BREAKING: Dan Bishop plans to challenge Kevin McCarthy's Speakership.....

[brooklynite]

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[Takket]

1. Does that require just a gop member vote

Or would democrats be voting as well?

I’d imagine democrats would stick with McCarthy which would make it impossible to remove him.

[brooklynite]

4. This is a House rule; all members vote.

[Zambero]

2. Dems to the rescue?

I'm speculating that Biden assured McCarthy that his position as Speaker would be able to withstand a far-right revolt. We shall see.

[honest.abe]

6. Agreed.

[agingdem]

17. Dems are going to save McCarthy's ass

and every time a Freedom/MAGA monster calls for a vote to oust Kev, the Dems will be there to save him...can't think of a more tailor-made revenge than for the Dems to shove dear Speaker down Gaetz/Boebert/Perry/Roy/Norman/Bishop's collective throats over and over again..

[Buckeyeblue]

22. I thought that was probably part of any deal

Democrats don't even have to vote...they can just leave the room and lower the threshold McCarthy had to get to keep being Speaker.

[Zambero]

25. That type of move could be interpreted as "de facto" support

"We really still don't like him much, but he's far better than what the alternative would be". As long as Kevin doesn't have his precious gavel yanked away, he'll still owe Joe one. Which would infuriate the F.C. all the more. So be it.

[Buckeyeblue]

29. I think it's the only way we can offer "support"

If a bunch of Democratic congress people voted for McCarthy it would make things tougher on him with the facist crowd. But Democrats saying, "who cares, you figure it out" probably can't be held against him.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Good good.

[underpants]

9. LOL

I love this one too

[Cha]

28. lol.. that's not Enough..

[honest.abe]

5. Democrats will save him.

I’m sure that was part of the negotiations with Buden.

[Botany]

7. Surprise Surprise Surprise Dan Bishop is a member of the House Free Dumb Caucus

n/t

[Firestorm49]

8. More damn chaos from the party of Lincoln. One can only hope that they are successful in their

quest to completely destroy the pathetic image of their party.

[underpants]

10. Before or after the debt ceiling vote?

This could just be a stalling tactic.

[gratuitous]

11. That limb you're sawing off, Rep. Bishop

You should realize that you're cutting between where you're sitting and the tree trunk. That means . . . Ah fuck it, you're too stupid to figure it out. Please proceed.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Quintessential American Prig

Cannot unsee him

[edhopper]

13. Why should the Dems rescue McCarthy

Bishop will never get the 50% +1 to win, let them run around in disarray while they can't pick a leader for a while.
Then get BIG concessions from McCarthy to vote for him.

[edhopper]

18. As I said

Bishop has zero chance of getting 218 votes. Let them squirm.
Make McCarthy beg

[jcgoldie]

19. agree fuck McCarthy

Gop wants to eat each other you let them.

[Tom Rinaldo]

32. For one thing it woud drive Republicans crazy if it took Democratc help

to elect the speaker of "their" House. They would be at each other's throats for months. The aftermath from the resulting Civil War in their ranks might even free some less crazy G.O.P. members to occasionally work on some legitimately bipartisan legislation

[edhopper]

33. That is why they should wait

until they get a lot of concessions from him.

[Mike Nelson]

14. Ha-Ha!

... "I always work with others" but only if they agree with me all the time.

[Initech]

16. Let them duke it out Black Panther style.

[EarlG]

20. Or... Dems might not save McCarthy

Motion to vacate only needs a simple majority in the House. If every Dem voted against McCarthy, how many GOP votes would Bishop need to get in order to topple him? Not many right?

If McCarthy is booted, the nation gets to watch ANOTHER painful Republican leadership contest. There's no reason to believe that another contest would be any more pleasant than the first.

Shades of the UK Tories here, with their multiple leadership contests within a couple months of each other. That party infighting made them look foolish and incompetent, and it's done them no favors with the public, who are predicted to hand them a beating at the next election.

[Cha]

30. Or If like some DUers are posting..

a deal was cut to save Kev's job if he compromised as much as he did with Pres Biden.. Dems would have to follow through.



I've read it was a good deal for Dems.. I just want it to be Over in Spite of the Putin Caucus and any Purity complainers.

It's Millions of People's Lives they're Messing with and Blowing up our Economy and the World's from what I've read.

Which is exactly what "Anything But Free Caucus" wants as we know.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. "There's going to be a reckoning about what just occurred."

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[Cha]

31. Fuck you Cow Chips.

[GreenWave]

23. Dems should demand a censure vote against Bishop as his "reward" for trying to sabotage the economy

[Midnight Writer]

24. I'm surprised this hasn't happened earlier. In fact, I'm surprised it doesn't happen every day.

The Inquisition-like demand for conservative purity from the wing-nut Right is not known for restraint.

Any deviation from whatever the Right Wing Hate Talkers decide is "Doctrine For The Day" is considered heresy.

[mcar]

26. Aww, you hate to see it

[Trueblue1968]

27. ha ha ha ha ..... WHAT A MAROON !!!!!!!!!!!!! (BUGS BUNNY REMARK)

[lindysalsagal]

34. When? Before or after the default and global economic collapse?

[BlackSkimmer]

35. Republicans in disarray! Gotta love it!