Current Events > Matt Gaetz to attempt to oust Speaker McCarthy this week

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TheHoldSteady
10/01/23 10:56:00 AM
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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/01/politics/house-republicans-infighting-matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-shutdown/index.html

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brestugo
10/01/23 10:59:24 AM
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He's been rumbling about it about 2 weeks. I guess now is as bad a time as any.

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ThePieReborn
10/01/23 11:05:09 AM
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Who even would have the political clout to get the approval of that rainbow-colored spectrum of insanity?

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davyheinz
10/01/23 11:08:12 AM
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They are fucked no matter what.

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itachi15243
10/01/23 11:08:34 AM
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ThePieReborn posted...
Who even would have the political clout to get the approval of that rainbow-colored spectrum of insanity?

I assume Gaetz is tossing his hat into the ring if he's going to force a vote on it? Either way, I'm sure the result will be hilarious.

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variasuite
10/01/23 11:09:36 AM
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You just love to see them fight.

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10/03/23 9:01:43 AM
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CableZL
10/03/23 11:22:14 AM
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https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1709222592891040161

Kevin McCarthy actually says he expects to be removed. Chaos.

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ironman2009
10/03/23 11:23:15 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/2/7/AAfD0ZAAEj4H.jpg

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TonyKojima
10/03/23 11:23:23 AM
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Democrats need to just sit back and let everything happen. Don't save anyone.

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CableZL
10/03/23 11:24:22 AM
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Without a speaker, the House of Representatives can't do anything except vote to elect another speaker. So I guess we should expect another dozen speaker votes at the very least.

I don't know if they do or don't have another candidate who could get a majority of votes.

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mystic_belmont
10/03/23 11:26:40 AM
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He'll lose his speakership, only for it to go through 20 votes, only for him to become Speaker again.

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RchHomieQuanChi
10/03/23 11:28:18 AM
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CableZL posted...
https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1709222592891040161

Kevin McCarthy actually says he expects to be removed. Chaos.

This is fucking hilarious.

The GOP traded what little soul it had left to the MAGA Republicans for power, only for it to blow up in their faces spectacularly. Now they can't get rid of the rot.

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CableZL
10/03/23 11:32:46 AM
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mystic_belmont posted...
He'll lose his speakership, only for it to go through 20 votes, only for him to become Speaker again.

20 is too many for Matt Gaetz

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CableZL
10/03/23 11:48:33 AM
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https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1709227128565195159

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CableZL
10/03/23 11:49:17 AM
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I feel like there are too many historical events going on in the country at once.

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Shadow_Don
10/03/23 11:50:54 AM
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CableZL posted...
https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1709222592891040161

Kevin McCarthy actually says he expects to be removed. Chaos.

Holy fuck. Uncharted territory.

Republicans will burn the country to the ground if we keep tolerating these assholes.

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King_Rial
10/03/23 11:51:05 AM
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CableZL posted...
I feel like there are too many historical events going on in the country at once.
What a time to be alive.

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SimulationSwarm
10/03/23 11:52:10 AM
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CableZL posted...
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1709227128565195159
Get. His. Ass. Drag him to hell

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RchHomieQuanChi
10/03/23 11:52:27 AM
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Yeah, we're reaching a serious turning point in American politics.

This could either go well, or it could go extremely poorly

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Bandit_Keith
10/03/23 11:55:02 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

The Dems still don't have the votes to outright take the Speakership role. Someone worse can take his spot.

Hopefully that doesn't happen. He still needs to go.

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Shadow_Don
10/03/23 11:55:28 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


A year long government shutdown would wreck the country

Or we get an unhinged maga freak as speaker

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Tanthalas
10/03/23 11:55:41 AM
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Lol, this is actually going to happen? I thought Gaetzs motion was just performance bullshit with no chance of actually happening.

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darkace77450
10/03/23 11:57:22 AM
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CableZL posted...
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1709227128565195159

He handed Tucker Carlson hundreds of hours of the January 6 insurrection on the promise that he'd made it available to other outlets later. Fuck him.
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Starks
10/03/23 11:57:49 AM
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Assuming McCarthy gets the boot, he's going to want to get back in using an extensive power sharing agreement with the Dems.

