On 10/22/23 12:45 AM, Fascist Flea wrote:
They're down to the third-string babysitter now.
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A majority of the House Republicans vying for the speakership signed
a pledge Saturday aimed at saving the GOP’s next pick from the vote- counting trap that sank Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan’s bids.
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"Everyone join hands and promise to be good."
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The device: A simple two-paragraph pledge, spearheaded by Rep. Mike
Flood (R-Neb.), to vote “yea” on the floor for whoever wins the House Republican conference’s backing in the initial secret-ballot election scheduled for Tuesday. To pick up more commitments, Flood is organizing
a bloc of Republicans to withhold support from candidates unless they
press their backers to sign the pledge.
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"No allowance unless you behave!"
Such clarity of vision. No wonder the fuckuplicans are so revered
in Dumpster country.
The device has the definition of 'caucus' engraved on the base.
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