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Fury Road Caucus settles RWNJ scores with Charlie's cousin Kevin McCarthy to make Trump Speaker? [1]

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Date: 2023-01-05

A lobster-screaming stunt show worthy of Evel Knievel at a county fair that John Birch might attend on a date with Chuck Koch. It is cynically amusing for the GOP Rebels in the House doing rotating nominations. There’s some form of stunt balloting to promote back-benchers like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) because he surely is the most Black alternative to Minority Leader Hakkim Jeffries. The neverKevinists know the GOP would never actually abide an African-American Speaker.

OTOH perhaps they want a definitive end to the Second Reconstruction in what McCarthy is ultimate seeking in a half-dozen “present” votes that would affirm his speakership.

And then finally, as expected Gaetz invoked Previous Guy. As ludicrous as making Trump Speaker in name (mainly) with McCarthy being vice-speaker (sic), it could spare Trump the continuing indignity of actually learning how government works, plus making his 2024 defeat more inevitable with every screw-up and stunt.

The 118th Congress will take more ballots to choose a Speaker than any House since the Civil War.

x A normally restrained and reliably conservative member from a red state tells me: "We're frustrated as hell. This should not be mistaken for overwhelming love for Kevin, but we can't cave into demands from people who have no interest in governing or any clue how to do it." — Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) January 5, 2023

x .@RepMattGaetz votes for former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House. #118thCongress pic.twitter.com/VCQgi0bgLA — CSPAN (@cspan) January 5, 2023

x Donald Trump received one vote to be the next speaker of the House on the seventh and eighth ballots Thursday afternoon, in what appears to be a stunt against Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid—but Trump is eligible to lead the lower chamber, even if he’s unlikely to take up the offer. pic.twitter.com/Gc9ekSh4au — Forbes (@Forbes) January 5, 2023

A new bill introduced on Monday by Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) would allow only an elected House member to serve as Speaker after former President Trump called the suggestion that he seek the gavel “so interesting.” The Constitution does not directly state that the House Speaker must be a member of the chamber, but to date, the role has never been filled by an outsider. Boyle argued that the statute should be made clear, even if electing someone outside of Congress to serve as Speaker remains a long shot. His bill, titled the Mandating That Being an Elected Member Be an Essential Requirement for Speakership Act, would explicitly limit eligibility to current House lawmakers. “The Speaker of the U.S. House is second in the United States presidential line of succession. That Donald Trump’s name would even be tossed around as a potential speaker in the people’s house, should serve as an alarm bell that our current requirements need to be amended in the name of protecting our nation and our democracy,” Boyle said in a statement. While all Speakers in U.S. history have been incumbent members of the House, any lawmaker can nominate whomever they wish during the roll call at the start of each session of Congress to elect the chamber’s top-ranking leader. thehill.com/... x …Does Matt Gaetz think forcing Trump to publicly lose another election by a landslide is going to make Trump like him *more*? https://t.co/yU6XAUto2L — Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) January 5, 2023

x Join #TheMaryTrumpShow emergency session with the #NerdAvengers while the House starts its NINTH vote for Speaker.



LIVE now!https://t.co/0PxaYi7yKC — Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) January 5, 2023

x I know it's fun to watch McCarthy squirm for a few days, but this all likely ends up with McCarthy or Scalise as Speaker, and Gaetz and Boebert getting most of what they want.



Meanwhile, Jay Jacobs remains unchallenged as New York State Dem Chair.



Something to think about. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) January 5, 2023

x Counterpoint: you’re not a Republican congressman https://t.co/LWaVuyWUPy — Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 5, 2023

x Don Bacon on Fox News floats the idea of forgetting about the 20 anti-McCarthy House Republicans and negotiating with Democrats to elect a House Speaker pic.twitter.com/IfOOrTM4NC — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 5, 2023

x Kevin can not get it up. “McCarthy's conservative critics say he can't be trusted to lead the House GOP, and have largely thrown their support behind Rep. Byron Donalds from Florida” https://t.co/wNACq1E29Q — Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) January 5, 2023

x Another vote for Speaker!?? In the words of Nicole Wallace: "How long you going to let the lobster scream?" — Dakota Bob (@robertb857) January 4, 2023

x Hello, Mr. Not Allowed To Say Anything Negative About Trump On The Air Man,



There were once again 21 Republican votes not for McCarthy. Just like yesterday.



Please, what should we journalists be looking for next? https://t.co/w9dDcC4kHJ — S.V. Dáte (@svdate) January 5, 2023

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