Could you imagine if they actually somehow lost the speakership, even if just for a couple of days? I hope dems play dirty and do some sort of vote on a day when there are some Republicans out. It'd be glorious shit stirring
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Maybe the dems could then, I dunno, legislate some shit!
Chaotic good?
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Easy, leak there's Hunter Biden nudes some location far away from the Capitol and the Bizarro Barbies and some of the MAGA men will run like their lives depend on it to go watch it.
Don't get your hopes up. They saw the writing on the wall and cheated North Carolina and are looking to gain 3 to 4 fucking seats
This is the best summary I could come up with:
House Republicans’ already-slim majority will dwindle even further later this month when Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) resigns earlier than expected.
Currently, the Republicans have a three-vote cushion, with the resignation of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Dec. 31 and the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) accounting for the two other vacancies.
An upcoming special election and another expected resignation will further affect the exact House GOP majority number.
Election analysts at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rated the special election as a “toss-up.” Former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D), who previously represented the district, is facing Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Nassau County Legislator.
), Bill Johnson said the residents of his district are disregarded by America’s “elites,” local outlet WFMJ reported.
“These blue-collar communities, like countless others in ‘flyover county’ were critical in building our great nation and will play a pivotal role in America’s future.
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