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Homocon Cultist Site Gateway Pundit Turns On MTG

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 …

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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace: “Matt Gaetz Is A Fraud”

“Matt Gaetz is a fraud. Every time he voted against Kevin McCarthy last week, he sent out a fundraising email. What you saw last week was a constitutional process diminished by those kinds of political actions. “I don’t support that kind of behavior. I am very concerned as someone who represents a lot of centrists, a lot of independents, I …

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Infighting Space Lasers: Boebert Rips “Unhinged” MTG

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 …

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Crenshaw Sorry For Calling MAGA Reps “Terrorists”

“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 …

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Politico: McCarthy Backers Are Beginning To Revolt

Playbook reports: Many Republicans are fed up with his apparent willingness to hand plum committee posts to his detractors — especially, talk of possibly awarding them gavels. Some senior members have “forcefully” warned McCarthy not to go there. In fact, late last night, we heard a group of Appropriations cardinals huddled in a room off the House floor with panel …

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McCarthy Loses Eleventh Ballot For House Speaker

CNBC reports: U.S. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost an 11th vote for House speaker on Thursday, his latest defeat in what has already become the longest speaker balloting process since 1859. Ahead of the vote, two members of the bloc of 20 Republican holdouts opposing McCarthy’s speakership formally nominated alternative candidates to McCarthy: The first pick was GOP Rep. …

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LIVE VIDEO: Eleventh House Vote For Speakership

The Washington Post reports: As the vote to elect a House speaker stretched into its third evening, a simple question remained: Why are they still doing this? Kevin McCarthy has had 20 defectors since the third ballot Tuesday, and here we stand, on a 10th ballot with no end in sight. But the House will keep voting. Because they don’t …

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McCarthy Loses Tenth Ballot For House Speaker

NBC News reports: House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost a 10th vote for House speaker on Thursday, as far right Republicans continued to deny him the long-sought gavel. They instead offered two other GOP alternatives: Florida sophomore Rep. Byron Donalds, who was first nominated on Wednesday, and Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma. Hern’s unexpected nomination was first announced by …

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Fox Contributor On GOP Reps: They All Look Like Idiots

“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 …

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LIVE VIDEO: Tenth House Vote For Speakership

Fox News reports: Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy has lost the ninth round of voting for House speaker this week after days of tense negotiations failed to sway any holdouts for the embattled California Republican. McCarthy has repeatedly failed to secure the 218 votes required to become speaker in nine separate roll calls since Tuesday. Nineteen Republicans opposed him in the first …

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McCarthy Loses Ninth Ballot For House Speaker

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 …

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LIVE VIDEO: Ninth House Vote For Speakership

USA Today reports: Rep. Kevin McCarthy is close to tying a 100-year record he doesn’t want to own. After eight consecutive losses in his bid for House speaker, McCarthy could match the nine voting rounds it took Frederick Gillett, R-Mass., to win the position in 1923. Anything beyond and he’d eclipse that historic record. The most votes it took to …

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McCarthy Loses Eighth Ballot For House Speaker

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 …

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Ali Alexander: I’ve Got Proof “Whore” MTG Is A Criminal

Here’s an interesting interlude amidst the chaos: MAGA activist Ali Alexander went on a sexist offensive against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) by claiming he would have the Georgia representative brought up on criminal charges and expelled from Congress. The progressive watchdog organization Right Wing Watch flagged a portion of Alexander’s latest livestream on Telegram where the “Stop the Steal” organizer …

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LIVE VIDEO: Eighth House Vote For Speakership

CNN reports: A moderate House GOP lawmaker told CNN about the “increasing frustration” among centrists at the number of concessions unfolding as the House speaker stalemate continues. “Centrists growing increasingly frustrated at bending the knee to a handful who never wanted to be in the majority in the first place,” this lawmaker said. Asked if the moderates/centrists can stomach this …

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Fox Host Calls Anti-McCarthy Reps “Insurrectionists”

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 …

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Hannity Roasts Lauren Boebert: Is This A Game Show?

The Hill reports: Fox News host Sean Hannity repeatedly pressed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Col.) about her efforts to block Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid to claim the Speakership this week during a tense interview on his nightly program on Wednesday. “Isn’t it time for you and your side to pack it in considering he [McCarthy] has over 200 [votes] and …

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Carlson: McCarthy Supporters Use “Threats And Fear”

Media Matters has the transcript: At this point, as of right now, facing that mathematical reality, Kevin McCarthy has two choices. He can either step aside and let somebody else do the job — acknowledging in the process that he is not the only person in Congress capable of being speaker — or he can try and win over the …

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UPDATE: House Votes 216-214 To Adjourn For Today

CBS News reports: The House of Representatives failed Wednesday on three more ballots to elect a House speaker as Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy continually fell short of the majority he needs. As the stalemate dragged on, the House voted around 4:30 p.m. to adjourn until 8 p.m. Little changed on Wednesday – except McCarthy lost one more vote, a …

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McCarthy Loses Sixth Ballot For House Speaker

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 …

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