nerve with that one.", ">\n\nAlready with the lies. Law enforcement respected? Where were you all this morning for the January 6th ceremony?", ">\n\nIf only hypocrisy was fatal.....", ">\n\nWatching Santos raise his hand to commit to an oath to the United States, the guy who said on Monday that he already did this, is beyond silly. What an unrepentant liar and crook unparalleled to be graced with a seat in public office.\nWhat a worthless oath to witness, frankly, from many of these Republicans. Absolutely shameless.", ">\n\nThey expect him to keep a low profile and toe the party line. He’s clearly not the type. He’ll give speeches, attempt to horse trade and seek further attention in the press. He’s going to continue to embarrass himself and the party and it’ll be hilarious.", ">\n\nI'm not a birther (except in this case). But I fully expect someone to look into whether GS was born in the US as he claims. It's my understanding that you can't be a Representative if you aren't a born citizen or have been a naturalized citizen for less than 7 years. I think he has said he was born in Queens. Should be easy to verify. But has anyone? My hunch is he's Brazilian and never took any steps to be a US citizen.", ">\n\nIf he took any steps, it was his sham marriage (to obtain citizenship) that ended in 2019.\nHis second \"marriage\" charade is likely over too; he was photographed sitting in in the House without his wedding ring. I'm of the belief he was never married to a man at all and that, like everything else, was a lie, too.", ">\n\nWhat we've seen very publicly over the last few days makes you wonder about the state of the republican party behind closed doors?\nWhen there have nearly been scuffles infront of television camera on the floor of the house, what happens in the closed offices when nobody is there to witness it?!", ">\n\nThe party is in a mess because they're in a very rare state of not knowing their game plan. The DNC has always been running a sort of messy 'big tent' where they have to adjust internally but the GOP takes pride in how 'established' they are: party members are taught from town-level politics to follow the plan, work in the interests of the party over themselves and they'll be rewarded with more positions and patronage. It's why you had people like McCarthy angrily yelling 'I earned this'. It's why Republicans take every election down to city trash collector with admittedly admirable seriousness while the DNC has to put effort into getting national-level engagement. The GOP is practically a career track system. Follow your orders and your superiors and the party will tell it's loyal voters who to vote for. The voters trusted the GOP to pick the (for them) morally correct candidates. \nTrump upended all of that by bringing in the cult of personality. The idea that someone can jump the line by appealing to the voters directly. The majority of the party saw him as a catastrophic moron but the engine of the party is geared to serve the leader without question and they couldn't muster the spine to resist him till he was voted out. Now a huge chunk of their voters see the GOP as a just-as-bad-as-the-Democrats establishment and don't trust the factory-ordered old white dudes plopping off the Republican assembly line. Trump and his caucus like this anarchy because it forces the establishment wing to give them unequal power just to shut up and play along.", ">\n\nIs also add that it’s fundamentally easier for Republicans to be unified and organized than it is for Democrats. \nDemocrats, per your “big tent” comment, have to craft goals and legislation from a wide spectrum of opinions on any given concept. Republicans simply oppose things. They only thing they have any interest in actually passing is tax cuts, which of course they only do when holding a total majority since then they don’t have to compromise with Dems. Everything else is just them saying “no” to everything. Easiest job in the world. \nWhich makes this McCarthy fiasco even more amazing. The disagreement wasn’t over what leader will advance their legislative priorities, because they have none. They simply wanted the chaos. The concessions they received show that perfectly. Basically everything they “won” in exchange for their vote was in service of creating more chaos.", ">\n\nIt's also harder for them because real world problems have complexity and nuance that means no solution is without tradeoffs, so people engaging in good faith can disagree over which one is best. The gop engages with real world problems as little as possible, preferring to manufacture outrage at imagined issues it can then claim to be fighting with equally imaginary efforts.", ">\n\nAbout the supposed rules concessions:\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\n\nFreedom Caucus members having a few seats on the House Rules Committee that will allow those members to leverage certain criteria behind voting for bills.\n\n\nVoting on a bill setting term limits for members of Congress\n\n\nIndividual votes on each of the 12 appropriations bills and excluding earmarks from such bills\n\n\nA vote on legislation surrounding border security\n\n\n72-hour notice from release of legislation before voting on it\n\n\nA vote on a balanced budget amendment\n\n\nIt's important to note that while these look good on paper, realize why the HFC members demanded them. They give their little caucus a lot more power. It's not for the betterment of the country: It's for them and for them to exert their demands on legislation.", ">\n\n\nOnly one House member needed to file a motion to “vacate the chair”\n\nSo can Dems just file a motion to boot Kevin whenever they want to waste the GOP's time?", ">\n\nWere I a Rep, I'd be filing a motion first thing every morning.", ">\n\nThis just seems inevitable. I don’t really understand how this is being accepted", ">\n\nMcCarthy wanted to be speaker, THAT bad.\nHe sold his soul and all bargaining power.