Rep Stacey Plaskett, Virgin Islands powerful remarks on the continuing disenfranchisement of U.S. territories and the District of Columbia in these House leadership elections. https://youtu.be/x8DU77NCqHU?si=zx1llKmv_-OHz7MB
#staceyplaskett #119thcongress #speakervote #virginislands
A Colonies Problem': Rep. Plaskett Confronts Congress Over 4 Million Voiceless Americans

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Republicans in disarray. 🥳 #SpeakerVote
Why do members of the House need FIFTEEN MINUTES to “record their presence via electronic device”? #SpeakerVote

Show cancelled!?

🍿 Wasted...

Empty Greene - MTG FILED a MOTION to remove speaker Johnson, BUT she WON'T FORCE a VOTE on the motion.

So what's the point!? #SpeakerVote

Speaker-elect Mike Johnson's proposed agenda - looks like a continuing resolution until April 2024. No mention of Ukraine/Israel/disaster appropriations.
#speakervote #uspol
House elects Mike Johnson as Speaker - Political IQ

The House of Representatives voted for Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (R-LA) for Speaker on Wednesday afternoon. 

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GOP caucus appears to have consolidated around Trumpist climate denier Mike Johnson (R-LA). The political opportunist Elise Stefanik (R-NY): "American energy production has been crushed!" weird, it's literally at its highest levels ever.
#speakervote #uspol #climatedeniers

I think a good rule of thumb is anyone who willingly allowed themselves to be interviewed by #isaacchotiner is not fit to lead the #HouseofRepresentatives or be 2nd in line to the #presidency.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-representative-mike-johnson-thinks-that-the-election-isnt-over

#mikejohnson #SpeakeroftheHouse #speakervote #Housespeaker #HouseGOP

Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Isn’t Over

Isaac Chotiner interviews Representative Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, about the legal basis for challenges to the 2020 election results.

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The Republicans must not choose a Speaker who supported Donald Trump's failed 2021 insurrection. This includes anyone who voted against certifying the 2020 election results — that's still insurrection, just not *violent*.

Republicans are already the pro-insurrection party, but at least they could try not to make it even worse.

#USPol #Republicans #SpeakerOfTheHouse #SpeakerVote #insurrection #TrumpInsurrection #treason #2020Election

Ken Buck says he’s had four death threats amid Speaker vote

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) is the latest member of Congress to report receiving death threats related to the House GOP’s internal conflict over selecting the next Speaker. In an NBC interview Thursday, Buck said his office has received four death threats over his refusal to support Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) effort to become Speaker. In…

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