Only RepubliKKKlans! The Guardian reports, “The final hurdle to Republican Kevin McCarthy’s years-long quest to secure the speaker’s gavel grew even more formidable on Monday as a sizable group of House colleagues from his own party said they were not yet ready to support him. The nine Republican rebels made the announcement after the California congressman made a series of concessions on Sunday to try to shore up the support of conservative hardliners ahead of Republicans assuming control of the US lower chamber on Tuesday.”
Of course, this is comical because the closer McCarthy gets to 3 January and the more concessions he makes then the further from 218 he gets. He’s losing momentum when he should be consolidating power. An opinion piece in The New York Times sums it up well, “A failed vote would badly weaken Mr. McCarthy or whoever the new speaker will be. The House is a majoritarian institution, and a speaker’s power is ultimately derived from the ability to produce the 218 votes needed to do business. If Republicans are unable to muster the votes for a speaker, it will make very clear from the outset they cannot be counted on to fulfill the body’s basic responsibilities, such as funding the government or preventing a credit default by lifting the debt ceiling, both of which will be required later this year.”
No matter the outcome, the damage has already been done. RepubliKKKlans have already shown that they can’t manage and would rather create chaos instead of governing. But this is what fucking goddamned trump stupid America voted for; this is what idiots get and deserve. You couldn’t make this shit up if you tried. The RepubliKKKlan Party, which has long accused the Democratic Party of being feckless, appears incompetent at all levels. Morons of America, in all its “wisdom,” decided that we needed a divided government to be more effective. Fucktards of America, I give you the RepubliKKKlan-led House. Fan-fucking-tastic. You idiots! Oh, well. Welcome to stupid America!