Here are the five votes Matt Gaetz claims
will stop Kevin McCarthy from becoming
House Speaker
BizPac Review,
by
Vivek Saxena
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
11/24/2022 9:51:02 PM
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz claimed on Tuesday that he has enough votes to prevent current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy from becoming House speaker in January.
Speaking on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, he said that of the 36 Republicans who voted against McCarthy during the initial vote last week, five of them — which is apparently enough to stop his confirmation as speaker — have vowed to vote “no” again come the final vote in January.
Listen: (Video) “To catch everyone up, last week there were 36 votes against Kevin McCarthy
Reply 1 - Posted by:
vhs68 11/24/2022 10:16:34 PM (No. 1341751)
What's the probability that some demorats cross over to vote for McCarthy to get the vote total above 218? I assume they would be happy with McCarthy; who is a uniparty rino. They know he isn't going to upset the feeding trough.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
2assume 11/24/2022 10:35:54 PM (No. 1341758)
Loose lips sink ships. I wish the republicans would stop telling dems what they plan on doing. The democrats are so devious, they always manage to stop whatever the republicans say they will do. Don’t say it. Just do it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/24/2022 11:47:35 PM (No. 1341774)
The Speaker of the House is not like those Senate leadership elections. It's a Constitutional office with a public vote. A nominee needs a simple majority to take the gavel. The usual process is that each party votes for their respective leader. McCarthy has the votes to be the caucus leader, and then the pressure is on Gaetz and his associates to ensure the Republican nominee is the winner. Gaetz, et al, may think they hold the cards, but they may be dumping theirs on the floor...and payback is what it is for failure. Let's see the stuff Gaetz is made of when the votes are cast and recorded. The Republicans have a five vote majority...and here comes the whip to count votes. What say you, Matt? Andy Biggs? Bob Good? Matt Rosendale? Ralph Norman?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 11/25/2022 1:57:05 AM (No. 1341787)
Nothing of note will emerge from the House with Kevin McCarthy as speaker. They will use bold words when cameras and mikes are pointed in their direction, but Republicans in the leadership will revert to RINOism because probably there is money to be made, and beloved bookings on Sunday news/talk shows. RINOs love press adulation. So...things hated by L dotters will continue unchanged.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Trigger2 11/25/2022 3:17:27 AM (No. 1341794)
McCarthy should not become speaker. He's too afraid of what demonrats will do to him and he's always wishy-washy.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
FJB 2022 23 24 11/25/2022 3:18:56 AM (No. 1341795)
Time will tell if these guys stick to their vow of voting against McCarthy. I think we do need a stronger leader, one who just doesn't say what we want to hear but then tucks tail and runs, too bad the senate won't do the same and ditch Mitch!
14 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
mifla 11/25/2022 5:30:14 AM (No. 1341812)
Heard a similar story from AOC when Nancy was up for re-election.
Kevin will be Speaker. He may have to publicly promise a few things, but he will be Speaker.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
5 handicap 11/25/2022 5:56:25 AM (No. 1341820)
If Kevin becomes "Speaker" the country may not be fatally wounded but maybe close. His further empowering the Democrat machine is nowhere to start the remediation of America the Beautiful.
14 people like this.
Kevin McCarthy's "conversion" is only for show to get the coveted position of speaker.
All of his recent tough talk and big plans will never come to fruition if he gets to hold the reins on his party.
McCarthy is as uniparty as it gets.
Hang tough Gaetz and the other four fighters!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
AmericaYes 11/25/2022 8:35:01 AM (No. 1341889)
The opposition has no viable alternative. Without that, they should just shut up. They don't do the conservative movement any favors by bragging they can stop McCarthy with no plan to do anything else.
The conservatives have been extracting public promises from McCarthy that he does not want to give. If they keep doing this quietly, it will be much more effective.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 11/25/2022 9:02:23 AM (No. 1341916)
A lot of whether "stop McCarthy" is going to be of any benefit has to do with WHO replaces him. When McCarthy replaced Ryan - there was no appreciable change in anything, different face, slightly different behavior but no real change in the RINOism that runs the "Republican/Uniparty" leadership in DC.
It SEEMS like Steve Scalise would be a good choice, but I'm not 100% certain.
4 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
janjan 11/25/2022 9:09:29 AM (No. 1341924)
The Democrats will make sure he wins.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
gwholmessr 11/25/2022 9:23:23 AM (No. 1341946)
Ok who do these 5 people want. I’m not disagreeing but what’s the plan aka his replacement
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lakerman1 11/25/2022 9:39:14 AM (No. 1341957)
I have, at best, a neutral opinion of Gaetz, and a slightly positive opibnion of McCarthy.
Ever since the reforms of the 1990s, the Speaker doensn't have the powers he used to have, and those powers kept caucus members in line.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 11/25/2022 9:40:17 AM (No. 1341959)
Jim Jordan for speaker.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 11/25/2022 10:20:13 AM (No. 1341986)
Is it possible for a Democrat to win Speaker if the Republicans split their vote? Republicans: The party that does not want to lead.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 11/25/2022 12:41:46 PM (No. 1342078)
Speaking of Jim Jordan. Where the heck is he? OH, the great Jim Jordan is supporting Kevin McCarthy for Speaker. So, incredibly disappointing. Why are the names of all of the so-called Freedom Caucus members not listed as voting against McCarthy? McCarthy is not smart and he is not a gutter fighter which is what you need when dealing with the human scum that are congressional democrats. I always though Jordan was a good fighter. But, now, he is as lame as the once vaulted Trey Gowdy who did absolutely nothing with the Benghazi hearings. That kid from Florida, Bryon Donalds should be Speaker.
Pretty boy McCarthy should not become Speaker because along with the donuts loving Ronna Romney, totally BLEW the 2022 elections. Two totally useless individuals. It's a shame that that scum McConnell is still in a leadership position. He's even worse than Pretty Boy and Donuts, as he ACTIVELY ensured a republican senatorial loss. He should be in jail. At this point, the republican party is only slightly better than the democrats.
Bryon Donalds for Speaker!!!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
judy 11/25/2022 4:52:46 PM (No. 1342157)
Kevin…put Jordan in & say good bye!!!!
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