\nBecause this is likely the peak of his life.", ">\n\nHe'll get booted in a single day lmao\nSpeaker for a day", ">\n\nHe's going for that 'you know what they call the person with the lowest passing score on their med school exam? Doctor.' energy.\n'You know what they call the shortest-serving Speaker of the House? Mister Speaker.'", ">\n\nYeah bro you actually did give up, you gave a shit ton of concessions that weakened your ability to govern, not that you planned on actually delivering any real legislation. You are, after all a Republican, so just spout off a shit ton of social issues and talk about an open border and you'll keep getting the love and money.", ">\n\nWell the GOP was set to be ineffective this session anyway, so we should all be grateful that they spelled out how ineffective they are going to be.", ">\n\nNot even going to mention the greatest President BEFORE Lincoln, President George Santos, smh", ">\n\nI know we're not happy George Santos will get sworn in next week, but we should never forget how he saved Private Ryan.", ">\n\nHim landing on the moon was the greatest moment since his epic Stairway to Heaven drum solo", ">\n\nNo he didn't land on the moon, he landed on the asteroid and drilled/nuked it to save all of planet earth.", ">\n\nI remember that! \nGeorge Santos is also the billionaire vigilante who wears a cape and cowl and prowls the city streets at night for justice.", ">\n\nisn't Bakersfield the Florida of California?", ">\n\nYes. Meth, meth, and more meth. Oh and cows", ">\n\nI hate that he invokes Lincoln seriously. He is the antithesis of Lincoln", ">\n\nIt's a good reminder that even though Lincoln's party at the time were called Republicans, they were not conservatives.", ">\n\nWe went from Jeffries rousing speech to this wet blanket.", ">\n\nOne of his first lines was literally \"I never thought we'd get here\"\nStraight up opening by saying he had no faith in his own ability to succeed lmao", ">\n\n\"failing my way to the top\" a Kevin McCarthy story", ">\n\nInteresting that Kevin is so convinced that they will accomplish anything when they don't have control of the Senate or the Presidency. Lol.", ">\n\nKevin barely has control of the Republican side of the House.", ">\n\nHe won because he gave up so much they have control of him, rather than the other way around, I'd think.", ">\n\nThe 200 original \"yes\" votes have conceded that the 20 \"no\" votes have equal power to the 200.\nThis is Republican philosophy in action - gridlock government by completely rejecting compromise until the minority has equal power to the majority.", ">\n\nGreat speech from Jeffries.\nIt's in really harsh contrast to the Republican bullshit factory.", ">\n\nI can’t help but keep thinking about how the tea party movement really fucked up the country and will also end up really fucking up the GOP.", ">\n\nThanks a lot, Koch brothers.", ">\n\nBut McCarthy Lincoln stomped the shit out of the first insurrectionists and you supported the last ones", ">\n\nHow long before someone tries to oust him?", ">\n\nI give it until the end of the month, and that's probably being generous", ">\n\nWhat a chaotic ending! \nRepublican Mike Rodgers of Alabama had to be physically restrained and forcibly pulled away from Matt Gaetz, as McCarthy walked away in anger during the 14^th vote.^[1] Someone grabbed Rodgers face while he berated Gaetz.^[2]\nMcCarthy has had to make enormous concessions to the hard right fringe of the party, his tenure as Speaker will likely be tumultuous to say the least.\nConcessions made by McCarthy to the far-right Freedom Caucus to secure the Speaker:^[3]\n\n\nAny member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair – this is significant because it would make it much easier than it is currently to trigger what is effectively a no confidence vote in the speaker. Conservatives pushed hard for this, while moderates are worried it will weaken McCarthy’s hand.\n\n\nA McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats\n\n\nThe House will hold votes on key conservative bills, including a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits and border security\n\n\nEfforts to raise the nation’s debt ceiling must be paired with spending cuts. This could become a major issue in the future when it is time to raise the debt limit to avoid a catastrophic default because Democrats in the Senate and the White House would likely oppose demands for spending cuts\n\n\nMove 12 appropriations bills individually. Instead of passing separate bills to fund government operations, Congress frequently passes a massive year-end spending package known as an “omnibus” that rolls everything into one bill. Conservatives rail against this, arguing that it evades oversight and allows lawmakers to stick in extraneous pet projects.\n\n\nMore Freedom Caucus representation on committees, including the powerful House Rules Committee\n\n\nCap discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels, which would amount to lower levels for defense and domestic programs\n\n\nSeventy-two hours to review bills before they come to floor\n\n\nGive members the ability to offer more amendments on the House floor\n\n\nCreate an investigative committee to probe the “weaponization” of the federal government\n\n\nRestore the Holman rule, which can be used to reduce the salary of government officials\n\n\n\n1) Video of the interaction, argument, and Representative Rodgers being pulled away\n2) Image of Representative Rodgers' face being grabbed and pulled by another member of his caucus\n3) CNN - McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes", ">\n\nIs McCarthy bound by those rules/an agreement? Or can he renege on them later down the line? Is there some kind of enforcement mechanism if he decides he will screw over the hardcore minority for all this headache?", ">\n\nHe could renege if he gets enough Dems to vote on a different rules package.\nThe question would be whether that would be worse, politically for him, that holding up his end.