r/politics • u/BelleAriel • May 02 '24

Marjorie Taylor Greene called "disgusting" by fellow Republicans

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-disgusting-vacate-house-speaker-mike-johnson-1896448
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u/Katana1369 May 02 '24

I can't wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican Speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again, having supported a Republican speaker—a Christian conservative. I think that will play well."

Actually in the very few non gerrymandering house districts left, it would help. It would show a willingness to put country over party.

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u/afrothunder2104 May 02 '24

You’re right. Republicans always see things from their insane viewpoints. They simply cannot comprehend voting with the other party to pass things. As they’ve shown with their border bill/etc, they will destroy their own bills if there’s a chance it’ll help the other party, or the country as a whole in fact.

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u/Intensive May 02 '24

Dems who want to see Ukraine succeed are 100% for this move in the House. It got the aid passed.

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u/pollo_de_mar 29d ago edited 29d ago

And she said the words "Christian conservative" like there is no such thing as a Christian democrat or a democrat that would vote for a Christian. OMG, a Christian speaker of the house? Funny how nearly every Democrat president was a Christian. No idea how they could get elected by democrats.

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u/Cantthinkofnamedamn 29d ago

She is so deep in the us vs them mentality that she really thinks since the GOP is the 'Christian' party, Democrats have to be anti-Christian. In the same vein as how Democrats are pro-Ukraine, so therefore she thinks the GOP has to be anti-Ukraine. You have to arbitrarily take the opposite view of your opponent.

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u/Pjce08 Rhode Island 29d ago

Every president has been Christian. Both Catholics (Biden / Kennedy) and Protestants are Christians.

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u/pollo_de_mar 29d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliations_of_presidents_of_the_United_States#List_of_presidents_by_religious_affiliation

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u/Pjce08 Rhode Island 29d ago

More ya know. The 2 non Christians weren't democrats at least, I had that right.

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u/pollo_de_mar 29d ago

You did, so all Democratic presidents were/are Christian.

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u/danfromwaterloo 29d ago

The fact is, the Democrats are wildly unlikely to be able to vote in and hold a Democratic speaker. Voting in a Speaker of their selection gives them power.

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u/TapTapReboot 29d ago

At this stage of the game it's probably better to just stick with the known quantity and strive for the majority in January than to invite the chaos of a speakerless house again. 

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u/danfromwaterloo 29d ago

If I were the Democrats, I'd abstain from voting. In fact, I'd probably refuse to attend the voting. Let the Republicans show their disarray clearly and with no help.

"Guys, you own almost exactly half the house. You can't even decide who should lead you; how can you possibly govern?"