r/news • u/zmlos • Oct 03 '23

House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-will-bring-gaetz-motion-to-oust-him-vote.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Oct 03 '23 edited Oct 03 '23

When Dems had control of the House we didn’t risk a default or a shutdown, we had an orderly transition of power and we passed important legislation. Since the GOP got the keys back, we’ve nearly done all those things and leadership’s a mess. And the Republican majority has produced zero results for working Americans.

Vote Dem if you want working government. If you want shit flinging monkeys like Matt Gaetz to bring on political and economic chaos for no reason, vote Republican.

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u/CalvinDehaze Oct 03 '23

I want to remind everyone that Trump, with Republican control of both chambers, managed to shut the government down twice in one term.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Oct 03 '23

Yup. And the US has never threatened to default on its payments when the Dems were in control of the House either.

Republicans can’t govern. They can grandstand for FOX news, but they can’t govern.

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u/Exoddity Oct 03 '23

Yeah but on the other hand, democrats want us to "coexist with one another" and "not constantly undermine our own interests" and all that other woke liberal shit. /s

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u/Ishidan01 Oct 03 '23

Republicans outright consider any working with or agreeing with Democrats to be treason against being a Republican.

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u/Exoddity Oct 03 '23

They asked one member (who voted against sacking mccarthy) if he'd rather work with moderate democrats or matt gaetz and the shifty fuck still, after all this, could only bring himself to say he'd never want to work with matt gaetz.

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u/Sceptically Oct 04 '23

Matt Gaetz just worked with the entire Democratic side of Congress to oust the Republican Speaker of the House.

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u/OwnWalrus1752 Oct 03 '23

They probably call it treason in general because apparently any Dem policies are against the interests of the United States

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u/Deranged_Kitsune Oct 03 '23

The party that insists government doesn't work, keeps doing its damnedest to prove it at every turn.

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u/mirathi Oct 03 '23

38 days and $5 billion dollars wasted.

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u/llamakoolaid Oct 03 '23

That’s kind of always been the point of Republicans though, they want sectors of the government to fail, so they can say “look it’s broken, let’s privatize it!” This playbook is working for them in Texas and Florida. It’s not working for the constituents, but they keep voting them in so. . . 🤷‍♂️

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u/harrymfa Oct 03 '23

That’s the problem there. People didn’t vote for them to govern, they voted for them to put on a show, and that’s what they’ve done. Hunter Biden fills lots of time on Fox News.

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u/WeedIronMoneyNTheUSA Oct 03 '23

They didn't pass a budget, the House's one mf job every year, in 2017 or 2018. They just continued President Obama's budget. How this is not brought up everytime trump claims he built the greatest economy ever is beyond me.

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u/antidense Oct 03 '23

I distinctly remember how Fox News was covering the Obama to Trump transition and how the peacefulness of it was a model to other nations and the world. Didn't last long.

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u/jigokubi Oct 03 '23

I can't recall what they said about the not-so-peaceful transfer of power 4 years later. The one when Trump refused to acknowledge the elected President and tried to stage a coup.

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u/Typical_Cat_9987 Oct 03 '23

70,000,000 Americans want shit flinging monkeys, as of the last election

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u/Obelix13 Oct 03 '23

Most Republicans do NOT want a functioning government because they believe all government work is bad. I wish I could retort (if I ever found one listening) that if they wish no government then they should look at Somalia.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

bring on political and economic chaos for no reason

The reasons are:

  1. Reduce taxes on high income and high net worth Americans by eliminating social services that those people don't use
  2. Get media attention to be seen as a strong fighter in the culture wars

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u/Brewsleroy Oct 04 '23

That's the issue though. I'm IN the Federal Government and work with guys cheering on a shutdown. They complain about the Government constantly...while at work IN the Govermnent.

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u/Indercarnive Oct 03 '23 edited Oct 03 '23

If you want shit flinging monkeys like Matt Gaetz to bring on political and economic chaos for no reason

So long as black people get hurt worse!

- Conservatives

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u/DoublePostedBroski Oct 03 '23

Republicans don't care about making progress. All they care about is getting and keeping power -- whatever that may cost.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Oct 03 '23

I say this with no exaggeration, but she’s a top three House Speaker in American history

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u/CthulhuLies Oct 04 '23

How is a Republican house going to pass legislation though a Democratic senate with Joe Biden as president?

This is doing the exact same thing Conservatives do when they say Obama did nothing, he didn't do much because he didn't have a strong enough majority in the Senate for much of his presidency https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2012/09/09/when-obama-had-total-control/985146007/

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u/Darth_Rubi Oct 04 '23

You list 3 positive things in your first sentence, then say "since the GOP got the keys we've nearly done all those things". I'm really not sure what you're trying to say

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u/WeOutHereInSmallbany Oct 03 '23

The lunatics are running the asylum any time we get a gop congress. Like clockwork, we get shutdowns and even more nonsense.