\nBut if those become rules, then if he reneges on anything he risks any one of those people forcing a vote to remove him from the Speaker position.", ">\n\nHow does a vote to remove him work? Will it be one ballot to decide whether to remove him and another ballot for his replacement?", ">\n\nIt's a \"motion to vacate\". A member would request that the motion be put to a vote and the House would vote (yes/no) on it. And then if it succeed, yes, more voting to pick someone.", ">\n\nAnd if anyone is wondering, yes - it is the full house, Democrats included that would vote. But a few caveats:\nIt can be delayed in several ways, and may never come to a floor vote.\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\nRepublicans would still need 5 votes to remove him. It has only been used once in history, suggested against Newt Gingrich, and helped force Boehner out in 2015.", ">\n\n\nDemocrats may resist it simply because it would only result in a potentially worse Speaker.\n\nSo if the rule was in effect, the dems would have a decent degree of pull with him then?", ">\n\nThe same supeonas that your caucus ignored in the past year?", ">\n\nProbably the weakest speaker to be elected, McCarthy gave so many concessions that he’ll probably be facing no confidence votes every week", ">\n\nMost since the Civil War holy shit", ">\n\nConsidering we seem to currently be in a cold civil war, not entirely unexpected\nEspecially with the infighting that's going on in one party", ">\n\nFor your consideration (and I forgot where I pulled this from, hence the quotes) - in regards to this being a 'cold civil war'?\n\"This is the norm. Our founding fathers drank heavily and regularly got in fights with each other. They slandered each other in the press. Not just on policy but personal attacks as well. When Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, Burr was the standing Vice President and Hamilton was our top military officer. That's the equivalent of Kamala Harris killing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's just insane how the US was the truly the wild wild west even before the wild wild west. Andrew Jackson also killed many people in duels. Hamilton's son was killed in a duel as well. Nor were they even polite to each other. When John Adams was president, his rivals openly addressed him as a fatass at formal occasions. Can you imagine if Obama introduced Trump at his inauguration as President Fatass?\nWhat has happened was we’ve gotten along so unusually and atypically well for such a long time that we’ve lost perspective.\"", ">\n\nJeffries had to absolutely kill it with this speech just to rub McCarthy’s face in the shit on his way out what a legend", ">\n\nNot his way out. Jeffries being the new leader of Democrats in the House isn't gone because of him not being Speaker", ">\n\nI think they meant....on the way out the door for the night before they adjourned.", ">\n\nGaets won't go up to 16.", ">\n\nHonestly the one positive thing to me about the current government arrangement is that republicans have 2 years to expose how unhinged they are without the risk of legislation actually going through. I feel like it’s only going to get worse the longer it goes on as well", ">\n\nVoting in a speaker, past midnight, on a Friday, after 14 rehearsals, definitely isn't a good sign.", ">\n\nHi Bakersfield,\nWhy do you keep inflicting Kevin on us? Since what, like 2006? \nBlink if you're in trouble. \n-Concerned upstairs roommate", ">\n\nI think Bakersfield is punishing everyone else cuz Bakersfield sucks.", ">\n\nRich people applauding not getting audited by defunding the irs", ">\n\nThat's their first bill? Lol. Plus it'll never get through the Senate let alone past the President.", ">\n\nThe only power they will have for years is investigations that most people other than conservatives won't care about, and shutting down the government/defaulting.\nDefaulting is really the biggest issue people should worry about.", ">\n\nNow the GOP can get back to the important stuff, like bitching about entitlement, snowflakes, and participation trophies.", ">\n\nDon't forget wasteful investigations about nothing.", ">\n\nMerry Christmas - there. I said it.", ">\n\nFirst bill to cut IRS funding, wow", ">\n\nFirst bill to fail since they don't control the Senate or White House, so who cares", ">\n\nMcCarthy: the gas station ED pill of congress", ">\n\nPretty sure he's rose in a glass at the gas station.", ">\n\nI really don't think McCarthy has thought this through. Now he has to try and appease literally every member on the R side. It'll only take one of them to make a motion for him to vacate the office of Speaker. \nThings will go to a halt, democrats will be able to back that motion and then poof. Bye bye Kevin. \nNow just to wait and see which of them will do it first. My money is on Gaetz.", ">\n\nReady for the shitshow?", ">\n\nOkay Jeffries is amazing I love him just straight trolling the GOP with the length of this speech. You should see the chat in the RSBN YouTube livestream they're going CRAZY they're so mad", ">\n\nFew things get them angrier than seeing a charismatic, intelligent man of color", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like a character from Big Mouth come to life. It makes sense because he created the show.", ">\n\nI give McCarthy 1 month before he faces his first vote to vacate", ">\n\nA month? I'd say Monday when Matt Gaetz puts that into motion.", ">\n\nSomewhere, I imagine, John Boehner is near blackout, drinking away memories of his tenure as Speaker of the House, slowly a clear sentence emergences through the incoherent slurred babble. \"Thank fucking Christ it isn't me again,\" passes through wine-stained lips before his dumb goofy head hits the table and he falls unconscious.\nSomewhere else, an immature person thinks to himself \"hahaha we had Speaker Boner.