Useless? … “That is what many are saying about the chaos in the House of Representatives as they try to find a leader, a Speaker … but I have been saying that for decades.” … I’m just realizing it!!
And we are just now noticing how useless they are?
That is what many are saying about the chaos in the House of Representatives as they try to find a leader, a Speaker…..but I have been saying that for decades.
I believe that there has been 11 votes and so far no leader.
What some critics would argue is the usual state of affairs is currently the official reality in the House of Representatives: With no speaker chosen, the chamber is a “useless entity,” unable to swear in its members, let alone conduct other business including passing laws or forming committees, the New York Times reports. As things stand, the House doesn’t even have representatives, only representatives-elect. “If there’s a real emergency, we couldn’t respond,” says Democratic Rep. (or Rep.-elect) Jerrold Nadler, per the Times. “Either the Republicans don’t understand that, or they do understand that and…
GROUNDHOG DAY!! … “We’re all reliving this hell. You would think Kevin McCarthy would be reliving these daily rebukes and humiliations all by himself, but nope. We’re all along for the ride…and I’m OK with that. Personally, I like seeing McCarthy humiliated on a daily basis. Much like the newscaster in Groundhog Day, I can also be a condescending miserable sarcastic jerk and chipper people really piss me off.”
I told you I wasn’t going to draw a Groundhogs Day cartoon, but I’m breaking my rule.
I didn’t want to use Groundhog Day to comment on the current debacle of Republicans being unable to elect a Speaker of the House. I felt it was too much of a cliché since everyone on all the news shows has been using it which means there will soon be a dozen political cartoons using it. I’ve already seen one by a cartoonist with a rep for phoning it in. But I decided I could use it in a different way like how I used Pinocchio last week, which I also knew beforehand that there’d be other cartoons on George Santos with that trope.
In case you haven’t watched a movie since before 1993, Groundhog Day is an excellent film, that’s become a cult classic, by Harold Ramis about a TV weatherman…
The ‘genius Repuglicans have plans!! … “Qevin has already lost 8 9 10 11 speaker elections in the last three days so far (and might be in the process of losing yet another vote while you are reading this), mainly because a group of about 20 uber-conservative Republican representatives refuses to vote for McCarthy. In fact, McCarthy keeps coming second after the Democrats’ nominee Hakeem Jeffries.”
As few of us may remember, among all the mockery of the supposed “red wave” and celebrations of a historically… umm, not too terrible midterm election for the Democratic party in power, the Republicans did manage to win the control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm election. What the Republicans have not managed, however, is to actually elect a new Speaker of the House, since the Republican majority leader Kevin McCarthy, who was widely expected to become the new speaker, has already lost 8910 11 speaker elections in the last three days so far (and might be in the process of losing yet another vote while you are reading this), mainly because a group of about 20 uber-conservative Republican representatives refuses to vote for McCarthy. In fact, McCarthy keeps coming second after the Democrats’ nominee Hakeem Jeffries. Here are 10 real reasons why the Republicans…
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