Here we go again: Mags calls for new speaker vote in House

I'm not sure keeping Republicans in power helps that aim either

 

MTG has to take the mike and call for his ouster. Otherwise, she is just performing political theater.

 

Agreed. If he's playing ball, keep him in power. If he refuses, throw him to the wolves.

 

Less than that actually. Without Democratic support, Republicans are about to be down to 217 members, due to 2 new resignations (Buck and Gallagher). They need 216 to pass legislation.

I actually think that Democrats should work out something with a moderate Republican for a power sharing agreement. Somebody like Fitzgerald or Bacon, who will pass the aid and stop the dumb stuff.

 

I'm surprised at myself for liking this guy. Many of these religious nut jobs are very principled.

 

House Democrats are lending the GOP speaker a hand — and they don’t mind - POLITICO

It’s also effectively put Democrats in the position of begrudging helpmates to a GOP speaker whose reign they’re eager to end in November. At times, Johnson is winning more of their votes on big bills than he is Republican ones. But many Democrats are fine with it — because they see Johnson’s dependence on them as a point of leverage that has helped them extract victories they wouldn’t have otherwise snagged.

“When we’re winning, why would we worry about them flailing?” said Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), a Progressive Caucus chair emeritus. Referring to the funding deal that’s set to pass this week, he added that “now we’re able to get this across the finish line largely intact, with very little damage, given we’re not in charge. That’s like a double win, so I’m happy.”

Saving Johnson rather than allowing Republicans to stew in their own mess — as they did last fall, when the GOP struggled to replace its fired speaker for weeks — could prove counterproductive to Democrats’ goal of taking back the House. Even so, interviews with a dozen Democratic lawmakers from all ideological corners of the caucus reinforced that for now, the party doesn’t mind the help it’s giving Johnson.

Democrats’ willingness to lend the speaker a hand may have an expiration date, however. If Johnson puts up standalone national security funding bills using the same fast-track gambit that he’s used in the past to lean on Democratic votes, which he’s told POLITICO that he is considering, he is likely to find less reliable backup across the aisle — particularly from progressives who are leery of unrestricted aid to Israel.

 

GOP is a joke rn.

 

It's weird what happens when a criminal organization needs to actually govern.

 

Are Mag's supporters in Georgia called maggots?

 

With another Republican announcing he is leaving the U.S. House in April, the Democrats may control the House before we get to November

 

We actually call them meth heads.

 

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-ne...tually-pass-psychiatric-competency-test-would

Fox News’ Trey Gowdy says no one “who could actually pass a psychiatric competency test” would want to be Republican speaker

 

Either way is pure political theater. The only question is degree.

 

Thankfully the GOP has plenty of those….