Speaker of the House for 118th US Congress

[devil21]

I didn't forget that, because it didn't happen.

In 2022 Trump endorsed a total of 495 candidates.

241 he endorsed in the primaries. 94 percent won.

254 he endorsed in the general election. 83 percent won.

This is the point I was making to 69360.

Love him or hate him, you cannot address whatever issue you have with him by just making shit up.

ETA - And you won't get very far calling them Trumpkins or Trump-humpers or whatever other insult you want to throw at them that you picked up from the Marxist media organs.

The fact of the matter is that the majority of people at a Trump rally, politically, want the same thing all of us here want.

Save your insults for the demons of the Marxist left who really are on a campaign to bring about a new dark age of death.

And are currently way ahead in the game.

Fair enough on the raw statistics but if you look at a random sampling of the "wins" at the link you'll see that very few of them were in closely contested races. Endorsing a Republican in a R+25 district in a general election or is already polling at 70% in the primary isn't going to make or break a Republican candidate's campaign. Nor is it a risk to endorse incumbents. I should have been more specific that his endorsements didn't equate to wins in contested races in most cases.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Look at the trend. Trump's numbers are falling fast there is no denying it. DeSantis will lead all the polls soon.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/e..._republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html

Maybe he will, I hope that he does.

But the fact is that Trump is still almost 20 points ahead of everybody else, that makes him still relevant and his supporters as well.

 

[Anti Federalist]

 

[Cleaner44]

You spouted yet another ridiculous 3d chess theory about Trump, I told you the truth is nobody cares about him, he is quickly becoming irrelevent.

You are wrong again. Trump voters have a long history of disagreeing with him. Trump voters aren't just cult members that do whatever Trump tells them to. Trump gets support when he taps into the frustrations that voters care about. Trump gets told to fuck off when goes against those same voters.

Its funny to me how some people want Republicans to act just like Democrats and do what they are told.

On the left, AOC and others pretended they were going to stand up to Pelosi, only to fall in line and do what they were told to do.

On the right, we see 20 Congressmen standing strong against the GOP establishment regardless of the coordinated efforts by McCarthy, Trump, the MSM, Hannity, the NY Times, etc.

All McCarthy needs to do is make a deal with the 20 conservatives and yet he refuses and fails. Not impressive leadership.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

I didn't forget that, because it didn't happen.

In 2022 Trump endorsed a total of 495 candidates.

241 he endorsed in the primaries. 94 percent won.

254 he endorsed in the general election. 83 percent won.

This is the point I was making to 69360.

Love him or hate him, you cannot address whatever issue you have with him by just making $#@! up.

ETA - And you won't get very far calling them Trumpkins or Trump-humpers or whatever other insult you want to throw at them that you picked up from the Marxist media organs.

The fact of the matter is that the majority of people at a Trump rally, politically, want the same thing all of us here want.

Save your insults for the demons of the Marxist left who really are on a campaign to bring about a new dark age of death.

And are currently way ahead in the game.

Trump supporters apparently want what Trump doesn't want, which is to say a speaker other than Kevin McCarthy. I think that is the broader issue at hand.

 

[Voluntarist]

Meanwhile, in Ohio, ‘Moderate’ Republican Jason Stephens snatches Ohio House Speaker position in surprise upset. Could never happen in the US House of Representatives though.

Moderately conservative Republican Jason Stephens, with the help of the Democratic Party, snatched the coveted Ohio House Speaker job Tuesday from a far-right lawmaker who was already elected speaker in a non-official party vote.

In the surprise upset, Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, who is allegedly pledging to stop far-right policies and act as a full moderate, is chosen as one of the most significant and influential leaders in the state.

“I pledge to respect and to work with each and every one of you,” Stephens said in his acceptance speech.

But just a few weeks ago the GOP had another candidate in mind.

“Our caucus actually met three weeks ago and unanimously selected him,” Rep. James Hoops, R-Napoleon, said of state Rep. Derek Merrin.

Back in December, the GOP caucus voted for Merrin to be speaker, a surprise to his two other challengers – one of whom was Stephens.

Stephens decided to fight, and he fought in collaboration with the Democrats.

“They needed our votes and we took the opportunity to make sure that we were going to be working with the speaker who we felt at the end of the day would work with us on the issues we could agree on,” Democratic Minority Leader​ Allison Russo said.

