Take a long look at the 118th Congress under a Republican majority.
They can't even decide who they want to lead them!
The result is we have a dormant House that can't legislate anything. The members aren't even officially sworn in.
For the second day in a row Republicans couldn't decide who they want for the Speaker of the House after McCarthy lost his opening bid in the first three rounds of voting yesterday.
He was so sure he was going to be elected McCarthy had his stuff moved into the Speakers Office. A bit prematurely it now appears.
To rub more salt into McCarthy's wound it was the first time in 100 years congress was so dysfunctional the majority party couldn't decide who they wanted for a leader in the first round of voting.
After three voting attempts the meeting was finally adjourned.
Today's Voting Results
Hakeem Jeffries had the most votes in the 4th round with 212.
McCarthy could only muster up 202 votes.
A newcomer Byron Donalds got 20 votes.
The 5th round wasn't any different. Jeffries once again got the most votes with the same count as round 4.
Apparently, they weren't embarrassed enough by the results as they tried voting for the sixth time... hoping for a change. The very definition of stupid.
Predictably it failed and no Speaker of the House emerged. After that they gave up and adjourned the meeting. Again.
Republicans are going to pay a price in the 2024 Presidential election. The American public is watching this drama play out as the GOP self-destructed the moment they came into power.
Americans expect the House of Representatives to be a fully functional government institution.
As it stands, I wonder if Republicans are tired of winning if this is what it's going to look like!
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