\"", ">\n\nAt this point it's more embarrassing to him that he won... He would have been better off letting someone else have the job.", ">\n\nMcCarthy's entire existence has been his desire to become speaker for a long, long, time. He'd accept the job even if one of the rules were that every member had to punch him in the nads for role call.", ">\n\nThat speech of Jeffries was brilliant! One for the ages!", ">\n\nWelcome to the 118th House of Representatives of the United States Congress. \nFittingly on the same day 2 years prior - at 3:24 AM, January 7th, 2021, where 137 Republican House Representatives voted to overturn the prior election, invalidate 81 million American votes, and end democracy, including Kevin McCarthy.\nIt is the result of historic midterm underperformance leading to a razor-thin majority.\nWhere it takes 4 days and 14 votes to do something that has been insanely easy by both parties for the past century.\nWhere a slew of concessions makes their Speaker feckless, neutered, and vulnerable to limitless pressure from the fringes of his own party.\nNo desire to govern or help Americans, but where priorities are:\nThreatening/causing a U.S. default.\nInvestigating Hunter Biden's dick pics.\nInvestigating the investigation into themselves.\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's COVID-19 response\nInvestigating ~~Trump's~~ Biden's coordination with social media platforms\nLet the clown circus begin.", ">\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives will be paralyzed for the next two years courtesy of some of the least populated, least educated parts of the country. Un-fucking-believable.", ">\n\nHey, that’s no way to talk about Oildale.", ">\n\nJeffries just called out fascism and Mar-a-Lago and qanon. Dunking in the pubs hard lmao", ">\n\nmaturity over mar-a-lago was great", ">\n\nI wanted \"Tolerance over Trumpism\"", ">\n\nThat was an absolutely amazing speech by Jeffries. I'm glad I stuck around to watch it.\nAnd now it's time to mute and close that stream. lol", ">\n\nJeffries killed that address... McCarthy couldn't follow that up", ">\n\nMcCarthy celebrating like he won in 1 round is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nEverything McCarthy does is pretty cringe.", ">\n\nThe fact that McCarthy's own party members went through this whole stupid fiasco only to end up with him still getting the position is cringe af.", ">\n\nShit. I thought they quit after 14. \nNone of the Reps seemed to grasp the weight of Jan 6. The vote being held hostage by MAGA terrorists, the same people 2 years ago that refused to certify the vote even after the insurrection. They have allowed this in their party. Reap what you sow.", ">\n\nI feel listening to minority Leader Jeffries' speech like I felt watching Obama at the DNC or Bill Clinton in the early days. I would vote for this man.", ">\n\nYeah, he's got the spark. Probably the biggest winner of these 15 rounds, being nominated and praised over and over with complete unity by the Democratic party.", ">\n\nRepublicans gave the democrats a chance to rally behind someone who's not a dinosaur and can probably invoke some spirit from voters. Although I think it's pretty rare that a house leader/minority leader/speaker or whatever becomes president so... although I would love to see the Republicans face if a black man was voted into the white house again. They might just completely lose it\nPlease own us more, repubs", ">\n\nIt’s a lie for him to say he opposes domestic enemies… he’s the leader of the biggest domestic threat this country has seen in over a century: the insurrectionists", ">\n\nDoes this mean we can officially start the McCarthy v Lettuce stream?", ">\n\nNever Kevin’s can’t even hold up for 4 days fucking losers", ">\n\nElected at midnight?! Sheesh, that doesn't leave much time to sleep before he has to shovel all those driveways he promised to...", ">\n\nJeffries sounds like Obama and McCarthy sounds like he’s welcoming back the insurrectionists to intimidate lawmakers during their debates.", ">\n\nIn America you have to pass the background check about your work history to work at McDonalds but not to be a congressperson. At least the first man on the moon George Santos knows. The people have spoken!", ">\n\nThis dude fucking sucks at this, just droning on with random MAGA buzzwords that lost them 3 major election cycles in a row with seemingly random inflections and tones.", ">\n\nIt’s like an 8th grader running for class president", ">\n\nSo it hit 15 and Gaetz lost interest, huh", ">\n\nThis Chamber is now open for all Americans to visit. \nThat fucking veiled reference. And does he not know there's been C span all this time? We can see. I hope their constituents show up.", ">\n\n\nI hope their constituents show up.\n\nThey don't.", ">\n\n'Rise' of the chinese communist party? Is that something that happened just this year.. or last 3 years? I must have missed the news!", ">\n\nName a more iconic duo than communism and a McCarthy.", ">\n\nKnowing the context of the past few years, this dude sounds like he's giving a villain's speech.", ">\n\nStop quoting Lincoln and use your real heroes like Mussolini and Pinochet and Trump, etc.", ">\n\nAh yes. Lincoln. The notorious fan of those who wish to destroy the US government in order to profit off of the hard labor of others….", ">\n\n“There is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation.”\nFreudian slip?", ">\n\nRepublicans aren't the voice of anything considering they haven't won a popular vote since 2004.", ">\n\n\"Enemies foreign and domestic.\"\nThat's you, buddy.", ">\n\nThis is why Boehner quit and got into weed.", ">\n\nWell, had to happen eventually. See you all here when that \"one person can bring about a vote to oust him\" rule bites him in the arse. Which, knowing Matt Gaetz, will be tomorrow.", ">\n\nImagine having to grovel to Matt Gaetz on the House floor. Christ.