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Day 4/5: McCarthy gets it after 15 votes


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Fiesta, baila, Quinceñera! 
 
After wh0ring himself out to 20 holdouts, the government hooker chanteuse Kevin McCarthy finally secured the Speakership on the FIFTEENTH vote.
 
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SpadesToStart

Dems should offer committee chairs to six moderate republicans to pick up the 6 votes they need for Hakeem as Speaker :ladyhaha:

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LateToCult
2 minutes ago, SpadesToStart said:

Dems should give committee chairs to six moderate republicans in exchange for the Speakership

It’s honestly a gamble to lay in bed with Republicans. They hold a majority and have every intention of making the next two years chaos to boost the Republican nominee. It becomes a question of whether it’s worth having a Democrat be the face of the dysfunctional 118th Congress.

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PartySick
4 minutes ago, SpadesToStart said:

Dems should offer committee chairs to six moderate republicans to pick up the 6 votes they need for Hakeem as Speaker :ladyhaha:

Imagine Republicans gaining a plurality in congress but the speaker being a democrat 'cause they couldn't work together with themselves. How embarrassing for them :rip:

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PartySick
9 minutes ago, LateToCult said:

It’s honestly a gamble to lay in bed with Republicans. They hold a majority and have every intention of making the next two years chaos to boost the Republican nominee. It becomes a question of whether it’s worth having a Democrat be the face of the dysfunctional 118th Congress.

On the other hand, if they sway enough moderate Republicans who are already showing they're more than ready to split with the psychos, then Jeffries ends up being an effective speaker despite his party not having a plurality, that makes Democrats look ridiculously strong.

It's a gamble but they need, what? 6 Republicans to defect further and side with the Dems? I'm sure there's at least 6 that would be reasonable allies in congress.

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5 minutes ago, PartySick said:

On the other hand, if they sway enough moderate Republicans who are already showing they're more than ready to split with the psychos, then Jeffries ends up being an effective speaker despite his party not having a plurality, that makes Democrats look ridiculously strong.

It's a gamble but they need, what? 6 Republicans to defect further and side with the Dems? I'm sure there's at least 6 that would be reasonable allies in congress.

I think it would be very difficult. IMO the moment they hit 2 or 3 Republican “Jeffries” or “presents” the holdouts could then fall in line with McCarthy and the defectors automatically become targets in the next election cycle. Can they find 6 Republicans willing to do that? Maybe. Who knows tbh

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PartySick
3 minutes ago, LateToCult said:

I think it would be very difficult. IMO the moment they hit 2 or 3 Republican “Jeffries” or “presents” the holdouts could then fall in line with McCarthy and the defectors automatically become targets in the next election cycle. Can they find 6 Republicans willing to do that? Maybe. Who knows tbh

Either that or 10 Republicans have to switch their votes to "present" to lower the threshold :vegas:

Either way, I don't think there's a way Republicans come out of this looking good :laughga:

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LateToCult

Y’all come look at this. :air:

“I am fvcking crazy. But I am free.”

- George Santos 

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PartySick
26 minutes ago, LateToCult said:

Y’all come look at this. :air:

“I am fvcking crazy. But I am free.”

- George Santos 

Sad :smh:

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why do Democrats not make use of the situation and offer their vote for McCarthy under the condition to have Moderate Republicans's vote for other bills in the future? 

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5 minutes ago, chromaticainmyhead said:

why do Democrats not make use of the situation and offer their vote for McCarthy under the condition to have Moderate Republicans's vote for other bills in the future? 

Because Republicans operate on bad faith and would never even consider upholding that bargain

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LateToCult
5 minutes ago, chromaticainmyhead said:

why do Democrats not make use of the situation and offer their vote for McCarthy under the condition to have Moderate Republicans's vote for other bills in the future? 

Probably because this man had weeks to get his votes in line and couldn’t even do that. He’s too incompetent to secure votes in the future and untrustworthy. Let him be embarrassed. Won’t really change the outcome of the next 2 years.

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9 minutes ago, chromaticainmyhead said:

why do Democrats not make use of the situation and offer their vote for McCarthy under the condition to have Moderate Republicans's vote for other bills in the future? 

Because you can never trust a republican 

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