Infighting Is Funny

The Daily Beast reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t even declared whether he’ll run for president in 2024, and Donald Trump has tried to restrain himself from going after his top GOP rival, but the former president’s allies are already mounting an offensive—with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem now leading the charge. Noem may be interested in running for president …

Bloomberg News reports: Representative Matt Gaetz is emerging from last week’s bitter speaker fight as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate. While he pegged Kevin McCarthy as “the biggest alligator in the swamp” and the “masthead of the lobbying corps” whose bid for House speaker was an “exercise in vanity,” Gaetz’s fellow Republicans want the Florida …

Homocon nutbag Jim Hoft writes at Gateway Pundit: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA 14th District) said during an interview on Sunday that she believed Joe Biden was legitimately elected as president. She also distanced herself from the online group QAnon for getting her “sucked into” their conspiracy theories. Green made an appearance on the far left Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” on …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Great job Kevin! We must now stop Mitch McConnell and his China flagrant boss, Coco Chow. It’s as though he just doesn’t care anymore, he pushes through anything the Democrats want. The $1.7 TRILLION quickly approved Bill of the week before was HORRIBLE. Zero for USA Border Security. If he waited just ten …

The Associated Press reports: In an interview, Boebert said “this slim victory, it opened my eyes to another chance to do everything that I’ve been promising to do.” To the congresswoman, that means being “more focused on delivering the policies I ran on than owning the left,” adding she hoped “to bring the temperature down, to bring unity.” Some of …

“Things get heated and things get said. Obviously, to the people who took offense by that, it’s pretty obvious that it’s meant as a turn of phrase. “I’ve got thick skin. I’m called awful, vile things by the very same wing of the party that I was fighting at that moment. “So I was a little taken aback by the …

“No, listen. I’m on the floor, Laura. These 212 Democrats are going to vote for Hakeem Jeffries every single time. He is a historic candidate for them. They are not going to cleave off under any circumstance. I assure you if Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House of Representatives. That is how …

“I’ll spare no words. They all look like idiots, and that’s how they are acting. And let me make something plain about what the future is for House Republicans over the next two years. “If they cannot achieve unity, if they cannot act like a team, why are they there? There is no purpose in serving in government if you …

NBC News reports: For a third consecutive day, a bloc of ultraconservative bomb throwers denied GOP leader Kevin McCarthy the speaker’s gavel Thursday, even after he caved on a set of concessions the right-wing Republicans were demanding. It marked the ninth straight defeat for McCarthy, who has vowed not to drop his bid for the top job. While he still …

“The number one email we’re getting right now is Donald Trump for speaker of the House. He wouldn’t win and he doesn’t want it. “There’s probably 120 Republicans that do not want it. But if this continues to go without taking a good deal, do not be surprised if 50 to 75 of the more RINO types start to get …

The Hill reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) voted for Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) for Speaker. Boebert has been one of McCarthy’s most vocal critics. Asked Thursday morning if there was anything he could do to get her support, she responded, “No.” Boebert had cast her votes Wednesday and earlier Thursday for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who much of McCarthy’s GOP …

Mediaite reports: Brian Kilmeade can — at times— be fairly described as a loose cannon. And in the curious world of opinion-based television programming, that is a feature, not a bug. Kilmeade’s off-the-cuff and unpolished-cum-authentic broadcast style was on full display Thursday morning when he derided the “Never Kevin” set of the twenty or so House Republicans refusing to support …

NBC News reports: For a sixth time in two days, a band of 20 ultraconservative rebels blocked GOP leader Kevin McCarthy from winning the speaker’s gavel, hours after former President Donald Trump called on House Republicans to back him and “close the deal.” With both McCarthy allies and foes deeply dug in, it ensures that chaos will reign in the …

“It is lying! OK? When you have Matt Gaetz and the rest of the group going out there saying Jim Jordan is going to be Speaker, but, yet, Jim Jordan doesn’t want to be Speaker. That’s lying to the American people, Charlie! “And I’m not going to support any lying to the American people. We can’t live in conservative fantasy …

CNBC reports: In the fifth vote in two days, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., again failed to secure enough support to win the U.S. House speakership, setting the chamber up for a sixth round of votes and plunging the party into further chaos. A core group of 20 GOP holdouts voted for Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a sophomore Republican lawmaker …

The Hill reports: Former Fox Business host and conservative pundit Lou Dobbs blasted former President Trump for throwing his support behind Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House Speaker. “Trump dismisses the 20 patriots challenging RINO McCarthy-says McCarthy will do “good” job-and tells them effectively to do what Swamp and Corporate Globalists order: Trump Backs RINOs and Swamp,” Dobbs wrote …

Axios reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is standing behind House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s faltering bid for the speakership, criticizing hardliners who have turned against the California Republican. It’s a sign of Greene’s play to link herself with McCarthy to gain legitimacy and influence in the GOP. Greene is following in the footsteps of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio.), who …

The Insider reports: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is accusing Rep. Kevin McCarthy of squatting in the speaker’s suite, despite not having landed the job yet. Gaetz included in his tweet a copy of a letter dated January 3, which he sent from his congressional office to J. Brett Blanton, the Architect of the Capitol. “What is the basis in law, House rule, …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. blasted Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for threatening having Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as Speaker of the House. McCarthy said on Tuesday that House Freedom Caucus members, which includes Gaetz, would rather have Jeffries be Speaker. McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday, “Last night I was presented the only way to have 218 votes if I provided …

NBC News reports: Democrats unanimously rallied behind the minority leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York both times. As is customary during the first vote of the new Congress, lawmakers stood and cast their vote for speaker aloud when their name was called. Jeffries ended up with more votes than McCarthy — 212. It’s unclear where Republicans go from here. …