\nI'm sure that when Matt is not having sex with underaged prostitutes he's a stand up guy, a real salt-of-the-fucking-Earth human being.", ">\n\nIf that’s true about the House being open Kevin, then let CSpan continue to have control of the cameras. You say full transparency let’s see if you mean it.", ">\n\nMcCarthy sure has a lot of plans for the power he does not have.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos stopped a third plane from hitting the World Trade Center", ">\n\nThe interview where McCarthy claimed this has “taught them how to govern” was particularly galling/hilarious.", ">\n\nIs he inviting people into the chambers? This is going to get violent.", ">\n\nThankfully the Dems still have the Senate and the White House... goes to show the importance of voting...every vote counts.", ">\n\nImportant to never forget that this glistening weasel of a man was all in on ending American democracy in favor of Donald Fucking Trump.", ">\n\nLincoln was for preserving The Union. Two years ago his party revolted against The Union. The irony in this speech is astonishing.", ">\n\nFirst order of business is to help millionaires and billionaires evade taxes. Second order of business is to make gay kids feel like shit.", ">\n\nYou misspelled 'make gay kids kill themselves.'", ">\n\nThe fact that the rules package was postponed and didn’t have enough R votes means there may be chickens coming to roost. This was not a win for KM and that one vote to vacate can come from Dems or Reps.", ">\n\nYeah, i think the rules will be a shit show because he is going to have to backtrack a lot of what he gave to get the votes", ">\n\n\"a commitment to making it easy to cheat on taxes.\"", ">\n\nJesus the red scare again?", ">\n\nMcCarthy bringing up Lincoln without a sense of irony", ">\n\nThis is the most lopsided rap battle I've ever seen.", ">\n\nThis whole fiasco is really going to set the tone for Republican “control” of the House. The clown show is on full display. After they’ve shown Americans they are a bunch of children they are going to jump right into obstruction and nonsense investigations which is surely going to win more Americans over after an election they only eked by in literally due to gerrymandering. They will lose the House in 2024 if Biden is re-elected. The only concern then is the Senate which is favorable to Republicans in 2024.", ">\n\nI think the worst part of this week-long charade was how the media painted the always-Kevins as somehow the \"moderate\" wing of the party, when in reality there is no moderate wing in the House GOP. There's the crazies, and then there's absolute nutjobs. They all repeat the same tired bullshit narratives. They all fearmonger about Democrats and the \"woke left.\" They all spout homophobic, transphobic and/or racist propaganda, or at best look the other way. For fuck's sake, a lot of the so-called reasonable ones in Kevin's camp were also the ones who voted to de-certify the election on this day two years ago.\nThe GOP is rotten to the very core.", ">\n\nYeah I have to admit I found myself starting to call some of them moderates as well and then I remembered how many characteristics of the GOO match fascism. I hope the media starts talking about them more accurately but I kind of doubt it will happen.", ">\n\nNow Republicans can finally get busy blocking all legislation and holding hearings on Hunter's dick pics.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to be the weakest Speaker in modern history. What a legacy.", ">\n\ni wouldnt be surprised if hes ousted after a month", ">\n\nAnd now the coup from within begins in earnest.", ">\n\nI know it’s so heartbreaking this is happening the DAY after the anniversary of Jan. 6th. These people really have destructive and vile intent.", ">\n\nSo rejected 14 times, and on the 15 try he got it, that's gotta be some kind of record", ">\n\nAn inspiration to incels everywhere.", ">\n\nI feel a weird mix of excitement and dread for the rules vote. Excitement because I want to see how far McCarthy had to go to win but dread at how bad his concessions will be for the country.", ">\n\nLMAO, Kevin is saying that this experience has built trust for the future. Who does he think he's fooling?", ">\n\nThe trust he built is now the Freedom Caucus knows he'll bend over like a contortionist.", ">\n\nFucking tea party people.", ">\n\nI don't understand why McCarthy wanted it so bad...he gave up SO MUCH...what a weak buffoon.", ">\n\nHas any speaker had less power then McCarthy is going to have right now in the history of the house with all the concessions that he had to give. He pretty much gets to sit in the chair and that is about it. Has to be at the top of the list of most powerless speakers in history", ">\n\nIt was all theatre so that when republicans force their extreme agenda they can try to point out that the \"wackos\" did it and not them ... even though 200+ of them are going to vote for some really stupid legislation", ">\n\n17 R are in the districts that Biden won and they are now going to be forced to vote on things the wackos want that they might of gotten shielded from in the past if McCarthy had more power. I dont think any amount of so called theatre is going to save them", ">\n\nDidn't he ignore a subpoena??", ">\n\nMcCarthy is going to have to beg people he hates every time just to get his agenda adopted during his term. A whole lotta dick sucking from this rage baiter. Get them knee pads ready, Mac.", ">\n\nBreak out the head of lettuce. It outlasted Truss, and it will outlast McCarthy, too.", ">\n\nLooks like Kevin McCarthy finally got his crown after making enough concessions to the far-right. I'm sure that won't come back to haunt the GOP at all", ">\n\nWe can do WHAT one more time, Kev? CIVIL WAR???!?", ">\n\nWith the election of Kevin McCarthy as house speaker by selling his soul to extremist right wingers, I expect the next step to American fascism will be the U.S. equivalent of the burning of the Reichstag.", ">\n\nI think McCarthy exhausted the entire list of presidents he knows in this speech…", ">\n\nSantos awkwardly walking around like the new transfer kid that is uncool and nobody wants to speak to him.", ">\n\nThese Santos comments are cracking me up and I don't even understand them", ">\n\nHe made up his entire life history when he ran for congress.