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Why SHOULDN'T Kevin McCarthy become the new House Speaker aside from his lack of mental horsepower?
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Because he doesn't yet have the numbers and they are getting fewer by the day.
Do you do any research?
You're brain dead.
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'McCarthy STILL has a weakness. What is it?
His weakness.'
(Translation: He seems to be Joe Biden's intellectual equal.)
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They are never voting in a speaker who is only in his 2nd term in the house.
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Jim Jordan needs to change his mind and push for the speaker. He is the one guy who can get more votes than McCarthy.
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There is a YouTube video by a two bit stand up wanna be comic (seriously?) alleging that because Jim Jordan was a college wrestling coach whose locker adjoined that of the college (paedophile) wrestling physician, that Jordan is guilty for not notifying the authorities of what he (the two bit comic assumes) must have known.
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He has a head start on knowing his way around the House chamber.
Charles Eugene "Chip" Roy (born August 7, 1972) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Roy took office on January 3, 2019. Before his election to Congress, he served as chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz and as first assistant attorney general of Texas.
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 21st district | |
| Chip Roy | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Lamar Smith |
| Born | Charles Eugene Roy August 7, 1972 (age 50) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Carrah Key (m. 2004 |
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Though initially Roy saw politics "as an avocation, a sort of interest, but not something I would do anytime soon, if ever",[2] his mind began to change when, while still in law school, he began working for then-Texas attorney general John Cornyn on his 2002 campaign for the United States Senate.[5][6] After the September 11 attacks, Roy reflected on his goals. "I was in law school when September 11 happened. I will always remember that moment, crystallized in my head. That had a lot to do with my commitment to public service", he has said.[7]
When Cornyn was elected and made vice chairman of the Republican Committee and the Judiciary Committee, Roy served as his staff director and senior counsel. Roy provided counsel for Cornyn and his staff on legislative issues including nominations, intellectual property, crime, civil justice reform and advising him during the immigration reform debates under the George W. Bush administration.[8][9][10] Roy worked for Cornyn until 2009.[6]
Roy returned to Texas as a special assistant in the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.[11] In 2006, Roy met Ted Cruz, then Texas Solicitor General, during a strategy session discussing the case League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, a case about redistricting that Cruz argued before the Supreme Court.[9]
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Roy resigned from his job as a special assistant U.S. attorney after six months to be a ghostwriter on then-Governor of Texas Rick Perry's 2010 book Fed Up! and work for Perry's 2012 presidential campaign.[1][8][6]The book served as a campaign agenda for Perry's campaign, and offered a range of Perry's positions, including criticism of the Social Security system as unconstitutional (calling it "a Ponzi scheme"), changing the election of U.S. senators back to state legislatures (they were made popularly elected by the Seventeenth Amendment), ending life tenure for federal judges, and repealing the 16th Amendment (which allows a federal income tax).[8] The book also denounces as "overreach" federal efforts to regulate health care, labor conditions, energy policy, and pollution.[8] In the book's acknowledgments section, Perry singled out Roy for "special recognition" for resigning his...
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Libby Emmons
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Former President Donald Trump urged members of the Freedom Caucus in the House to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, in what will be a fourth round of voting for House Speaker. "TAKE THE VICTORY AND RUN!!!" Trump said on Truth Social. Trump has consistently backed McCarthy for Speaker.
Trump made the post after other posts encouraging the GOP to gather around McCarthy and boost him into the Speakership, one of which blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who leads the GOP in the Senate.
Trump said that after the three failed votes on Tuesday, "some really good conversations took place," and that now is the "time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY..."
Speculations on the outcome of those conversations were made by Tucker Carlson on Fox News, and it's believed that McCarthy's team may be on board with some of those ideas, such as the "Release all files related to January 6 + new Jan 6 Cmte run by GOP," and putting "Thomas Massie in charge of a new Church committee."
The January 6 Committee was convened by Pelosi after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, in which Trump supporters occupied the Capitol Building for a time, causing Congress to postpone the vote to certify the 2020 election results for Joe Biden. Once the building was clear, voting continued, and Biden secured the Oval Office for himself and the Democrat Party.
That Committee held only two Republican members, after Pelosi refused to seat those members chosen by McCarthy to serve. Pelosi rejected Jim Jordan and Jim Banks, after which McCarthy and the GOP essentially boycotted the Committee. Pelosi, however, appointed two Republicans, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both of whom are not present in the 118th Congress that convened on Tuesday. Cheney lost her seat, while Kinzinger declined to seek another term in office.
