I asked Rep Don Bacon (R-NE) if the House GOP requires any #Speaker to be a 2020 election denier. He said no… but then acknowledged it remains a divisive issue that is splintering the House GOP.
Bacon says he believes the results of the 2020 election
Yes, Rep Bacon says he’ll vote for Rep Johnson to be speaker. Other House Republicans, including Rep Ralph Norman (R-SC) predict overwhelming, if not unanimous, GOP vote for Johnson
Gonna do something I rarely do: provide link to hellsite, bc too much to try to copy/paste here due to quote tweets.
But here's the gist, via capitolhunters:
The smartest conversation I've seen on Twitter today about the #Speaker chaos is screenshot below. The core question: why did someone want Jim Jordan installed as Speaker badly enough to use threats of violence? What was Jordan meant to do? "What kind of project is this?" #JimJordan https://x.com/capitolhunters/status/1715565712620621998?s=20 or
There’s something deeply cynical about asking God to solve a problem that you’re not willing to solve yourself. That’s not “prayer.” That’s perpetrating a fiendish con to cover your profit off the assault rifle body count.
Aaron Rupar:
New House #Speaker Mike Johnson offers prayers in response to the latest horrible mass #shooting. Can't believe nobody has thought of that before.
Unreal. For those of you who insist there are “moderates” in the Republican Fascist Party, and I’ve never agreed with that, looks like more and more are now supporting #GymJordan for #Speaker. Via Angry Staffer:
Jim Jordan is pretty much worst-case scenario, so naturally that’s who the GOP is coalescing around 1/…
Honestly, before Dems help, I want #Republicans to confess publicly that for the last 3 Republican Speakers before McCarthy, Pelosi was doing the counting for the boys.
Then MAYBE Dems will think about helping.
Sahil Kapur:
🔥🔥 Rep. Mike Rogers leaves meeting unhappy, says 8 Repub “traitors” (he used the word 4x) have “paralyzed” the House by removing McCarthy. He tells me #Scalise has the same problems & GOP may NEVER get 217 votes for a #Speaker. He says Dems must help.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had a fiery exchange with reporters Friday about the House’s ongoing dilemma, blaming Democratic members for bringing “chaos to Congress.”...
Seven of these nine candidates voted to decertify the 2020 election results ... in the hours after the US Capitol siege
Rep. Elise Stefanik:
Today at noon was the deadline for announced candidates for #Speaker.
Official Announced Candidates to the House Republican Conference include:
Jack Bergman (MI)
Byron Donalds (FL)
Tom Emmer (MN)
Kevin Hern (OK)
Mike Johnson (LA)
Dan Meuser (PA)
Gary Palmer (AL)
Austin Scott (GA)
Pete Sessions (TX)
Let’s be clear: Mike Johnson led 125 House GOP colleagues in asking SCOTUS to disenfranchise every voter in GA, MI, WI, and PA — thereby making Trump president. Johnson calls himself a “constitutional lawyer” but he was really just another Trumpian enemy of democracy. #speaker
#Emmer (MN), the #House maj whip, was elected as the #GOP pick on a 5th ballot in an internal race that drew 9 #Republicans. It’s not clear, however, that he has enough support to be elected on the House floor. To prevail, Emmer would need a majority of the full chamber.
Emmer, who has been in #Congress since 2015, previously chaired the #National Republican Congressional Cmte — the House campaign arm — for 4 yrs.
Just asked Sen John #Fetterman for his thoughts on new House #Speaker Mike Johnson
Fetterman: “MAGA loves a big Johnson”
“He's absolutely even more nuttier than I ever would have dreamed with some of the things he says. I'm appalled with some of his views…..congratulations to all of them”
So this is the #Speaker of the House of Representatives. Not the guest speaker for lay Sunday at your church.
Acyn:
Johnson: I believe that scripture and the bible is very clear that god is the one that raised up each of you and god has allowed us to be brought here to this specific moment and time.
Aww, man, I'm getting flashbacks to my short time in politics with this speaker debacle. #Speaker#usPoli
I remember when my candidate's mother was yelled at while knocking on doors with a tirade of epic, vicious proportions (I still don't look at Rideau-Roxboro the same after that episode).
Last election, volunteers in my neighbourhood for the candidate I preferred were physically attacked.
Johnson is a ChristoFascist slug, and is likely, of course, to continue the effort to impeach Biden. New Gallup poll today shows Congress approval at 13%, lowest since 2017.
Via Emptywheel:
The #Speaker of the House says Americans' human hearts are somehow flawed in a way (far more secular) Europeans' human hearts are not.
Rupar:
Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses gun control: "The problem is the human heart. It's not #guns ... this is not the time to talk about legislation." #GunViolence
Politico: A group of centrist #Republicans, led by Rep. Dave Joyce, are privately pushing a measure that would expand powers for acting #speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry.
Joyce is expected to move forward with it on the 15th day the House is without a speaker.
[News] McCarthy in fiery exchange with reporter blames Dems for bringing ‘chaos’ with ouster (thehill.com)
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had a fiery exchange with reporters Friday about the House’s ongoing dilemma, blaming Democratic members for bringing “chaos to Congress.”...