Republicans Vow To Keep Kevin From The Gavel!

Two creeps in a pod. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) wants Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as the House Speaker.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) part of the do nothing but wreak havoc caucus is fuming over Congress passing the omnibus which funds the government until October 2023. The Republicans continue to push for more government shutdowns and insidious cuts to social programs.

Gaetz who represents the western panhandle of Florida which includes Pensacola is an alleged sexual predator and is under federal watch for possible human trafficking and illegal sexual contact with an underage girl.

Gaetz, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) vehemently opposes Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his bid to be Speaker of the House.

They insist there are more in their cohort, silently waiting to make a display of their vote on Jan. 3. Other House Republicans have openly suggested their votes are up in the air while waiting to see if McCarthy meets their demands for procedural rule changes.

Members from the House Freedom Caucus in particular have been pushing McCarthy to agree to a set of rules that would shift power away from leadership and place it in the hands of rank-and-file members. The demands range from procedural maneuvers, like allowing for more amendments, to outright giving members a mechanism to force a vote to remove a sitting speaker. Other far-right members have floated ideas like impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a sort of litmus test to see how far McCarthy is willing to go.

It has sparked a feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Greene called Boebert and Gaetz traitors to Washed Up 45. She said that they're not backing the former president and are willing to back "establishment" Ron DeSantis over a guy who helped them win.

Greene is a white nationalist who peddle in conspiracy theories.

Republicans feud with one another. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) struggles to get full support.

She is right now in Costa Rica. She did a proxy vote to oppose the omnibus and did not appear at the Joint Session of Congress when Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the nation.

Greene who was stripped of her committees in 2021 will back McCarthy now that he will give her committee assignments while threatening to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of theirs.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), an avowed white nationalist also lost his committee assignments. 

Gosar has not mentioned his support of McCarthy. However he will get his assignments back.

McCarthy has guaranteed some semblance of change in the new House. He’s promised members will have more of a say in policymaking and to ax pandemic-era practices like proxy voting, which has run rampant over the past year. But he’s largely stopped short of ensuring these Republicans the sort of sweeping change they’re asking for.

Those members are growing antsy.

I want the Republicans to fail. Keeping them fighting with one another will assure they will get nothing done and their reign in power will be short.