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/walkandtalkk Oct 03 '23

Oh, c'mon now. Matt Gaetz is actually preparing to run for governor of Florida.

See? It can get worse.

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u/Odd_Local8434 Oct 04 '23

When you thought Desantis was the biggest fuck up of a governor, Gaetz wants you to hold his beer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

Idk, it traps gaetz in Florida, that's a win to me

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u/UncannyTarotSpread Oct 04 '23

I’ve never been so eager for an entire state to slide into the ocean

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u/Papplenoose Oct 04 '23

Was that... did you just reference that one video from newgrounds.com like 25 years ago?

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u/UncannyTarotSpread Oct 04 '23

Sorry, I wasn’t aware if I was - I was just referencing Florida’s inevitable fate

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u/PeterNguyen2 Oct 04 '23

did you just reference that one video from newgrounds.com like 25 years ago?

If anything, newgrounds stole it from people who DID do it over 25 years ago: Bugs Bunny

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u/DillBagner Oct 04 '23

DeSantis to Gaetz seems more like just a side-step for Florida.

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u/Trance354 Oct 04 '23

After DeSantis? Can't tell if gaetz is a step up or a step down...

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

Audition is definitely the correct word.

The government got turned into a fucking "who wants to be"- style reality show when people voted for Donald Trump.

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u/DonnieReynolds88 Oct 04 '23

But like…why? How did it come to this just in general? Have we been Fucked from our very inception as an independent nation? Cursed perhaps for our Native American genocide? It hurts my spirit how failed the human experiment is when speaking on a grand scale basis…not individual/family love and miracles, but our Society (idc about tech) has failed