117th-118th United States Congress: Don't Be An Idiot

[Xno Kappa]

The rogue block of 20~ Republicans should break off and form their own party lead by their favorite GEPOTUS.

[archibaldcrane]

[Citation Needed]

He just put out a truth social post saying this. Is it referring to the endorsement switch?

Damn I got got lol

[archibaldcrane]

Almost like Trump could avoid such mishaps if he took his statements directly to the public

(on Twitter)

[archibaldcrane]

The fake post misspelling Byron "Bryon" was too perfect

I wanted to believe it was real

[Tyrath]

Almost like Trump could avoid such mishaps if he took his statements directly to the public

(on Twitter)

Too much ego to come crawling back and abandon TruthSocial which he created.

[arus2001]

Look how SHOCKED 200+ scorpions are now that they're drowning after decades of stinging the frog.

[Tyrath]

GOP got real leopards ate my face energy right now

[Vaspinne]

and someone who only got 20 votes the first go-around ended up winning

anyway, something i didn’t know until today: the speaker of the house gets to dictate how cameras work in the house. cspan has the ability to do it now because there is no speaker; apparently every new Congress they ask if they can still work the cameras and are shot down every time

https://twitter.com/jbhenchman/statu...gXSxV-2bsAh9Og

https://twitter.com/BadLipReading/st...8dAmXbUbQ&s=19

[Forte]

https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/s...74223751974913

So we're now at "He won't say he's sorry to me".

Also, Boebert looking at Gaetz with the same eyes she probably looks at her father with before getting down on her knees.

[Tyrath]

https://twitter.com/BadLipReading/st...8dAmXbUbQ&s=19

“McCarthy was suggesting he could get Dems to walk away to lower his threshold,” Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept of her conversation with Gaetz on McCarthy’s failed ploy. “And I fact checked and said absolutely not.”

[Xno Kappa]

There’s no possible fucking way Dems make any kind of deal with McCarthy right? Right!?

[Byrthnoth]

It could happen if something important comes up and congress needs to act or Russians overthrow Ukraine / we hit the debt ceiling.

[Byrthnoth]

I know we are all inured to the idea that Congress cannot pass laws, but it is actually a super bad situation that we may need to fix or truly bad stuff could happen.

[Tyrath]

It could happen if something important comes up and congress needs to act or Russians overthrow Ukraine / we hit the debt ceiling.

Eh more likely everyone will find a deal before the 13th because if they don't they won't get paid

[kisada]

correct me if i'm wrong from a messaging standpoint but

shouldn't biden and national dems be absolutely hammering this point home? that "look, america, the republicans that you voted for are not doing the job that they were elected to do, and this is the kind of incompetence they reward you with."

like i'm seeing mostly mocking and amusement and all that from dems, but i feel like this is where if you crush the message, you have hope for a narrative that actually sticks and hopefully enough to matter for voting. not that i expect dems to get any unified messaging down, but at least try, right?

[Melena]

Yes they should. Will it matter to dumbfuck voters who only cares what letter is next to a candidates name? No. It took a fucking pedophilic groomer running for senate in Alabama to barely get them to elect a democrat. If anything, Republicans will just blame dems saying they purposely voted for someone who couldn't win just to bog things down.

[Forte]

I have a concern. It appears the next in line to try after McCarthy is Steve Scalise.

Steve Scalise is an absolute fuckboi. Voted to de-decertify Biden's Arizona and Pennsylvania results, continues to refuse to acknowledge the election was not stolen or fraudulent, has a fucking A+ rating from the NRA, has been said to have "the most anti-LGBT reputations of any lawmaker", ect ect.

I don't like McCarthy, I think he's a retarded twit, but Scalise sounds a whole lot worse. If I were the Dems, and I was forced to choose between the two options, I'd go for McCarthy, especially because the 20 assholes would make his life miserable, where as they are likely to welcome Scalise...

[synistar]

At least the government is funded until September 2023. There's a reason why the Senate didn't drag its feet and put in a long term funding bill considering they saw this shit show happening a mile away.

[archibaldcrane]

Also, Boebert looking at Gaetz with the same eyes she probably looks at her father with before getting down on her knees.

this is a very weird thing to imagine much less type

[kuronosan]

Subtlety really isn't his forte.