Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist.

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Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist.
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Just gonna say it, he’s basically a Nazi. Is that accurate?

He has a Christian fundamentalist podcast with his wife. Yea. I'd say so.

Well, it's starting to look that way. They've reached the point of trying to overthrow our democratic institutions. The only thing left for them to do is openly advocate for the execution of political rivals.

The (R) is a hint. No one sincerely concerned with the wellbeing of the nation would be willing to have that next to their name in this day and age.

Seems accurate

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This is who they were holding out for? Even the ones that wouldn't vote for Gym Jordan voted for this guy? Fuckin hell.

GOP "moderates" caved again. They never fail to fall in line, eventually. They were desperate to end the embarrassing failed speaker votes, easily worn down and "fooled" (gasp!) by an unknown candidate. Only the people who voted these clowns into the House are more disappointing.

I'm calling it, next election if Biden wins he'll actually try to stop the vote from going through. He can't actually stop it, but he'll 100% make some sort of speech about how the country is ruined.

AKA a republican. I'd be surprised if he were anything else.

Even McCarthy voted for him because this was the plan all along. I guess 1930s Germany is too far in the past to remember.

Well...

I am sure this will lead to a very productive legislature session.

Well he's got the politician frump face down.

"Welp, I tried to accomplish something, but I blame my colleagues across the aisle. I'm a good politician, now pay me your tax money while I listen to my actual lobbyist constituents."

Ah great, a raging homophobe that has been part of multiple hate groups. This is a good outlook for the future!

What the Republican Party has become is truly amazing.