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A photo of Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiling as House Republicans struggled to elect a Speaker for the second day in a row during Wednesday's Congress meeting went viral on social media.
The image shot by photographer Anna Moneymaker and shared on Twitter in the aftermath of the 118th Congress' second meeting, shows Ocasio-Cortez laughing as Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz—who's among the 20 defectors who voted against Kevin McCarthy's bid to become House leader—makes an impassioned speech to his fellow Republicans opposing McCarthy.
"AOC smiling in the background of the ongoing GOP dumpster fire," commented a Twitter user, comparing the image to a well-known meme of a girl standing in front of a house on fire.
"There is so much to be said about the Old Masters-style composition of this photograph by ANNA MONEYMAKER for GETTY IMAGES," lawyer Mike Godwin tweeted.
"Living vicariously through @AOC right now," wrote Gen Z activist Olivia Julianna, who last year raised over $1.5 million for abortion funds after being body-shamed by Gaetz.
Between Tuesday and Wednesday, McCarthy lost six consecutive votes, failing to gather enough support to become the Speaker of the House—a historic defeat for the Republican representative.
The opposition to McCarthy of 20 House Republicans, most of whom are hardliners and members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus, has paralyzed Congress and thrown the GOP into turmoil.
Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats have been accused of reveling in the chaos unfolding within the Republican Party, with Republican Representative Kat Cammack accusing Democrats of getting drunk during voting.
"Diversity of thought is a good thing," Cammack said during a speech in Congress on Wednesday. "But they want us divided. They want us to fight each other. That much has been made clear by the popcorn and blankets and alcohol that has come in over there."
Ocasio-Cortez has fought back against the accusation, writing on Twitter: "If only! If Dems took a shot every time McCarthy lost a Republican, we'd all be unconscious by now."
Congress is set to reconvene at noon on Thursday to nominate a House Speaker.
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McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker
McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker
Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become House speaker if Republicans gain control of the chamber.
Dan Verbin
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was nominated on Tuesday by House Republicans to be their candidate for speaker.
The current House minority leader announced his bid for the position late last week.
McCarthy beat out a last minute challenge from Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, a member of the conservative…
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Kevin McCarthy after waiting a million fucking years to become speaker of the house only to get kicked out after nine goddamn months:
#absolute CARNAGE in the usa house of reps today lads..... undescribable#us politics#usa#kevin mccarthy#politics#cw politics
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No speaker elected in round 14 despite having all of last night and then today to try and get the fucking votes. It looked like one guy almost fought Matt Gaetz but was held back (like someone clapped a hand over his mouth and pulled him back). They're fucking voting on a motion to adjourn until monday. I'm so tired.
#USA#politics#speaker of the house#kevin mccarthy#it's funny and despair inducing all at once#can we have a government now please and NOT WAIT ALL WEEKEND#my post#just give it to jeffries will ya?#the 118th congress will surely be functional!#also: if they adjourn until monday can the moderate reps who are angry about concessions switch to jeffries or st
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You make the deal, Sonny
You make the deal, Sonny
For what purpose does the gentleman from Wisconsin rise?
Former has-been if he ever-was Blaska rises to propose that the fundamental purpose of a legislature is to achieve a majority. It’s that simple. Counting noses. A certain claque of 20 U.S. representatives — purge promoters who denied the last Presidential election — now propose candidates to lead the House of Representatives that a)…
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#118th congress#rep hakeem jeffries#honorable Cheryl l Johnson#rep Kevin McCarthy#three branches of government#three rounds#house of representatives#speaker of the house
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They Eat Their Own ...
They Eat Their Own …
If you ever wonder why there are few, if any, good people in the GOP, it’s because it is suicide to be a good person in today’s GOP, aka Republican Party. Yes, that’s right, folks … you either play by their rules, or you’re out of the game. The latest example is U.S. Representative Chris Jacobs of New York who had the audacity to say, after speaking about the most recent mass shootings in…
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January 7, 2023
It’s finally over. After days of negotiations and 14 failed ballots—the most since 1860—Republican Kevin McCarthy was officially elected speaker of the House early Saturday morning. In exchange for the necessary votes to get him elected, the congressman had to beg, barter, and plead with a group of hardline Republicans who held out for a litany of concessions.
Since Wednesday, McCarthy and his supporters have been negotiating with several far-right GOPers, including some who have been implicated in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, as my colleague Dan Friedman previously reported. House members like Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Scott Perry (R-Pa.) all held out on their votes, until McCarthy eventually won them over.
According to CNN, here’s what the holdouts got from McCarthy in exchange for the speakership:
Any member can call for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair
October 3, 2023
#politics#us politics#they specifically put that clause in eight months ago so they could do this#dance with the devil and see what happens#do you know why I had that link ready?#because they’re Chekhov’s assholes
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#us politics#republicans#conservatives#twitter#tweet#x#2023#steven rattner#jake sherman#rep. kevin McCarthy#government shutdown#us house of representatives#us senate#stopgap funding bill
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Two disillusioned House Republicans unloaded on their vengeful leadership for inadvertently making a hero out of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar by publicly stripping her of a high-profile committee assignment in what one deemed the "stupidest vote in the world."
The not-so-private condemnation of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's campaign to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs panel happened after Republicans clinched the retaliatory strike on a party-line vote of 218-211.
As they rode the elevator away from the House floor, congressional newspaper Roll Call reported that Foreign Affairs Committee GOP member Ken Buck and Republican Rep. Mike Simpson reflected on what had just transpired and decided it was a boneheaded move.
After Buck decreed it the "stupidest" political move, Simpson said the expulsion would probably make the Minnesota Democrat into a "martyr."
After airing their grievances, the pair reportedly asked those around them "not to let leadership know their thoughts."
Buck and Simpson's offices did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
The polarizing ouster only fell into place after McCarthy won over a handful of Republicans who had voiced objections to the effort — including Republican Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Victoria Spartz of Indiana — by promising to reform internal punishment procedures moving forward.
Incensed Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York denounced the entire process as hypocrisy writ large.
"Don't tell me that this is about a condemnation of anti-Semitic remarks, when you have a member of the Republican caucus who has talked about Jewish space lasers, and also elevated her to some of the highest committee assignments in this body," Ocasio-Cortez said on the floor, referring to Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. "This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America."
#us politics#news#business insider#2023#118th congress#us house of representatives#rep. kevin mccarthy#speaker of the house#rep. ilhan omar#rep. mike simpson#rep. Ken Buck#house foreign affairs committee#Rep. Nancy Mace#rep. Victoria Spartz#Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez#house committee assignments
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“Kevin McCarthy has proved he can get things done,” says Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Florida) after McCarthy has failed his FIFTH attempt to become Speaker of the House and lost more votes every single time.
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Meanwhile, in American politics...
I think I speak for many of us when I say:
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