The Church Committee, convened in 1975, "investigated and identified a wide range of intelligence abuses by federal agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, and National Security Agency. In the course of their work, investigators identified programs that had never before been known to the American public, including NSA’s Projects SHAMROCK and MINARET, programs which monitored wire communications to and from the United States and shared some of that data with other intelligence agencies. Committee staff researched the FBI’s long-running program of 'covert action designed to disrupt and discredit the activities of groups and individuals deemed a threat to the social order,' known as COINTELPRO. The FBI included among the program’s many targets organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as local, state, and federal elected officials."
Once the full report from the Committee was released, it was revealed that "Investigators determined that, beginning with President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration and continuing through the early 1970s, 'intelligence excesses, at home and abroad,' were not the 'product of any single party, administration, or man,' but had developed as America rose to a become a superpower during a global Cold War."
Trump slammed outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and encouraged the GOP to "not turn a great triumph into a giant & embarrassing defeat." The GOP holds 222 House seats, and a potential Speaker needs 218 votes to secure the seat. However, the number of votes needed decreases as the number of representatives present decreases, and voting can take place so long as there is a quorum.
Trump took aim at McConnell, as well, saying that if there's any infighting that should be happening among the GOP it is against McConnell, and not McCarthy.
Three rounds of voting took place on Tuesday, during which the Democrats nominated Brooklyn's Hakeem Jeffries, voting for him unanimously, and the GOP nominated McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, and saw members vote for other congressmen as well, resulting in a leaderless House.
By the end of the third round of voting, McCarthy had lost 20 of his party to votes for Jordan, who in turn was one of those who had nominated, and voted for, McCarthy. A fresh round of voting is set to take place on Wednesday at 12 pm. No business can move forward in the House until a Speaker is elected.
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'TAKE THE VICTORY AND RUN': Donald Trump tells House GOP to vote McCarthy for Speaker
Donald Trump pushed the Freedom Caucus in the House to "VOTE FOR KEVIN" and "CLOSE THE DEAL" after three rounds of voting failed to secure a Republican Speaker of the House on Tuesday.
Libby Emmons
Brooklyn NY
Jan 4, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump urged members of the Freedom Caucus in the House to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, in what will be a fourth round of voting for House Speaker. "TAKE THE VICTORY AND RUN!!!" Trump said on Truth Social. Trump has consistently backed McCarthy for Speaker.
Trump made the post after other posts encouraging the GOP to gather around McCarthy and boost him into the Speakership, one of which blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who leads the GOP in the Senate.
Trump said that after the three failed votes on Tuesday, "some really good conversations took place," and that now is the "time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY..."
Speculations on the outcome of those conversations were made by Tucker Carlson on Fox News, and it's believed that McCarthy's team may be on board with some of those ideas, such as the "Release all files related to January 6 + new Jan 6 Cmte run by GOP," and putting "Thomas Massie in charge of a new Church committee."
The January 6 Committee was convened by Pelosi after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, in which Trump supporters occupied the Capitol Building for a time, causing Congress to postpone the vote to certify the 2020 election results for Joe Biden. Once the building was clear, voting continued, and Biden secured the Oval Office for himself and the Democrat Party.
That Committee held only two Republican members, after Pelosi refused to seat those members chosen by McCarthy to serve. Pelosi rejected Jim Jordan and Jim Banks, after which McCarthy and the GOP essentially boycotted the Committee. Pelosi, however, appointed two Republicans, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both of whom are not present in the 118th Congress that convened on Tuesday. Cheney lost her seat, while Kinzinger declined to seek another term in office.
The Church Committee, convened in 1975, "investigated and identified a wide range of intelligence abuses by federal agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, and National Security Agency. In the course of their work, investigators identified programs that had never before been known to the American public, including NSA’s Projects SHAMROCK and MINARET, programs which monitored wire communications to and from the United States and shared some of that data with other intelligence agencies. Committee staff researched the FBI’s long-running program of 'covert action designed to disrupt and discredit the activities of groups and individuals deemed a threat to the social order,' known as COINTELPRO. The FBI included among the program’s many targets organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as local, state, and federal elected officials."
Once the full report from the Committee was released, it was revealed that "Investigators determined that, beginning with President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration and continuing through the early 1970s, 'intelligence excesses, at home and abroad,' were not the 'product of any single party, administration, or man,' but had developed as America rose to a become a superpower during a global Cold War."
Trump slammed outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and encouraged the GOP to "not turn a great triumph into a giant & embarrassing defeat." The GOP holds 222 House seats, and a potential Speaker needs 218 votes to secure the seat. However, the number of votes needed decreases as the number of representatives present decreases, and voting can take place so long as there is a quorum.
