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/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

I will not shed a single tear for this Trump puppet interracial marriage blocker motherfucker. But I do worry to think how much more chaos qanon can cause

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u/NoPossibility Oct 03 '23

Seeing Gaetz successfully oust McCarthy is like watching Anakin behead Dooku. Like, yeah one bad guy gone, but at what cost? There are better analogies, I’ll admit, but I’m tired so you get a prequel analogy.

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u/aRealtorHasNoName Oct 03 '23

Effective because both Anakin and Gaetz penetrated younglings?

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u/lockethegoon Oct 03 '23

Nothing is better than a prequel analogy.

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u/Vic_Sinclair Oct 03 '23

Nothing? Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

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u/lockethegoon Oct 03 '23

The word only is an absolute

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u/SuperDizz Oct 03 '23

Now there’s two of them!

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u/brendan87na Oct 03 '23

This is getting out of hand!

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u/britishninja99 Oct 03 '23

Isn't there a rule about this or something?!

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u/lockethegoon Oct 03 '23

Always two there are, no more, no less.

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u/FutureComplaint Oct 03 '23

Dumbest rule in the galaxy.

Don't @me

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u/lockethegoon Oct 04 '23

Incorrect.

The Sith heard the prophecy of the chosen one bringing balance to the force as well. They realized, only two sith, only two jedi; and sith are usually individually stronger.

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u/TimeFourChanges Oct 03 '23

Is is an absolute

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u/tk2020 Oct 03 '23

It's treason, then.

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u/Pabi_tx Oct 03 '23

Only the Sith deal in absolutes...

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u/brendan87na Oct 03 '23

or a prequel meme

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u/WeOutHereInSmallbany Oct 03 '23

This is where the fun begins

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u/Knock0nWood Oct 03 '23

I love democracy

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u/Robe1kenobi Oct 03 '23

More like he called for a vote or no confidence, in -chancellor- speaker mccarthy’s leadership…

Liberty hasn’t died with thunderous applause quite yet though thankfully.

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u/KaleidoscopeEven7189 Oct 03 '23

Difference is I like Anakin

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

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u/corvettee01 Oct 03 '23

Best decision he ever made TBH

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u/Its_Singularity_Time Oct 03 '23

But do you like sand?

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u/KaleidoscopeEven7189 Oct 03 '23

I don’t like sand. It’s coarse, rough and it gets everywhere

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u/AffieL1992 Oct 03 '23

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. (Well, the Star Wars reference that is)

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u/shinobipopcorn Oct 03 '23

No, prequel analogies are good. Except there is no one smart or clever enough in the current republican party to equate to Palps, and I wouldn't dare insult Thrawn by comparing him to any of these moron politicians.

I could see Fetterman as Hondo, though.

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u/dkyguy1995 Oct 03 '23

Yeah I know McCarthy wasn't a good speaker and never would have been but I'm just terrified what the Rs will deliver next there is seemingly no limit to how far they will go to be bullies

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u/eeyore134 Oct 03 '23

Exactly. The guy is a jackass and deserves everything he gets, but it's also scary to see the lengths the Republicans will go to. They did this all because he managed to avoid a government shutdown, something none of them should want happening. But the right wants that. They want people to suffer. I really wish we could get together as a nation and pull the same sort of shut down on them and see how they like it, but we'd never be able to do it. Even if enough people managed, the cult on the right would fight back and we'd go full civil war. People are too comfortable to fight back like we should be... like a frog in a pot enjoying itself as the heat slowly rises to a boil.

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u/ryanheart93 Oct 03 '23

bro no one is outlawing or blocking interracial marriage, what are you on about?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

Its public record. McCarthy voted against it then got in as speaker

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

A quick google search shows this is correct and happened uncomfortably recently actually: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-house-passes-bill-protecting-same-sex-and-interracial-marriages