 

[Cleaner44]

Trump supporters apparently want what Trump doesn't want, which is to say a speaker other than Kevin McCarthy. I think that is the broader issue at hand.

All that matters is what the 20 holdouts want, whether they are Trump supporters or not. Kevin McCarthy could win this vote if he would make a deal with the 20, but he is too stubborn to do so.

McCarthy is failing to communicate with the 20 holdouts, so you get the same failed votes over and over and over again.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

I have no doubt that McCarthy could get the votes to win if he were a better negotiator.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Meanwhile, in Ohio, ‘Moderate’ Republican Jason Stephens snatches Ohio House Speaker position in surprise upset. Could never happen in the US House of Representatives though.

Theoretically, Liz Cheney could easily become Speaker of the House. She would get enough support from the establishment of both parties to win, if they decided they needed to do that.

 

[Valli6]

RE: Massie's Vote for House Speaker explained

(I already posted this podcast in Massie's own forum, but maybe it belongs here?)

He remembers all the tricks he's seen them use in the past. The man is always thinking!
(Also some comments about Ray Epps and the J6 committee towards the end.)

The Tom Roten Morning Show
Thomas Massie: Speaker race is good. "We're supposed to debate"
January 5, 2023 • 25 min
US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) discusses the historic effort to elect a new Speaker in the GOP-led House.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...speaker-race-is-good-106858319/?autoplay=true

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Bob Good for Congress 2h ·

Today, I will be working with my Republican colleagues to elect the best conservative Speaker to lead our conference in doing the things voters across America elected us to do back on November 8. That will not be Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
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https://twitter.com/RepBobGood/status/1611084771136008192

 

[ClaytonB]

I think we found the circus...

(NSFW)

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

Give it up Kevin McCarthy. You have been rejected 10 times. Let it go.

McCarthy appears to suffer a historic defeat in 10th speaker ballot
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-leadership-vote-01-05-23/index.html

 

[acptulsa]

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1611084168301010960

 

[spudea]

i contacted my congress person Beth Van Duyne and spoke to a staffer and told her to stop voting for Kevin McCarthy, stop supporting him and move on to someone else.

 

[Anti Globalist]

McCarthy might want to start using Dominion voting machines. Maybe then he'll finally get the votes he's looking for.

 

[Anti Globalist]

Surprised not a single person in Congress casted a vote for Trump as Speaker.

Looks like Gaetz kept his promise and did just that.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Meanwhile, in Ohio, ‘Moderate’ Republican Jason Stephens snatches Ohio House Speaker position in surprise upset. Could never happen in the US House of Representatives though.

A nice win for the ruling class.

What the fuck is a "moderate" Republican these days anyway?

No drag queeer grooming events on Sunday?

No infanticide unless the infant has milk and cookies first?

We'll send Ukraine $100 billion, but we'll do it in $20 billion increments?

We're in a fight for our fucking lives against a genocidal Marxist mob of revolutionary Bolsheviks, and these assholes are talking about "moderates".

 

[ClaytonB]

A nice win for the ruling class.

What the $#@! is a "moderate" Republican these days anyway?

No drag queeer grooming events on Sunday?

No infanticide unless the infant has milk and cookies first?

We'll send Ukraine $100 billion, but we'll do it in $20 billion increments?

We're in a fight for our $#@!ing lives against a genocidal Marxist mob of revolutionary Bolsheviks, and these $#@!s are talking about "moderates".

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again

"Moderate Republican" in 2023 means "hardline globalist depopulation Marxist, but gradually and with lots of oil and MIC subsidies along the way"

 

[ClaytonB]

 

[nobody's_hero]

A nice win for the ruling class.

What the $#@! is a "moderate" Republican these days anyway?

No drag queeer grooming events on Sunday?

No infanticide unless the infant has milk and cookies first?

We'll send Ukraine $100 billion, but we'll do it in $20 billion increments?

We're in a fight for our $#@!ing lives against a genocidal Marxist mob of revolutionary Bolsheviks, and these $#@!s are talking about "moderates".

Moderate republican these days just means someone who is too cowardly to take a position and hold firm on it.

I have an aunt who supported Romney for the nomination in 2012 because "he had nice hair". That's about all the moderate republicans have to offer. They exist only to sit there and look pretty.