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RchHomieQuanChi
10/03/23 11:58:06 AM
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Tanthalas posted...
Lol, this is actually going to happen? I thought Gaetzs motion was just performance bullshit with no chance of actually happening.

Kevin McCarthy has somehow managed to piss off both MAGA Republicans by not being extreme enough, and House Democrats by bending over backwards to the MAGA Republicans.

The absolute worst thing you could be in our current political climate is a "moderate" Republican.

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BewmHedshot
10/03/23 12:00:01 PM
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Tanthalas posted...
Lol, this is actually going to happen? I thought Gaetzs motion was just performance bullshit with no chance of actually happening.
CSPAN has a broadcast scheduled for noon eastern that says "House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to bring up a motion to vacate the chair filed Monday by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)."
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Sry4PartyRockin
10/03/23 12:01:38 PM
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Im torn.

On the one hand, the entire world can see how dysfunctional House Republicans are (though fortunately for them the conservative propaganda machine will pin any issues on Dems anyway).

On the other hand, the entire point of the this, according to Gaetz, is to get some even more unhinged MAGA chode in the Speaker role.
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UnsteadyOwl
10/03/23 12:05:59 PM
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Last time it took 15 rounds of voting before a Speaker was elected. Can they beat that record this time?

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noisetank
10/03/23 12:07:27 PM
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https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/1709231468348633540?s=20

ruh roh

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Jagr_68
10/03/23 12:11:45 PM
#34:


CableZL posted...
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1709227128565195159

Feels like this
https://youtu.be/Sk0n5uozwcI?si=zPJdf9VOxVBfQ70p

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RchHomieQuanChi
10/03/23 12:12:12 PM
#35:


These fuckers better not save McCarthy without getting a SWEET deal out of it...

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darkace77450
10/03/23 12:15:48 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
These fuckers better not save McCarthy without getting a SWEET deal out of it...

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1709188645783998623
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brestugo
10/03/23 12:19:16 PM
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Now that would be something.

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RchHomieQuanChi
10/03/23 12:21:06 PM
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darkace77450 posted...
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1709188645783998623

Well, seems like he's sealed his fate

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Ruvan22
10/03/23 12:21:13 PM
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CableZL posted...
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1709227128565195159

This means they won't submit votes at all, correct? Thus the choice of removing the speaker is up to just the Republican votes?
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BewmHedshot
10/03/23 12:21:48 PM
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brestugo posted...
Now that would be something.
It's also impossible, you need an actual majority to be elected Speaker, a plurality doesn't win or else Jeffries would've been speaker after the first vote.
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TomClark
10/03/23 12:23:22 PM
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Father_
10/03/23 12:24:14 PM
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You are now tracking this topic.

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CableZL
10/03/23 12:24:18 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
This means they won't submit votes at all, correct? Thus the choice of removing the speaker is up to just the Republican votes?

It means they'll vote to remove him.

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solosnake
10/03/23 12:25:16 PM
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Isnt Gaetz under investigation for some inappropriate relationship or something?

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CyborgSage00x0
10/03/23 12:25:55 PM
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A faction of the GOP is actually also threatening to EXPEL Gaetz, should his investigation come back showing he committed crimes (he did).

Let them fight.

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BewmHedshot
10/03/23 12:27:24 PM
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solosnake posted...
Isnt Gaetz under investigation for some inappropriate relationship or something?
His "wingman" is currently serving 12 years in federal prison for sex trafficking minors, but somehow Gaetz didn't get charged...
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Strider102
10/03/23 12:31:13 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/live/07lAKq91IBA?si=8uSlfyxftS-bewxu

Republicans getting slammed right now


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TheGoldenEel
10/03/23 12:31:27 PM
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whats it like, 5 republicans that have to defect to get a dem elected speaker?

in that unlikely scenario, couldnt someone just keep calling for a vote to vacate again? Or would the rules on that go back to the way they previously were

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