Steve Scalise was nominated by a majority of the conference, but did not have the support of 217 lawmakers needed to claim the gavel on the House floor.
It would have been more news worthy if they actually had managed to agree. At this point the squabbling pack of cranky toddlers masquerading as adults that are the Republican party shouldn’t really be surprising to anyone. It would be funny if these absolute wastes of oxygen weren’t nominally running a country.
Their intention has never been to run the country. It is to KEEP the adults (Democrats, sane Republicans, if there are any left) from running the country and paralyze the government. If nothing can get done, then the government isn’t, for example, passing laws to restrict corporate power, or make anybody’s life better. The rich and powerful have no counterweight.
Look at it from a purely strategic point of view. There’s no reason any smart person would want the job at this point. The Clown Team has shown that they can do exactly what they want with zero consequences, so there’s no way a GOP Speaker can make any kind of deal with anyone.
It would have been more news worthy if they actually had managed to agree. At this point the squabbling pack of cranky toddlers masquerading as adults that are the Republican party shouldn’t really be surprising to anyone. It would be funny if these absolute wastes of oxygen weren’t nominally running a country.
Their intention has never been to run the country. It is to KEEP the adults (Democrats, sane Republicans, if there are any left) from running the country and paralyze the government. If nothing can get done, then the government isn’t, for example, passing laws to restrict corporate power, or make anybody’s life better. The rich and powerful have no counterweight.
Look at it from a purely strategic point of view. There’s no reason any smart person would want the job at this point. The Clown Team has shown that they can do exactly what they want with zero consequences, so there’s no way a GOP Speaker can make any kind of deal with anyone.