\nHe said he's Jewish. Nope. He then tried to clean that up by saying he feels \"Jew-ish\" - get it? OOF.\nHe said his mother died in the 9/11 attacks. Nope. She died in 2016.\nHe said victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting were his employees. Nope.\nHe said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Nope and Nope.\nHe even said he voted on a bill in congress a few weeks ago. Uhm... he wasn't even a congressman yet.\nThose are just a few examples of the many lies he told. That's what the George Santos invented the smartphone jokes are about.\nBy the way: George Santos landed at Plymouth Rock in 1491. Edit: He also wrote the theme to Schoolhouse Rock. That one is true (NOPE!)", ">\n\nGet the lettuce out", ">\n\nIt’s America. . . Bring out the hotdogs", ">\n\nWhat a powerful fucking speech by Speaker Jeffries", ">\n\nKevin vows to stop the “Weaponization of the FBI,” also known as the, “It’s Now Illegal to Investigate Republicans Act.”", ">\n\nThey are all devils that have made deals with each other, there will be hell to play. Prepare for the most hilarious, fruitless and painful session of Congress that the US has ever endured for the next two years.", ">\n\nMaturity over Maralago. Lol", ">\n\nPower of subpoena? You mean the one all of your buddies ignored?\nGuess that won't be a problem to ignore.", ">\n\n“Son of a firefighter” that’s a 5th time he said that. Drink", ">\n\nYou ain't Lincoln, buddy. Sit down.", ">\n\nLincoln? He would be embarrassed af", ">\n\nGarbage Speech … Bakersfield Bullshitter. Insurrection supporter who has nothing to say other than lie, gaslight and empower the idiots to destroy democracy. Oh and keep bringing up Abe Lincoln like he would be a ReTrumplican. 🤮", ">\n\nWhat a fucking abomination.", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinking that he’s in a position to threaten Dems.\nPlease, you ain’t gonna do shit to them for at least the next two years.", ">\n\nNot seen any speeches yet, but I'm guessing this is the narrative:\n\"I'm not some anointed speaker, chosen as the result of back-room dealings. I had to earn the votes of Congress. This shows that I have a mandate.\"", ">\n\nI miss Pelosi already", ">\n\nI think Gaetz and Boerbert are fucking", ">\n\nGaetz also attracted to people who act like children confirmed", ">\n\nGaetz lost interest at 14", ">\n\nOn brand for him", ">\n\nThat speech by Hakeem Jeffries was epic.", ">\n\n\"You can stand\" - got some Jeb \"please clap\" energy.", ">\n\nI like to do it at night with nobody around 🥴", ">\n\n\"Just like many of my Republican colleagues, I don't take no for an answer\"", ">\n\nOne interesting thing: Kevin mentioned that he received all the votes in 2020. Weirdly I think he just predicted Jeffries to be the speaker in 2024.", ">\n\nKMac just kissed Trump’s ass… fine by me… remember the establishment wants to move on from Trump to Desantis…\nThe bloodier the Trump and Desantis fight is, the better it is for whoever the Dem nominee is", ">\n\nI think what I find most maddening about this entire process are these speeches about \"the voters,\" making the choice to empower the GOP or McCarthy.\nA decade of gerrymandering is the only reason these folks control Congress. Democrats could have easily won more than enough seats in 2018 to avoid losing a majority last cycle if not for Republican gerrymandering with this slim majority, and that's ignoring how gerrymandering impacted 2022's cycle, which Democrats ALMOST won in red-red-red districts like Boebert's.\nHouse Republicans don't have a majority mandate, their majority is an illusion created by them and its totally divorced from what the majority of voters desire at all times (I don't give a shit about \"woke\" anything in schools, yet the \"Majority Leader\" is rallying folks for claps over the scary \"woke\" in schools, wtf?).\nWhat a shameless group of liars. They're all fucking Santos in the GOP.", ">\n\nHoly shit, he's doing this just to make Kevin look that much more unprofessional and embarrassing. What a champ.", ">\n\nCan't wait for Jefferies as majority leader in 2 years (or less).", ">\n\nI cannot believe I spent my Friday night watching C-SPAN. This’ll never happen again for me", ">\n\nDamn he was doing so well then ‘woke indoctrination in schools’ goodnight folks", ">\n\nThey are going to run this country into the ground.\nEdit: I didn't expect him to start lying this quickly.", ">\n\n\"Did you do it?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"What did it cost?\"\n\"Everything.\"", ">\n\n.... he's being weird....", ">\n\nNobody walks the streets of Bakersfield unless you're searching for Meth and drugs.", ">\n\nDude thinks he just got elected president.", ">\n\nThis speech blows", ">\n\n“…No obstacle this house can overcome.” \nAnd knowing the Republicans, no regulations are safe", ">\n\nHoly shit that alphabet part of the speech was AMAZING!", ">\n\nCan't wait to watch him have the most ineffective speakership of the modern era, his own party doesn't want him in the role and he sacrificed a ton in negotiations to get here.", ">\n\nAll McCarthy wants is federal subsidies for oil drilling in Bakersfield", ">\n\nI wonder if Santos will even manage to keep his seat over the next two years since charges were brought against him again in Brazil. I know that a sitting member of congress probably wouldn’t be extradited for reasons unrelated to Santos himself but who knows. Here’s hoping.", ">\n\nAnd with, we have a new unit of measurement.