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The good, the bad and the downright ugly start to Republican leadership in Congress [1]
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Date: 2023-01-03
Off to a great start on Fox News ahead of the Speaker vote:
x Dan Crenshaw on Fox & Friends blasts Republicans who won't vote for McCarthy: "Some of the reasons that these people have for not voting for McCarthy are unbelievably petty ... it makes us look foolish" pic.twitter.com/YrCfD1mi65 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 3, 2023
Foolish, indeed.
x Very tense behind closed doors now. McCarthy is teeing off on his opponents and saying they don’t know how to get to yes. He is signaling he is done negotiating. A McCarthy ally, Mike Rogers, says members who oppose McCarthy could lose committee assignments. Chip Roy pushing back — Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 3, 2023
How do you convince people to work with you when they absolutely refuse to do so no matter what you offer? Welcome to how the Republican party has been operating for more than a decade.
x Bob Good told me that even if McCarthy agreed to all their concessions, he is still a NO. They’ve had a dispute lingering since Good’s past primary win, but he said that he told McCarthy nothing he could offer him would get him to YES. More on the dilemma:
https://t.co/g3pLnJ5TvB — Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 3, 2023
x As it stands, I will not be voting for Kevin McCarthy to be Speaker of the House. pic.twitter.com/rUDuHS45hH — Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 3, 2023
x Rep. Matt Rosendale R- MT accuses McCarthy of lying. Rosendale says he will not support ANYONE for Speaker who has been on the House GOP leadership team in the past 10 years — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 3, 2023
x Very tense behind closed doors now. McCarthy is teeing off on his opponents and saying they don’t know how to get to yes. He is signaling he is done negotiating. A McCarthy ally, Mike Rogers, says members who oppose McCarthy could lose committee assignments. Chip Roy pushing back — Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 3, 2023
Meanwhile, Democrats made their way to the House floor.
x About to go to the House Floor. pic.twitter.com/81QVxmbHBb — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 3, 2023
McCarthy emerged from the Republican meeting and Kevin, never let ‘em see you sweat.
x .@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy: "We did have an intense conference...we may have a battle on the floor but the battle is for the conference and the country and that's fine with me...I don't have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too..." pic.twitter.com/Awje43wVwS — CSPAN (@cspan) January 3, 2023
Just oozing with confidence.
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Meanwhile, it seems as if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green’s frenemies are turning up the heat because she was having a mini-meltdown.
x Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I haven't asked for one thing for myself and I'm the only Republican that has zero committees...I find out it's my Freedom Caucus colleagues and my supposed friends that went and did that and they asked nothing for me...I am furious." pic.twitter.com/BdOYci0LwZ — CSPAN (@cspan) January 3, 2023
x Very tense behind closed doors now. McCarthy is teeing off on his opponents and saying they don’t know how to get to yes. He is signaling he is done negotiating. A McCarthy ally, Mike Rogers, says members who oppose McCarthy could lose committee assignments. Chip Roy pushing back — Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 3, 2023
Rep. Robin Kelly showed up with even more popcorn! Democrats come prepared.
x I’ve got my popcorn ready. 🍿 pic.twitter.com/UKmWhMabbO — Robin Kelly (@RepRobinKelly) January 3, 2023
They don’t have a House speaker yet, but Republicans did start making immediate changes, beginning with an order to remove the metal detectors leading to the House floor.
x Now that GOPers are running the House, the metal detectors put in place to enter the House chamber after the riot have been removed pic.twitter.com/njI24QHyUx — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2023
Guess they aren’t so worried about crime after all.
Meanwhile, over on Fox News:
x CNN: live coverage of House Speaker vote
MSNBC: live coverage of House Speaker vote
FOX NEWS: pic.twitter.com/hGA8XA9ETF — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 3, 2023
Stay tuned for more drama from the hallways of Congress! We’ve got a long day ahead of us
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