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| Don't Buy the Establishment's Spin on the House Speaker Fight |
| 2023-01-05 |
| [PJMedia] As of publishing time, Rep. Kevin McCarthy ...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's... (R-Calif.) has lost Former President Trump’s last-minute endorsement failed to move the needle toward McCarthy, which led Rep. Lauren Boebert, one of Trump’s most staunch supporters, to admonish him on the House floor. "Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us, even having my favorite president call us and tell us ’We need to knock this off,'" Boebert said on Wednesday. "I think it actually needs to be reversed. The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that, ’Sir, you do not have the votes, and it’s time to withdraw.'" |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 If he wants to sway the 20 dissenters, McCarthy should show a path forward that could result in real change in the way the House conducts its business. That's not reality. If he humors these people, there's no end to the number of such factions going forward, each with mutually irreconcilable demands. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2023-01-05 20:09 |
| #9 Is white smoke or black smoke the sign that we have a new speaker? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-05 15:22 |
| #8 "Sir, you do not have the votes, and it’s time to withdraw." Nope. The narrative is how McCarthy will find the votes. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-01-05 13:09 |
| #7 "McCarthy hanging with his roommate Frank Luntz in DC." The bar gossip around DC's Dupont Circle (gaybrohood) is a little more sensational. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-01-05 13:01 |
| #6 I think there is a no confidence process for speakers of their promises don’t have a shelf life. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-05 12:35 |
| #5 McCarthy caved to the Freedom Caucus demands. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-01-05 11:38 |
| #4 Reports of McCarthy hanging with his roommate Frank Luntz in DC. |
| Posted by: Bill Greans6336 2023-01-05 09:38 |
| #3 I love all the discussions of McCarthy dealing for votes to get over the top. Those "deals" have no shelf life at all. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-05 08:55 |
| #2 What does the US Speaker of the House do? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-05 08:40 |
| #1 McCarthy should be resisted until he places members of the House Freedom Caucus in committee leadership positions. Many of his current choices are anti-Trumpers. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2023-01-05 05:55 |