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Simmering tensions among House Republicans flared anew over the weekend, following a New York Times report that detailed how Kevin McCarthys (R., Calif.) bitterly contested speakership battle has undermined his confidence in colleagues.
While it took McCarthy a historic 15 ballots to secure the position through Januarys chaos and infighting, the speaker reportedly remains particularly frustrated by certain Republicans including Jodey Arrington (R., Texas) and Steve Scalise (R., La.), the budget committee chairman and House majority leader, respectively.
Mr. McCarthy has told colleagues he has no confidence in Mr. Arrington, the man responsible for delivering a budget framework laying out the spending cuts that Republicans have said they will demand in exchange for any move to increase the debt limit, Jonathan Swan and Annie Karni wrote in the Times. McCarthy still regards Arrington, who sought to nominate Scalise during the speakership balloting, as incompetent, according to more than half a dozen people familiar with this his thinking, the Times revealed.
The leaks, in turn, appear only to have further chilled relations between McCarthy and some members of the conference.
The members Ive spoken with are just stunned by his rebuking of his budget chair, and certainly of our leadership, an unnamed House Republican told Axios on Saturday. The representative expressed doubts McCarthy will serve the full extent of his speakership term.
I cant imagine.
https://news.yahoo.com/stunned-house-republicans-blast-mccarthy-151335031.html
Things seem to be going as well as expected...
Me.
(35,454 posts)Turbineguy
(37,504 posts)you can't expect them to fuck-up in a limited way, like things you want fucked up. And not things you don't want fucked up.
pandr32
(11,694 posts)Hekate
(91,452 posts)Cha
(298,865 posts)stopdiggin
(11,534 posts)people within his own camp are (actively) stabbing him in the back. No question but this is deliberate political knee-capping.
(either that or there's a massive amount of liquor on board .. and far too much 'happy hour' .. )
FSogol
(45,667 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(25,082 posts)But their voters liked their agenda,,,,gaslight Democrats. Except, they are in control of the House and they need to deliver a budget....a budget that most Americans have no interest in. What to do? Implode!
maxsolomon
(33,549 posts)The Executive Branch proposes a budget, the Congress passes it, right?
They're not going to put their outline out for public consumption; they'll just snipe at Biden's. Much easier that way.
MyOwnPeace
(16,980 posts)that has worked for the past 20 years or so - blame EVERYTHING on the Dems - they either have to 'provide' a budget (which they will shut down) OR, fail to provide one (if it is 'their turn') and claim the Dems would never pass it.
AND THE FOOLS (Yeah, you MAGAts!) believe it every time - and too many chicken-shit Dems fold because they don't have the balls to stand up and say: "BULLSHIT!!!!!!"
OK - OK - I know - 'DON'T BASH DEMS!' But I'm thinking that if they were 'real' Dems they'd step up and do the right thing!
sheshe2
(84,311 posts)ananda
(28,981 posts)Munch munch
sheshe2
(84,311 posts)machoneman
(4,031 posts)republianmushroom
(14,383 posts)ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)Because Arrington is mud level stupid.
What's amusing is that McCarthy is also stupid, but not so stupid as to trust what Arrington will let loose, and he certainly suspects it won't turn out well. Which indicates a bit of glimmer of a light behind those dead eyes of his.
I'm almost afraid to think that Kev might be the smartest of the very stupid people in Congress.
Is that an example of damning with faint praise?
MayReasonRule
(1,463 posts)I classify "Damning with faint praise" as a categorical subset of "Classic English Understatements".
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Upthevibe
(8,166 posts)How will democrats ever recover from this ? Chuck Todd.
machoneman
(4,031 posts)3-2-1. Mope!
ShazzieB
(16,851 posts)I suspect the latter, but I can't tell for sure. Poe's law strikes again!
BOSSHOG
(37,293 posts)And calls another radical right wing maga moron incompetent. Theres gotta be a joke there somewhere.
When will the lunatics discover they are much happier in the minority? There they have no responsibility and they havent had the competence to lead, govern and manage money since I was a young sailor unconcerned with health care and a pension.
