Kevin McCarthy poised to lose first-round vote for Speaker for the first time in a century | Update: McCarthy "wins" Speakership in the FIFTEENTH round...on a technicality

[Jason]

1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said:

Didn't Gaetz say that he'd resign if McCarthy became speaker? Lol

 

I thought it was if Dems linked up with a faction of Republicans to put in a moderate Republican speaker.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said:

Didn't Gaetz say that he'd resign if McCarthy became speaker? Lol

 

He said he'd resign if Democrats and "moderate" Republicans were somehow -- in a universe that simply does not exist -- able to unite to elect a "consensus" candidate.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Bobo just voted "present" so that's a wrap for this bit of "entertainment".

[Jason]

@b_m_b_m_b_m yo girl voted present

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Gaetz doesn't appear to even be present in the House chamber.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Nevermind, he just walked in.

[Ricofoley]

This whole bit where people applaud raucously every time one of the nominees for speakers gets up to vote for themselves is deeply silly

[CitizenVectron]

Now the question is, can the rules package pass?

[Jason]

[Ominous]

Butthead gets to be the one that gets this closed. Gross

 

[outsida]

So this all comes down to Matt Gaetz…

[Ominous]

1 minute ago, outsida said:

So this all comes down to Matt Gaetz…

I have to believe this will be the first time he's the last one to finish....

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

4 minutes ago, Ominous said:

Butthead gets to be the one that gets this closed. Gross

 

 

Gaetz is going to vote for him just to be able to hold that over him for all eternity.

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Gaetz is going to vote for him just to be able to hold that over him for all eternity.

 

Gaetz just voted present, which I guess functionally does the same thing, but also makes sure McCarthy knows he fucking hates him

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

which I guess functionally does the same thing

 

I guess not

 

[Ricofoley]

McCarthy is talking to Gaetz now and Gaetz is doing a lot of vigorous pointing.

 

????

[outsida]

OMG their going to FIGHT!!!

[LazyPiranha]

Can you change your vote or would they have to do it over?

[Ominous]

Who is the brunette behind Bobo and butthead?

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

McCarthy and Gaetz genuinely appeared to be on the verge of throwing hands.

[Jason]

Why isn't voting present equally as good as voting yes? I thought voting present lowers the denominator?

[LazyPiranha]

Just now, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

McCarthy and Gaetz genuinely appeared to be on the verge of throwing hands.

God if only

[Jason]

[Jason]

Just now, LazyPiranha said:

God if only

[outsida]

Just now, Jason said:

Why isn't voting present equally as good as voting yes? I thought voting present lowers the denominator?

Each “present” vote lowers the majority needed by half-a-vote

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

[Ricofoley]

 

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

[chakoo]

oh shit, it failed again?

[Jason]

[osxmatt]

This is incredible.

[Ominous]

I love that yelling is a valid way to take a vote. What year is it?

[outsida]

All in Primetime so America can see Republican governance 

[Jason]

 

[Ricofoley]

So I'm still not totally sure what just happened. I haven't really been following this today until this vote. There was a lot of applause when Gaetz voted Present, and then we got... that whole thing when McCarthy came over after the vote ended. Did they not realize that the math still wasn't enough for a majority at first?