\n15 = 1 Kev", ">\n\nWhen the only president you can point to in your party history is Lincoln who probably today would be a democrat and possibly a progressive..your party is pretty bad.", ">\n\nHe’s going to be the worst Speaker ever. Every time he needs to get something done someone will threaten a motion to vacate and they’ll have to get what they want. And then someone who wants something else will do the same thing. Now and then someone really will drop a motion and everybody will have to vote on it multiple times. He’s going to have to spend half his time fund raising so his PAC can buy votes by making campaign contributions. House bills will end up packed with all kinds of crazy shit and the Senate will refuse to even consider them. McCarthy is going to learn why John Boehner and Paul Ryan walked away. I expect him to spend more time with his family in 2024.", ">\n\nThe office has been neutered. The far right will control him and the party moving forward. They will run the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. These next two years will get ugly.", ">\n\nNothing being finished yet Kevin. Your nightmare presiding over one of the most divided congresses ever only begins now…", ">\n\nlmao Kevin none of that shit is gonna become law.", ">\n\nlol Bakersfield\nNeeds less pollution, more living wages", ">\n\nNow onto the important work of impeaching Hunter Biden and compromising our national security.", ">\n\nMcCarthy: When Washington crossed the Delaware, he did it to fight wokeness. The man in the back of the boat in the picture has a hand over his face to indicate super-anti-wokeness in our nation’s schools. As a first order of business, I solemnly swear that I will fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and woke.", ">\n\nJust this one time, respect to the Republican Conference for appointing Cheryl Johnson as clerk for another 2 year term.", ">\n\nStill lost the freestyle battle", ">\n\nMcCarthy won, but at what cost. Republicans look fucking stupid no matter what angle or way you slice it. \nCongratulations r/conservative, is this the “lower gas prices” you asked for? Is this the solution you wanted? Everyone else saw shit like this coming from a mile away. Did you really think the republicans had solutions to ANY problem the American people faced? \nWhat a fucking joke lmfao.", ">\n\nRepublicans are a clown shit show\nTheir next agenda items will likely constantly remind us of that\nJoin us at /r/voteDEM to stay on top of special elections that might pop up soon; with this narrow majority, every seat counts", ">\n\nI’m not an American but to me it seems clear that in terms of national security and the US’s interests abroad, what has occurred is terrible. A two-party system only works if there’s a built-in democracy within both parties. Now the crazies have a veto right of sorts and that makes the system vulnerable to manipulation from the outside, because you don’t have to manipulate the majority of a party, you need to manipulate the few that are already an outcast within their own party.", ">\n\nWhile true, I’m pretty sure these maniacs are perfectly capable of fucking shit up on their own with no outside help.", ">\n\nOh man, the thing is if Kevin ever reaches across the aisle to the Dems, he will be gone in the next vote.", ">\n\nThis speech is creepy..weird", ">\n\nWho the fuck is this speech for? It’s all over the place.", ">\n\nWhat value is George Santos' oath?", ">\n\nHe took an oath-ish.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos looks like he's got a brain wiring malfunction", ">\n\nHow can coup supporting insurrectionists take this oath? Their oath is false on its face", ">\n\nStefanik bowing at the altar of authoritarianism and treachery", ">\n\nGeorge Santos has been an SNL cast member since 1975.", ">\n\nMcCarthy gives off the biggest substitute teacher vibes. He’s going to have 2 years of trying to round up the clowns in his party that held this up for days. Have fun.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is on live TV right now thanking Trump.", ">\n\nHonestly what’s to stop any of the freedom caucus people from turning on McCarthy completely once they get what they want in the rules package & beyond. I wonder how much more they can now get from him simply from threatening to have the motion to vacate.", ">\n\nI mean, anyone with an ounce of common sense looking at this guy failed 14 times that's enough to judge him negatively.\nFinally got the win the 15th time wouldn't change this impression.", ">\n\nORLY?\nFACT: the GOP is a complete 🤡 show.", ">\n\nI'm glad this shit show happened - it will attract younger people into congressional politics. Younger people tend to vote progressive.", ">\n\nWe don’t want to attract young people until they get Geatz out of there", ">\n\nJeffries with the best speech since George Santos delivered the Gettysburg Address imo.", ">\n\nSantos' “I Have a Dream” is up there, too", ">\n\nMan.. near instantly were going after china, woke kids, covid and the fbi", ">\n\nSo sad to see the dramatic and extremely negative change in agenda happening as soon as republicans take over…", ">\n\nMcCarthy will be the weakest SotH in modern politics.", ">\n\nI think we got a preview, it looked like a guy from Alabama needed to be held back from physical confrontation with Matt Gaetz within the past hour.", ">\n\nWeak energy. Jefferies just played him like a fiddle. Jefferies is going to overshadow him with his speech.", ">\n\nThey'd hate Washington for the sole fact he was for vaccinations (inoculation against small pox).", ">\n\nIs McCarthy the speaker or the tour guide?", ">\n\nLol msnbc showing Gaetz on his cell phone during this snooze speech", ">\n\nSantos looks like the IT guy from The Office", ">\n\n15th time's the charm i guess", ">\n\nMcCarthy thinks it’s a good thing that he’s won with small margins it appears.", ">\n\nThis guy is a terrible speaker. Look at him on CNN.", ">\n\nMcCarthy is talking about how in 100 years some master’s students would look proudly at their shitshow.", ">\n\nDid each side really have to make a new speech each time there was a vote? That must be annoying to have that many speeches on short