Pinback
(12,193 posts)BOSSHOG
(37,293 posts)Pinback
(12,193 posts)Anything healthy and natural is anathema to these freaks.
EarthFirst
(2,915 posts)NNadir
(33,626 posts)hay rick
(7,747 posts)The willingness to follow orders is an essential part of the desired employee profile. Competence, not so much.
Takket
(21,849 posts)pleased with all the bills rethugs have passed to combat those issues?
newdayneeded
(1,971 posts)they hate blacks, gays, and trans. That's all the cult fans care about.
CanonRay
(14,232 posts)with Gym Jordan and MTG telling McCarthy what to do and how to act I'm just sitting here in my front room clapping my hands loudly, making unlady-like noises and my Husband can make a whistle sound denigrating (so cool). McCarthy should be on the midnight train to nowhere soon
Zilli
(199 posts)the next person to occupy this leadership role could likely be "The Shrieker of the House" "Marginal Traitor Greene", the most powerful Qpublican in her klan. The thought of this possibility is nauseating.
Thank you to whoever I swiped these great titles, for the awful individual, from.
stopdiggin
(11,534 posts)incompetent at the job that her predecessor ... Which would lead to more political circus - (pleasing the media - but not great many else, including the GOP - base or otherwise)
machoneman
(4,031 posts)My god how stupid are these MAGAT House republicans? As deep as the ocean, as high as space, as thick...as a brick!
LymphocyteLover
(5,706 posts)destroy the US economy. They need to raise the debt ceiling in the next 2 months and it's not clear they will be able to get their act together. Some of these psychos even WANT to crash the economy.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Maybe we need to do a whole bunch of tests on House Republicans for brain damage.
Renew Deal
(81,947 posts)Hes the perfect example of failing upwards. Hes a political flunky. But I'm not convinced they have better alternatives.
TeamProg
(6,559 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,631 posts)Never interrupt your enemy when they're make a mistake.
Just sit back and enjoy the shit show.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)scurry for the shadows if they wanted to. And no doubt they do.
live love laugh
(13,331 posts)ShazzieB
(16,851 posts)He looks positively sane compared to done of the other nutjobs in the GOP caucus.
niyad
(114,555 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,442 posts)I guess one good thing about this pathetic state of disrepair by republicans and their efforts to literally do anything, is that they are showing all of America just how idiotic they truly are. Makes me wonder if they're all still listening to tRUMP and his idiotic mutterings, and continuing to block anything constructive, decent, etc. by the Biden administration.
More than likely they still are and continuing to fail to address serious issues that the Country faces. Republicans would rather perform 'gotcha' meetings and bowing down and kissing tRUMP's fungus-riddled feet.
Ligyron
(7,681 posts)The ran to complain just like their idiot voters.
Well, that and hopefully get famous, which apparently is easy ... all you have to do is shout and yell and do outrageous things like Marginal Traitor Green, (so brilliantly named there).
Wounded Bear
(58,916 posts)Running the House with a repub majority is like herding rabid, drug addled cats that haven't eaten in several days.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)"the look" her own kids knew well when they cheered during the impeachment vote. She was a strong leader because, above all, she inspired strong respect and trust. And she always knew where all 235 were.
Wounded Bear
(58,916 posts)WheelWalker
(8,973 posts)stage left
(2,973 posts)needs to do a parody of Les Miserables "Master of the House" called Speaker of the House. That would be hilarious.
housecat
(3,122 posts)Ramsey Barner
(353 posts)Paper Roses
(7,483 posts)stage left
(2,973 posts)I missed that one. Hilarious!
Warpy
(111,663 posts)if he can see that his power is over the Klown Kongress and it's tenuous, at best.
Of course he's got little faith in the GOP leadership when it's Jordan, Greene, Boebert, Gosar, Biggs, Boggs, and the rest of the red nose orange wig squad.
I wouldn't change places with him for anything.
lindysalsagal
(20,937 posts)But I suspect some florida house seats are going to turn blue in the future.