Trump took aim at McConnell, as well, saying that if there's any infighting that should be happening among the GOP it is against McConnell, and not McCarthy.
Three rounds of voting took place on Tuesday, during which the Democrats nominated Brooklyn's Hakeem Jeffries, voting for him unanimously, and the GOP nominated McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, and saw members vote for other congressmen as well, resulting in a leaderless House.
By the end of the third round of voting, McCarthy had lost 20 of his party to votes for Jordan, who in turn was one of those who had nominated, and voted for, McCarthy. A fresh round of voting is set to take place on Wednesday at 12 pm. No business can move forward in the House until a Speaker is elected.
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'TAKE THE VICTORY AND RUN': Donald Trump tells House GOP to vote McCarthy for Speaker
Donald Trump pushed the Freedom Caucus in the House to "VOTE FOR KEVIN" and "CLOSE THE DEAL" after three rounds of voting failed to secure a Republican Speaker of the House on Tuesday.
Libby Emmons
Brooklyn NY
Jan 4, 2023
4 Minute Read
Former President Donald Trump urged members of the Freedom Caucus in the House to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, in what will be a fourth round of voting for House Speaker. "TAKE THE VICTORY AND RUN!!!" Trump said on Truth Social. Trump has consistently backed McCarthy for Speaker.
Trump made the post after other posts encouraging the GOP to gather around McCarthy and boost him into the Speakership, one of which blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who leads the GOP in the Senate.
Trump said that after the three failed votes on Tuesday, "some really good conversations took place," and that now is the "time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY..."
Speculations on the outcome of those conversations were made by Tucker Carlson on Fox News, and it's believed that McCarthy's team may be on board with some of those ideas, such as the "Release all files related to January 6 + new Jan 6 Cmte run by GOP," and putting "Thomas Massie in charge of a new Church committee."
The January 6 Committee was convened by Pelosi after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, in which Trump supporters occupied the Capitol Building for a time, causing Congress to postpone the vote to certify the 2020 election results for Joe Biden. Once the building was clear, voting continued, and Biden secured the Oval Office for himself and the Democrat Party.
That Committee held only two Republican members, after Pelosi refused to seat those members chosen by McCarthy to serve. Pelosi rejected Jim Jordan and Jim Banks, after which McCarthy and the GOP essentially boycotted the Committee. Pelosi, however, appointed two Republicans, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both of whom are not present in the 118th Congress that convened on Tuesday. Cheney lost her seat, while Kinzinger declined to seek another term in office.
The Church Committee, convened in 1975, "investigated and identified a wide range of intelligence abuses by federal agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, and National Security Agency. In the course of their work, investigators identified programs that had never before been known to the American public, including NSA’s Projects SHAMROCK and MINARET, programs which monitored wire communications to and from the United States and shared some of that data with other intelligence agencies. Committee staff researched the FBI’s long-running program of 'covert action designed to disrupt and discredit the activities of groups and individuals deemed a threat to the social order,' known as COINTELPRO. The FBI included among the program’s many targets organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as local, state, and federal elected officials."
Once the full report from the Committee was released, it was revealed that "Investigators determined that, beginning with President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration and continuing through the early 1970s, 'intelligence excesses, at home and abroad,' were not the 'product of any single party, administration, or man,' but had developed as America rose to a become a superpower during a global Cold War."
Trump slammed outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and encouraged the GOP to "not turn a great triumph into a giant & embarrassing defeat." The GOP holds 222 House seats, and a potential Speaker needs 218 votes to secure the seat. However, the number of votes needed decreases as the number of representatives present decreases, and voting can take place so long as there is a quorum.
Trump took aim at McConnell, as well, saying that if there's any infighting that should be happening among the GOP it is against McConnell, and not McCarthy.
Three rounds of voting took place on Tuesday, during which the Democrats nominated Brooklyn's Hakeem Jeffries, voting for him unanimously, and the GOP nominated McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, and saw members vote for other congressmen as well, resulting in a leaderless House.
By the end of the third round of voting, McCarthy had lost 20 of his party to votes for Jordan, who in turn was one of those who had nominated, and voted for, McCarthy. A fresh round of voting is set to take place on Wednesday at 12 pm. No business can move forward in the House until a Speaker is elected.
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Two thoughts.
One, in poker a player with a strong opening pair should sometimes bet strong and settle on taking the smaller pot than hope to win on the "river."
Second, maybe Trump can work with McCarthy as a front man like Obama works with Biden.
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Obama has no input to Biden's presidency. That's a very poor excuse.
You cannot name one policy that comes from Obama in two years. I'll wait here.
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