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Home Front: Politix
No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise shockingly drops out of race for speaker as chaos consumes the GOP
2023-10-13
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Rep. Steve Scalise was favorite to replace Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

  • He could not get enough support from within his own party and dropped out

  • His chief rival, Trump ally Jim Jordan, will now try to get enough support
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Posted by:Skidmark

#6  Kennedy from Louisiana needs to be Speaker
Posted by: 746   2023-10-13 19:44  

#5  He couldn't get a majority from the hard supporters of Jim Johnson so he didn't fight it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-10-13 15:49  

#4  The cataclysm of a stalemate in a legislative body that has done nothing but rubber stamp Biden policy since 2022. I would nominate Triumph the insult dog or ChuckECheese and achieve an improved outcome. Only Ukraine is sweating bullets (ours) in this current situation.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-10-13 13:05  

#3  ..cause the GOPe still thinks it should run things regardless of their repeated failures.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-10-13 12:00  

#2  Beautiful illustration for anyone paying attention that the Pubs are innately unable to close ranks while the dems never have that problem.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-10-13 11:19  

#1  Doesn't want to be shot again?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-10-13 11:13  

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