Republicans Say the Darndest Things!

[dr_t_non-fan]

And we might be able to find out what happened to them subsequent to their protest vote.

[vjvj]

I can’t say I’ve heard of any of the 4, but that’s true of most representatives.

[vjvj]

I wonder if those were meant to be “Mickey Mouse” votes.

[SteveWhite]

@vjvj

I can’t say I’ve heard of any of the 4, but that’s true of most representatives.

I’m slightly familiar with Conor Lamb since he’s from PA (but near Pittsburgh, and I’m near Philadelphia). Pretty good guy. He lost in the Senate primary this year to Fetterman. I voted for Fetterman, but I considered it close between them. After the stroke I was wishing Lamb had won, since I thought the stroke might tilt the election to Oz. Even before the stroke, I was wondering if Lamb would be the stronger candidate, even if not the better senator.

[SteveWhite]

@vjvj

That’s interesting, as it points out that voting for someone not actually in the house is certainly not unheard of. 4 representatives did it in that vote alone.

And one did in 2020.

@vjvj

I wonder if those were meant to be “Mickey Mouse” votes.

Looking at who received votes, most look like they were expressions of respect, even though surely none of the voters expected the candidate to have any chance.

[vjvj]

Respectful Mickey Mouse!

[twig93]

@dr_t_non-fan

I think he’d simply keep bringing it up to a vote, because he got impeached more times than any other president. Just needs Biden to get to three in the next two years, then he can own him in the 2024 election.

Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. You might be right. He would have to get a majority of Representatives to vote for the impeachment for it to count though.

[SteveWhite]

@twig93

Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. You might be right. He would have to get a majority of Representatives to vote for the impeachment for it to count though.

And the democrats don’t have enough votes to guarantee that Biden couldn’t be impeached 3 times

spoilertext

It takes 2/3 of the senate to remove him on impeachment #1.

Even then, is there any precedent for whether someone already removed could be impeached again?

[twig93]

@SteveWhite

is there any precedent for whether someone already removed could be impeached again?

I think if they were already removed from office and prohibited from running again there would be no point to an additional impeachment. The former President could certainly be brought up on criminal charges though.

[SteveWhite]

@twig93

I think if they were already removed from office and prohibited from running again there would be no point to an additional impeachment.

Trump would still be the only president impeached twice.

[twig93]

Yes, but I’m not sure that would matter at that point. Which is to say that what Trump wants to do and what he can do are two different things.

[dr_t_non-fan]

@twig93

Which is to say that what Trump wants to do and what he can do are two different things.

I don’t think he is aware of that yet.
cuz, he’s a baby.

[Whiskey]

DONALD TRUMP, the former president and the most likely GOP presidential nominee in 2024, today on Truth Social called for the suspension of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election.

The latest in Playbook:

https://twitter.com/playbookdc/status/1599088960483074050?t=_LUXsnyiEg3glPyOyzflnA&s=19

Originalism at its finest.

[twig93]

True

[SteveWhite]

GOP tension builds over House speaker race as McCarthy and critics prep for...

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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and his critics are gearing up for a potential floor fight over the speakership in January, raising the possibility of a messy intraparty showdown that could bring uncertainty and chaos just as Republicans prepare to enter their new majority.

McCarthy still insists he will have the 218 votes needed to secure the speakership. Conservative hardliners seeking to plot McCarthy’s ouster say otherwise.

And what will happen if he can’t get 218 votes? No one knows.

McCarthy’s foes say another candidate will emerge and that talks have already begun to recruit a replacement.

It’s still not known what would happen on Jan. 3 if McCarthy cannot get 218 votes to be elected speaker. But there’s an expectation that any number of Republicans could throw their hat into the ring if McCarthy stumbles or drops out.

“There’s quality candidates who represent the conservative center of the Republican conference who are privately acknowledging that once it becomes clear it’s not going to Kevin McCarthy, they are interested in becoming speaker,” said Rep. Bob Good, a Virginia Republican who’s one of the handful of conservative hardliners publicly saying they are “hard no” votes against McCarthy. “And there are members who would excite the base, who would excite Republicans across the country, unite Republicans across the country as candidates, but they’re not going to raise their hand publicly until it’s clear to them that it’s not Kevin McCarthy.”

If McCarthy loses more than four GOP votes on January 3, he is expected to fall under the 218 votes he would need to claim the speakership. Then the House would keep voting until someone wins a majority of support from the members in attendance who are choosing a specific candidate and not voting “present.” If that happens, McCarthy insists he still won’t drop out.

“Having a challenge on the floor is never going to be positive and really turn the floor over the Democrats,” McCarthy told reporters this week.

Biggs, however, brushed off that possibility. And most Republicans don’t see it as a serious threat, though they privately acknowledge the speaker’s race could go to multiple ballots.

“I don’t buy it,” Biggs said. “Name the Democrat that a Republican would vote for.”

[Nick_Papagiorgio]

There we go. Trump is a liberal after all. He doesn’t like the Constitution either.

[Whiskey]

@Nick_Papagiorgio

Trump is a liberal after all. He doesn’t like the Constitution either.

Seems that it is pretty consistent with the Republican party leadership over the past 40+ years.
Only difference is that he said the quiet part out loud.

[Whiskey]

And, as expected, this will have no impact on Republican support of Trump.
It is a cult, where even the supposed “moderate Republicans” still fall in lockstep when needed:

.@GStephanopoulos: “You’d support a candidate who’s come out in support of suspending the Constitution?”

@RepDaveJoyce: He says a lot of things. Doesn’t mean it will ever happen. You have to extract fact from fantasy.

https://twitter.com/bensiegel/status/1599413001794203648?t=NC8oSOXAoAtvIg0C6p8BmQ&s=19

[NerdAlert]

As long as the Bill of Rights is kept in place, of course.

Erm, well, only some of it, I guess.

[soyleche]

I imagine if someone of note had tweeted that the 2nd amendment should be suspended because our “founders” wouldn’t have wanted us slaughtering each other with assault weapons, the GOP would be a lot less silent.