notice.", ">\n\nFor hence forth we shall refer to Kevin McCarthy as 15, to honor historic amount of ballots it took him to get elected speaker.", ">\n\nGet the cabbage out for McCarthy", ">\n\nOn the first vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the second vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the third vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fifth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the sixth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the seventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eighth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the ninth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the tenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the eleventh vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the twelfth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the thirteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the fourteenth vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nOn the final vote for Speaker, my congress gave to me\nLate night capitulation\nGreasy Gaetz grandstanding\nA stubborn Jordan cohort\nInsufficient flippers\nA sad request for clapping\nThe same result as last time\nA no-vote Ken Buck fuckup\nVotes for the wrong Kevin\nAnother day of laughing\nSix Reps late-voting\nWhat Freedumb brings!\nMore pointless deadlock\nIncreasing votes for \"Other\"\nToo much division\nAnd a failed vote for Kevin McCarthy \nAnd a dysfunctional majority! \nGood luck trying to govern this dumpster fire, Kevin.", ">\n\nThat fucking statement on the anniversary of Jan 6th. What a human piece of dog excrement", ">\n\nNever underestimate the power of a looming weekend", ">\n\nMcCarthy so booooring…time for bed. I loved Jeffries speech!", ">\n\nI like this. McCarthy is already outlining why he'll be resigning soon.", ">\n\nApparently McCarthy knew Lincoln personally", ">\n\nIf the republicans had control of the boat there would be ten percent of them trying to destroy it out of spite… McCarthy must be joking if he thinks his party accurately represents a cross-section of all of America", ">\n\nI am ready for SNL", ">\n\nCheryl was hoping she lost her gig after the last few days, who are we kidding.", ">\n\nWill we be able to continue watching on Monday or will CSPAN’s coverage end?", ">\n\nCspan famously has gavel to gavel coverage of the house. What changes tomorrow is the speaker controls the camera angles, so no more shots of attempted assault, etc etc.", ">\n\nFor those that missed it.\nFull Video: Round 14 of the speaker vote. Kevin McCarthy & Allies CONFRONT Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz who voted \"present.\"", ">\n\nHere is everyone’s warning to stay away from the Sunday news shows, lest you want to hear every reason dems caused this mess, instead of placing the blame squarely on the reds. Chuck Todd is calling up every MAGA politician he can find right now. Don’t fall into the hate machines gears. Stay frosty out there, team", ">\n\nSo an insurrectionist is now chosen to be third in line of succession for presidency. \n​\nRule of law has evaporated on the federal level.", ">\n\nOne of the McCarthy concesssions to get the votes: \"A McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats.\" \nHow is this legal? How is McCarthy coordinating with a super PAC and what they will or won't do? (Thought that wasn't legal).", ">\n\nI wonder what the concessions were, besides all of his dignity and possibly his car.", ">\n\nGreen Day’s “American Idiot” anthem is the perfect background music for this lunacy, from the completely clueless (idiot) voters to the evil insurrectionists. Way to go GQP", ">\n\nI want to see Kevin do the alphabet diss track.", ">\n\nSantos already cozying up to the Qanon caucas. Goober hasn’t even sworn in, already he’s wading in the slime.", ">\n\nDon’t fool me with your debt talk nonsense after the Trump years of spending", ">\n\nWhat was Mc referring to when he said repeal funding for 87000 ______ ?", ">\n\nGlad this shit's over, so now we can get down to the real issues like Hunter Biden's laptop.", ">\n\nMaturity over Mar-a-Lago got me…", ">\n\nHis words about Lincoln are so unsettling", ">\n\nThis guy totally wants to fuck Lincoln", ">\n\n“A revolution in germany.”\nAgain…are these references really the ones someone like Kevin should make. I don’t know if these are dog whistles or if he’s being genuine.", ">\n\nthis guy loves clocks, dark rooms, and paintings", ">\n\nHe said he gives tours. To insurrectionists maybe? And the doors are open? Inviting people back there, Kevin?", ">\n\nI feel like I’m in church again as a child with my mind wandering listening to a homily that’s gone completely off the rails.", ">\n\nWho wrote this speech, Santos?", ">\n\nThis guy talking about history of some painting in the some room in the house..while Jeffries rap battled his speech and recited the alphabet.", ">\n\nGeorge Santos belongs to Cobra Kai and has won 3 All Valley championships.", ">\n\nWhat a massive egotistical jerkoff", ">\n\nHe won't defend shit.", ">\n\nIt’s a sham that Santos can be sworn in… he should have been extradited to Brazil or be forced to (at the very least) run again with the truth being in the open this time!!", ">\n\nNo more business? How has there been no motion to dismiss the speaker yet?", ">\n\n“We got a little more bidnez”\n-Kervin Man Karther", ">\n\n\"The power of the purse, and the subpoena \" Sort of ironic.", ">\n\nI'm surprised Republicans didn't just elect Walmart as speaker", ">\n\nImagine Cheryl Johnson losing her spot after all she’s done these past few days", ">\n\nGeorge Santos helped blow up the 2nd Death Star.", ">\n\nSoo we back to the Boring part of government? Lovely", ">\n\nHe was absolutely giddy when he got his hands on that gavel", ">\n\nThe word 'selects' is doing a lot of work in the thread title.", ">\n\nThe donor checks must have fallen off or stopped altogether for the hold outs." ]